Potter and Potter Auctions: Cabinet of Curiosities, 1214, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 27, 2025 - September 27, 2025

Page Size: 242 items in 10 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
25		[SPIRIT PHOTO]. Two photographs of Mable Fightmaster, "The Butterfly Lady"		Circa 1930s-40s	USD 250.00 - 350.00	USD 531.25
26		[SPIRIT PHOTOGRAPHY]. A spirit photograph and two negatives		Circa 1940s	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 218.75
27		[SPIRITUALISM]. Group of 11 RPPCs of Camp Silver Belle	[Ephrata, Penn.]	[ca. 1910s-20s]	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 375.00
28	ABBOTT, David P.	Behind the Scenes with The Mediums	Chicago	1907	USD 150.00 - 250.00	USD 312.50
29		[GHOST]. Photograph of a supposed ghost at Liberty Hall	Frankfort (Ky.)	Circa 1960s-70s	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 531.25
30		[WITCHCRAFT & OCCULT]. Group of 12 titles	New York and London	1957	USD 150.00 - 250.00	USD 1,625.00
31	SUMMERS, Montague (translator)	SPRENGER and KRAMER; Malleus Maleficarum	Bungay	1928	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 1,625.00
32	[HEYWOOD, Thomas]	The Life of Merlin, surnamed Ambrosius; his prophesies and predictions interpreted, and their truth made good by our English Annals	London	1813	USD 150.00 - 250.00	USD 312.50
33		Remarkable Delusions; or, Illustrations of Popular Errors	London	-1848	USD 100.00 - 150.00	USD 312.50
37		Chiromagica, or The Hand of Fate	New York	ca. 1890s	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 437.50
44		[PRINTS]. Two 19th century prints of curious characters	N.p.	ca. 1890s	USD 100.00 - 200.00	Not Sold
45		[FORTUNE-TELLER]. La Diseuse de Bonne Avanture	Paris	ca. 1815	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 218.75
46	WARREN, Ed (American, 1926-2006)	[PARANORMAL]. Untitled (Pastoral Landscape)		20th century	USD 900.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,500.00
47		[TATTOO]. Cabinet photo of Frank Howard	New York	ca. 1890s	USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 312.50
48		Photograph of Betty Broadbent	American	ca. 1960s	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 218.75
49		Djita-Salome tattooed lady postcard	France	ca. 1910s	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 125.00
50		Spaulding & Rogers Tattoo Flash Sheets		1970s	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 750.00
51		Group of 23 Tattoo Flash Sheets	American	ca. 1970s	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 281.25
53		Spaulding & Rogers tattoo flash collection		Circa 1980s	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 531.25
56		National Tattoo Supply catalog	New Hyde Park, NY	ca. 1980	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
66		Archive of tattoo transfer sheets		Circa 1970s-80s	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
67		[TATTOO -- EPHEMRA]. Collection of tattoo advertising and ephemera	American	ca. 1980s -- 2000s	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 312.50
68		[TATTOOS]. Archive of tattoo photographs		Circa 1990s-2000s	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 125.00
69		[TATTOO]. James E. Strates tattoo release form		Circa 1970s	USD 100.00 - 150.00	Not Sold
70		[TATTOO]. Group of 7 tattoo graphics and photo items		-1969	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 562.50

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.