Potter and Potter Auctions: Wunderkammer:The Freeman & Fugate Oddities Collection, 173, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 01, 2025 - February 01, 2025
Page Size: 321 items in 13 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 JOHNSON, Fred G. (1892--1990).

Ape Girl.

Chicago ca. 1930s. USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,640.00
3 SIGLER, Jack.

See A Queena.

Tampa ca. mid-20th century. USD 1,200.00 - 2,000.00 USD 5,040.00
4 MEAH, Johnny (b. 1937).

Metamorphosis.

Safety Harbor 20th century. USD 1,200.00 - 2,000.00 USD 960.00
5 ARTIST UNKNOWN.

Joe Morrow's Real Wild West Show.

Early 20th century. USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 660.00
6

Dante's Inferno Skeleton from Astroland at Coney Island.

New York mid-late 20th century. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 720.00
7

Staten Island Funhouse Entrance Sign.

Circa early to mid-20th century. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 240.00
8

Carnival Knock-Down Cat "Punk".

20th century. USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 270.00
9 [SIDESHOW].

The Feejee [Fiji] Mermaid.

Circa 20th century. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 720.00
10

Circus Boss Cabinet Photograph.

Circa 1880s. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 60.00
11

Five Pieces of Circus and Sideshow Ephemera.

V.p. 19th and 20th century. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 120.00
12

Melle Clifford, Champion Sword Swallower of the World Cabinet Card.

Circa 1900. USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 180.00
13

Miss Annie Jones, Bearded Lady Cabinet Card.

New York ca. 1890s. USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 330.00
14

La bella Angora, Tattooed Woman / RPPC.

Germany 1900s. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 210.00
15

Five Sideshow Souvenir Postcards.

V.p. ca. 1910s--1930s. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 210.00
16

Wild Men of Borneo, Waino and Plutano / Two CDVs.

Circa 1850s-1880s. USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 330.00
17

Aztec Lilliputians, Maximo and Bartola Postcards.

France ca. 1880s. USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 300.00
18 HILTON, Daisy and Violet (1908--1969).

Two RPPCs of the Conjoined Hilton Twins.

N.p. early 20th century. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 300.00
19 HILTON, Daisy and Violet (1908--1969).

Photograph of Conjoined Hilton Twins with Police.

Sacramento Police Dept. 1926 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 270.00
20 HILTON, Daisy and Violet (1908--1969).

Signed Photograph.

1932 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 540.00
21 HILTON, Daisy and Violet (1908--1969).

Signed Photograph.

[Milwaukee 1921 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 540.00
22 HILTON, Daisy and Violet (1908--1969).

Signed Booklet / Intimate Loves and Lives of the Hilton Sisters World Famous Siamese Twins.

Circa 1950s. USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 390.00
23 TOCCI, Giovanni and Giacomo.

Cabinet Photograph of the Tocci Conjoined Twins.

New York ca. 1880s. USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 210.00
24

Five Pieces of Conjoined Twin Ephemera.

V.p. 1880s--1910s. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 300.00
25 FINLEY, Mina and Minnie (1870--1871).

CDV of conjoined twins Mina and Minnie Finley.

Chicago ca. 1870s. USD 80.00 - 100.00 USD 270.00
26 LENTINI, Francisco "Frank".

Francis Lentini, The Three-Legged Boy / Three Cabinet Photos.

V.p. early 1900s. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 210.00
  • Dominic Winter Auctioneers

    April 9
    Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Johnson (C.). A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most Notorious Pyrates, 1724. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Ordonez de Cevallos (Pedro). Viage del Mundo, 1st edition, Madrid: Luis Sanchez, 1614. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: North America. Merian (Matthaus), Virginia..., 1627 or later. £1,500-2,500
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers

    April 9
    Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: World. Waldseemuller (Martin), Tabula Nova Totius Orbis, Vienne: 1541. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Erasmus (Desiderius). The ... paraphrase of Erasmus... 2 volumes, 1st edition, 1549. £3,000-5,000
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Bible [English]. [The Bible and Holy Scriptures conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament, 1562]. £3,000-5,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers

    April 9
    Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Smith (Lucy). Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet, 1st edition, 1853. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Derain (Andre). Pantagruel, signed limited edition, Albert Skira, 1943. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Austen (Jane). Pride and Prejudice, illustrated by Hugh Thomson, Large Paper edition, 1894. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers

    April 9
    Printed Books, English Bibles, Maps & Decorative Prints
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Ellison (Ralph). Invisible Man, 1st edition, New York: Random House, 1952. £200-300
    Dominic Winter, Apr. 9: Taschen Collector's Edition. Annie Leibovitz, limited edition, 2014. £1,000-1,500
  • Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 1: Bob Dylan, his high school classmate's yearbook with his senior portrait, signed and inscribed to her, 1959. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 4: Various entertainers, Group of 30 items, signed or inscribed, various dates. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 27: John Adams, Autograph Letter Signed to Benjamin Rush introducing Archibald Redford, Paris, 1783. $35,000 to $50,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 36: Robert Gould Shaw, Autograph Letter Signed to his father from Camp Andrew, Boston, 1861. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 53: Martin Luther King Jr., Time magazine cover, signed and inscribed "Best Wishes," 1957. $5,000 to $7,500.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 127: Paul Gauguin, Autograph Letter regarding payment for paintings, with woodcut letterhead, 1900. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 169: Suck: First European Sex Paper, complete group of eight issues, 1969-1974. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 173: Black Panthers, The Racist Dog Policemen Must Withdraw Immediately From Our Communities, poster, 1969. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 187: Marc Attali & Jacques Delfau, Les Erotiques du Regard, first edition, Paris, 1968. $300 to $500.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 213: Andy Warhol, Warhol's Index Book, first printing, New York, 1967. $800 to $1,200.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 215: Cookie Mueller, Archive of 17 items, including 4 items inscribed and signed. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Swann, Apr. 10: Lot 249: Jamie Reid, The Ten Lessons / The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle; Sex Pistols, chromogenic print with collage, signed, circa 1980. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD
    Sotheby's
    Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP
    Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
  • Bonhams, Apr. 8: First report outside of the colonies of the American Revolution, from American accounts. Printed broadsheet, The London Evening-Post, May 30, 1775. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Joyce, James. The earliest typescript pages from Finnegans Wake ever to appear at auction, annotated by Joyce, 1923. $30,000 - $50,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Joyce's Ulysses, 1923, one of only seven copies known, printed to replace copies destroyed in customs. $10,000 - $15,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: ATHANASIUS KIRCHER'S COPY, INSCRIBED. Saggi di naturali esperienze fatte nell' Accademia del Cimento, 1667. $2,000 - $3,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Bernoulli's Ars conjectandi, 1713. "... first significant book on probability theory." $15,000 - $25,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Aristotle's Politica. Oeconomica. 1469. The first printed work on political economy. $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: John Graunt's Natural and political observations...., 1662. The first printed work of epidemiology and demographics. $20,000 - $30,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: William Playfair's Commercial and Political Atlas, 1786. The first work to pictorially represent information in graphics. $15,000 - $25,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Anson's A Voyage Round the World, 1748. THE J.R. ABBEY-LORD WARDINGTON COPY, BOUND BY JOHN BRINDLEY. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: La Perouse's Voyage de La Perouse autour du monde..., 1797. LARGE FINE COPY IN ORIGINAL BOARDS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Francesca Woodman's Some Disordered Interior Geometries, 1981. Untrimmed publisher's proof sheets. $4,000 - $6,000
    Bonhams, Apr. 8: Charles Schulz original 8-panel Peanuts Sunday comic strip, 1992, pen and ink over pencil, featuring Charlie Brown, Snoopy and Lucy as a psychiatrist. $20,000 - $30,000
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