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Potter and Potter Auctions: Ephemera, Americana & Historical Memorabilia

Auction Reports

Auction Name Ephemera, Americana & Historical Memorabilia Total Sales (USD) 332,196.00
Auction Date March 07, 2024 - March 07, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 205,660.00
Sale Number #1177 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 376,700.00
Total Lots 640
Sold Lots 557 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 248,120.00
% of Lots Sold 87.03% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 449,900.00
Unsold Lots 83 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 73.84%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
482

[BASEBALL]. Original Photographic Team Portrait of the Cuban Almendares Baseball Club.

ca. 1908-1909 USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 8,400.00
511

[BASEBALL]. COBB, Ty (1886-1961). Original Action Press Photograph of Ty Cobb at Bat, PSA Type I Authentic.

Ca. 1910s USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 7,200.00
494

[BASEBALL]. "Toledo B. B. C. International League High Grade Marguerite Havana Cigars" Schedule Poster.

1889 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 6,600.00
496 KALBFLEISCH, J. H.

The Live Oak Polka. Composed by J. H. Kalbfleisch and Respectfully Dedicated to the Live Oak B. B. C.

 1860 USD 8,000.00 - 16,000.00 USD 5,760.00
235 [WORLD WAR II]. BOSTICK, William A., Lt. (Jg.) USNR [American, 1913-2007].

Volume 2 Graphic Report Prepared by William A. Bostick... Task Force 122 (Normandy Scenes and Watercolors).

1944 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 5,280.00
415

[BASEBALL]. Extension (Fold-Out) Postcard of the 1909 Champion Pittsburgh Pirates.

1909 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 5,280.00
418

[BASEBALL]. Promotional Postcard for the 1911 Denver Grizzlies ("Western League Champions").

1911 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 4,800.00
270

[SHEET MUSIC]. A Huge Collection of Nearly 300 19th Century Sheet Music, Nearly All Illustrated in Color or Black and White.

ca. 19th century USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 4,560.00
495 Zebley, John, Jr.

Home Run Quick Step. Respectfully Dedicated to the Members of the Mercantile Base Ball Club of Phila.

 1861 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 4,560.00
107 KENNEDY, John F.

KENNEDY, John F. (1917-1963). Photograph Inscribed to Illinois Governor Otto Kerner.

ca. 1961-1963 USD 1,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 4,320.00
510

[BASEBALL CARDS]. A Complete Set of All 50 Double Folder Mecca 1911 Baseball Cards.

1911 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,080.00
550 GOTO, Rev. Chimpei.

[The Japanese Balldom of Hawaii].

 1919 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 3,840.00
186

[TOBACCO]. An Enormous Group of Approximately 240 Cigar/Tobacco Labels.

ca. 19th century USD 6,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 3,600.00
263

[PRE-FIRE CHICAGO IMPRINTS]. Group of Two Pre-Fire Broadsides and One Handbill.

ca. 1860s USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 3,600.00
484

[BASEBALL]. Photo Album of Press Photos of Baseball Players During Games.

ca. 1910s-1950s USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 3,600.00
392

[RAILROADIANA]. "Brooks Locomotive Works, Dunkirk, N. Y. Locomotive Photographs" Catalogue.

1871-1880 USD 1,500.00 - 10,000.00 USD 3,360.00
509

[BASEBALL CARDS]. Group of Three Scarce Cigarette Cards for Almendares Players, and one Carte de Visite Full-length Portrait of the Legendary Regino Mamelo,

1910 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,360.00
616

[CIGARETTE CARDS]. HART, Frank (1856-1908). Between the Acts & Bravo Cigarettes / Hart Pedestrian.

ca. 1880s USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 3,360.00
269

[SHEET MUSIC]. A Gigantic Collection of Nearly 500 Early 20th Century Sheet Music, Nearly All in Full-Color Wrappers.

ca. early 20th century USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,120.00
388

Original Ambrotype of Armed Frontiersman in Thermoplastic Frame.

Ca. 1875 USD 1,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,880.00
361

[CIVIL WAR]. A Photo Album of Cabinet Cards, Including 14 Portraits of Civil War Soldiers or Sailors.

Ca. 19th century USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 2,640.00
438

[BASEBALL]. Everett Base Ball Club Cabinet Card.

ca. 1880s USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,640.00
491

[BASEBALL]. Original Tinted Tintype of a Women's Baseball Team.

Ca. 1870s USD 1,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,640.00
240

[POSTCARDS]. A Large Lot of Nearly 6,400 Postcards.

ca. mid-to late nineteenth century to early twentieth century USD 900.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,400.00
400

[TINTYPES]. Group of Five Tintypes and One Ambrotype.

ca. 1860s-1880s USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 2,400.00
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    K. Marx, Das Kapital,1867. Dedication copy. Est: € 120,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Latin and French Book of Hours, around 1380. Est: € 25,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Theodor de Bry, Indiae Orientalis, 1598-1625. Est: € 80,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Breviary, Latin manuscript, around 1450-75. Est: € 10,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    G. B. Piranesi, Vedute di Roma, 1748-69. Est: € 60,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    K. Schmidt-Rottluff, Arbeiter, 1921. Orig. watercolour on postcard. Est: € 18,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: € 20,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    C. J. Trew, Plantae selectae, 1750-73. Est: € 28,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    M. Beckmann, Apokalypse, 1943. Est: € 50,000
    Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Ulrich von Richenthal, Das Concilium, 1536. Est: € 9,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    I. Kant, Critik der reinen Vernunft, 1781. Est: €12,000
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung (AIZ) / Die Volks-Illustrierte (VI), 1932-38. Est: €8,000
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