Potter and Potter Auctions: Cabinet of Curiosities, 1214, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- September 27, 2025 - September 27, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | Ted's Tattoo Studio (Des Moines) advertising poster |
Circa 1980s | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 73 | [BODY PIERCING]. The First 16 Issues of PFIQ (Piercing Fans International Quarterly) |
[Los Angeles] | [1977-1982] | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 625.00 | |
| 74 | Five framed collages of tattoo transfers |
American | ca, 1980s | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 75 | Dr. Tatu (Dale Spratlin) correspondence and ephemera |
Bulk 1990s | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 76 | Tattoo shop sobriety and age requirement sign |
Circa 1970s-80s | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 218.75 | ||
| 77 | Large group of tattoo flash and designs |
Circa 1970s-80s | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 406.25 | ||
| 78 | Collection of tattoo artist business cards |
American | 1980s-90s | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 250.00 | |
| 79 | Group of 10 Tattoo Expo and Convention Posters |
American | 1980s-90s | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 80 | Two Japanese tattoo ladies calendars |
1980s | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 100.00 | ||
| 81 | [TATTOOING]. Group of documents related to tattoo law and regulation, and other ephemera |
American | 1990s | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 125.00 | |
| 82 | Group of over 60 tattoo and biker magazines |
1980s-90s | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 125.00 | ||
| 83 | [MOTORCYCLE EPHEMERA]. Group of Modern Motorcycle Ephemera, Mainly Related to Harley-Davidson |
[V.p.] | [ca. 1980s-1990s] | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 85 | The Harley Diner at South East Harley-Davidson / Cleveland |
Circa 1990s | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 86 | Hells Bells Wooden Sign |
20th century | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 531.25 | ||
| 87 | WILLIAMS, Robert (American, b. 1943) | Robt. Williams "Cartoon Surrealism" Portfolio |
Los Angeles | 1993 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 89 | HOUDINI, Harry (1874-1926) | A Magician Among the Spirits |
New York | 1924 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 3,500.00 |
| 90 | HOUDINI, Harry (Ehrich Weisz) | The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin |
New York | 1908 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 343.75 |
| 91 | [HOUDINI, Harry (1874-1926)] | Fortune Telling: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Judiciary of the Committee on the District of Columbia House of Representatives |
Washington | 1926 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,125.00 |
| 92 | JAY, Ricky | Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women |
Tokyo | 1995 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 375.00 |
| 93 | JAY, Ricky | Ricky Jay & His 52 Assistants |
[New York] | ca. 1995 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 750.00 |
| 94 | Jean Eugene (1805-1871) | ROBERT-HOUDIN; translated by Professor Hoffmann |
London | [n.d., ca. 1882] | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 437.50 |
| 95 | MASKELYNE, Nevil and DEVANT, David | Our Magic |
London | [1911] | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 218.75 |
| 96 | BURGER, Eugene and Jeff McBride | Mystery School |
Seattle | -2003 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 750.00 |
| 97 | NEFF, William "Bill" (1905--1967) | Bill Neff's Annotated Magic Manuscripts and Trick Book |
Circa 1940s-50s | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,250.00 | |
| 98 | NEFF, Bill (1905--1967) | Ten Magic and Spook Show Publicity Photographs |
Circa 1940s-50s | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 218.75 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
