Potter and Potter Auctions: Glimpses: Vintage, Fine, and Vernacular Photography, 23627, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 23, 2026 - July 23, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | Notorious B.I.G. July 4, 1995 Concert and Brooklyn Memorial Photograph Archive |
circa 1995–1997 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Unknown | ||
| 152 | Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars Press Photograph |
California | 1939 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | |
| 153 | Lost in Space Television Screen Photographs |
1960s–1974 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown | ||
| 154 | Van Hise Della; Van Hise James | Return of the Jedi Sail Barge Set Construction Photographs |
1983–84, printed 1984 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown | |
| 155 | Yoda Creature Effects Prototype Head Photograph |
ca. 1980 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown | ||
| 156 | N Books, including: 70's Movie Stills |
1940s-1970s | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | ||
| 157 | Television Studio Equipment and Event Photographs |
1930s-1960s | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | ||
| 158 | Geronimo Black Studio Snapshots and Group Portrait Photograph |
1970s | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | ||
| 159 | Archive of Vernacular Press Photographs from the San Leandro Observer |
San Leandro, California | 1974 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Unknown | |
| 160 | Kennedy Bill | Goodyear Blimp “Mayflower II” Los Angeles Aerial Photo Archive |
Los Angeles | 1960 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Unknown |
| 161 | Chinese Contortionist Performance Photographs |
Peking | 1950s-60s | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 162 | Motorcycle Restoration and Period Film Set Activity Photograph Archive |
1963 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | Unknown | ||
| 163 | Early Motorcycle and Young Men’s Snapshot Archive |
Southern California | 1930s | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown | |
| 164 | Rainbows Motorcycle Club Photo Album Archive |
Southern California | 1960s-1970s | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Unknown | |
| 165 | South Pacific / Pacific Islands Vernacular Photograph Group |
20th century | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown | ||
| 166 | African Missionary Photograph Archive |
1910s-1920s | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown | ||
| 167 | Archive of Press Reference Photographs Political & Cultural Figures |
mid-20th century | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown | ||
| 168 | John F. Kennedy Funeral Polaroid Album |
1963 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Unknown | ||
| 169 | Black Panther Demonstration and Related Press Photographs |
1971 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Unknown | ||
| 170 | African American Photobooth Portraits |
1930s-1950s | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | ||
| 171 | African American Military Portraits |
1920-1940s | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | ||
| 172 | Paper Moon Novelty Photograph of African American Serviceman |
Mid 20th Century | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Unknown | ||
| 173 | African American Police Mugshot Photographs |
Los Angeles; Tulsa; Detroit | 1940s-60s | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | |
| 174 | Vernacular Portrait Photographs of African American Women |
1920s-1940s | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Unknown | ||
| 175 | Mobile Tigers Negro League Team Photograph |
Alabama | 1930s-40s | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Unknown |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
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