Potomack Company: American Historical & Political Auction: Incl. WWI & WWII Posters, 103024, Alexandria

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 30, 2024 - October 30, 2024
Page Size: 126 items in 6 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
5000 DOLLEY MADISON

DOLLEY MADISON HANDWRITTEN NOTE TO ELLEN CUTTS

CIRCA 1837 TO 1849 USD 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
5001

MEMORABILIA FROM WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN

1908 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 162.50
5002

TWO FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT INAUGURAL PROGRAMS, AN INAUGURAL INVITATION

1942 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 260.00
5003 HERBERT HOOVER

PRESIDENT HERBERT HOOVER AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO

USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 195.00
5004 ULYSSES S. GRANT AND HAMILTON FISH

ULYSSES S. GRANT AND HAMILTON FISH SIGNED PRESIDENTIAL PARDON FOR WILLIAM C. DEPRIEST OF NORTH CAROLINA

1873 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
5005 GROVER CLEVELAND AND FRANCES CLEVELAND

GROVER CLEVELAND AND FRANCES CLEVELAND SIGNED CABINET CARDS, CLEVELAND-HENDRICKS CAMPAIGN SONG, WITH OTHER CLEVELAND EPHEMERA

USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
5006 JOHN QUINCY ADAMS

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS SIGNED MILITARY APPOINTMENT FOR JAMES MADISON CUTTS

1825 USD 400.00 - 700.00 USD 780.00
5007 THEODORE ROOSEVELT

THEODORE ROOSEVELT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH AS PRESIDENT

1907 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,690.00
5008 WOODROW WILSON

WOODROW WILSON AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 390.00
5009 HARRY TRUMAN, HERBERT HOOVER AND WOODROW WILSON

THREE AUTOGRAPHS FROM PRESIDENTS HARRY TRUMAN, HERBERT HOOVER AND WOODROW WILSON

USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 715.00
5010 DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

SIGNED DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER DINNER PROGRAM WITH PHOTOGRAPH FROM ALFALFA CLUB DINNER

1955 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 357.50
5011 WOODROW WILSON

WOODROW WILSON TYPED LETTER SIGNED AS PRESIDENT OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

1907 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
5012 LYNDON B. JOHNSON

LYNDON B. JOHNSON'S MEMOIR 'A VANTAGE POINT' SIGNED AND INSCRIBED

1971 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 195.00
5013 GROVER CLEVELAND

GROVER CLEVELAND AUTOGRAPHED MILITARY APPOINTMENT FOR HENRY R. TILTON

1893 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 195.00
5014 DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER

LETTER SIGNED BY PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, JUNE 22 1956

1956 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 390.00
5015 LYNDON B. JOHNSON

PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO

1968 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 130.00
5016 LYNDON B. JOHNSON

PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO 1968, TOGETHER WITH JOHNSON PRESIDENTIAL PENS AND W. MARVIN WATSON LETTERS

1968 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
5017 RICHARD NIXON

RICHARD NIXON TWO-PAGE TYPED LETTER SIGNED TO LEWIS STRAUSS ASKING FOR ADVICE ON NAMING HIS VICE PRESIDENT, JULY 28

1968 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 292.50
5018 ULYSSES S. GRANT

PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF ULYSSES S. GRANT. TWO VOLUMES. FIRST EDITION

1885/86 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,170.00
5019 ABRAHAM LINCOLN

ABRAHAM LINCOLN. POLITICAL DEBATES BETWEEN ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND STEPHEN DOUGLAS... FIRST EDITION, LATER ISSUE.

1860 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 292.50
5020 GEORGE WASHINGTON

GEORGE WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS PRINTED FOR THE WASHINGTON BENEVOLENT SOCIETY AND BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BOOKS

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 390.00
5021

U.S. CIVIL WAR AND MILITARY HISTORY BOOKS

USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 455.00
5022 DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

DOUGLAS MACARTHUR. REMINISCENCES. SIGNED BY JEAN MACARTHUR, LIMITED EDITION

1964 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 117.00
5023 ROBERT TOMES

BATTLES OF AMERICA BY SEA AND LAND. ROBERT TOMES. THREE VOLUMES

1878 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 487.50
5024 GOOCH.

GOOCH. MILITARY LAWS: CONTAINING EXTRACTS FROM THE FEDERAL AND STATE CONSTITUTIONS....

1820, AND 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY USD 125.00 - 175.00 Not Sold
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USD
    Sotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 1902. 7,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD
  • Freeman’s | Hindman
    Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana
    November 14
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: LEROUX, Gaston. The Phantom of the Opera. FIRST AM. ED, FIRST ISSUE IN THE VERY RARE DUST JACKET. 1911. $6,000 – 8,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: GOULD, John. A Monograph of the Trochilidae...Humming-Birds. L., [1849-] 1861. $60,000 – 80,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: A COMPLETE RUN of Limited Editions Club publications, v.p. [mostly New York], 1929-2010. $50,000 – 60,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: ORWELL, George. Nineteen Eighty-Four. Lon., 1949. FIRST EDITION IN A VERY FINE DUST JACKET. $6,000 – 8,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: GOULD. A Monograph of the Ramphastidae...Toucans. L., [1852-] 54. SECOND ED. $35,000 – 45,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: The Federalist. NY, 1788. FIRST EDITION, THICK PAPER COPY. $60,000 – 80,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: SELBY. Plates to Selby’s Illustrations of British Ornithology. Edin., [1833-] 34. $20,000 – 30,000.
  • Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    APRES DE MANNEVILLETTE
    Le Neptune Oriental
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    CASSAS
    Eaux fortes de la Sicile et quelques vues d’Espagne
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    CASSINI DE THURY
    Carte générale et particulière de la France.
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    JOUY; GARNERAY
    Vues des côtes de France dans l'Océan et dans la Méditerranée
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    LA PÉROUSE
    Voyage autour du monde
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    LE GENTIL DE LA GALAISIERE
    Voyage dans les Mers de l’Inde
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    LICENT
    Hoang Ho, Pai Ho, Loan Ho, Leao Ho. Itinéraires suivis dans le bassin du golfe du Pei Tcheuly
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    FRENCH SCHOOL FROM THE 19th CENTURY
    Panorama d’Athènes
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    PEETERS
    Description des principales villes, havres et isles du golfe de Venise
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    PÉRON; FREYCINET
    Voyage de découverte aux terres australes
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    STACKELBERG
    La Grèce : vues pittoresques et topographiques.
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    VALENTINER
    Atlas des Sonnensystems.
  • Forum Auctions
    Online Sale:
    The Detective Fiction Collection of John Cooper
    Ending 7th November, 2024
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). The Thirteen Problems, first edition, The Crime Club, 1932. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Dumb Witness, first edition, 1937. £3,000 to £4,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Cards on the Table, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: [Carr (John Dickson)], "Carter Dickson" and John Rhode. Drop to his Death, first edition, Heinemann, [1939]. £600 to £800.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Berkeley (Anthony). Jumping Jenny, first edition, Hodder and Stoughton, 1933. £800 to £1,200.
    Forum Auctions
    Online Sale:
    The Detective Fiction Collection of John Cooper
    Ending 7th November, 2024
    Forum, Nov. 7: Marsh (Ngaio). Overture to Death, first edition, The Crime Club, 1939. £600 to £800.
    Forum, Nov. 7: [Day-Lewis (Cecil)] "Nicholas Blake". The Beast Must Die, first edition, 1938. £750 to £1,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Brand (Christianna). Green for Danger, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1945. £600 to £800.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Murder is Easy, first edition, signed by the author, 1939. £3,000 to £4,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Sayers (Dorothy L.) Lord Peter Views the Body, first edition, Gollancz, 1928. £6,000 to £8,000.
  • Doyle
    Stage & Screen
    November 14 & 15
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: A studio-sanctioned Darth Vader Touring Costume from The Empire Strikes Back. $50,000 to $100,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: An original Al Hirschfeld's illustration of the cast of On Golden Pond. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: The largest trove of personal Grace Kelly letters to come to market. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: An Important Archive of Musical Manuscripts of Truman Capote and Harold Arlen's House of Flowers. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: The archive of an original Merrily We Roll Along Broadway cast member. $5,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: Jerry Herman's Yamaha Model C7 Ebonized Grand Piano. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: A large group of Jerry Herman musical posters. $300 to $500.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: Group of awards presented to Jerry Herman. $300 to $400.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: Six pages of original art for "The MAD Game of Basebrawl," a complete story published in MAD #167, pages 31-36, June 1974. $3,000 to $4,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: A MAD book made for Al Jaffee, containing original art and writings from many MAD contributors. 2011. $1,200 to $1,800.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: A Jaffee-themed MAD Fold-In - "What honor should the creator of the MAD Fold-Ins be given?" $800 to $1,200.
    Doyle, Nov. 14-15: MAD Fold-In - "What developing news story has many Americans totally transfixed?" $800 to $1,200.