Potter and Potter Auctions: Fine Books and Manuscripts, Featuring Mystery and Detective Literature, 1210, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Date
July 24, 2025 - July 24, 2025
Page Size: 614 items in 25 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
502 BUSH, George H. W. (1924-2018)

Typed Letter Signed

[N.p.] [January 12, 1998] USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
503

[CALIFORNIA AS AN ISLAND]. Carte du Gouvernement de l'Amerique...

[Amsterdam] [ca. 1721] USD 150.00 - 300.00 Unknown
504

[HAND-COLORED PLATES]. Group of 4 Hand-Colored Plates of Clowns and Harlequins

[V.p.] [19th century] USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
505 HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961)

Christmas Card Inscribed and Signed by Ernest Hemingway, and Additionally Inscribed by His Wife, Mary

[Cuba] [ca. 1940s-50s] USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
506 GANT, David ("Davey"; American, 20th century)

[HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961), subject]. Painted Portrait of Ernest Hemingway...

USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
507 [KING CHARLES I, association]

A Manuscript Receipt Signed ("Law. Squibb") for Money Given to Raise King Charles's Forces in 1662

1662 USD 150.00 - 300.00 Unknown
508 KNIGHT, David (1923-1982)

Group of 10 Original Pen and Ink Drawings for Charles Kingsley's Westward Ho

[England] [ca. 1950s] USD 150.00 - 300.00 Unknown
509

[CHICAGO, TEXAS, NEW ORLEANS]. Archive of Documents Related to the Osgood & Grey Meatpacking Companies of Chicago, Texas, or New Orleans in the 1880s

[Chicago, Ft. Worth, New Orleans] [ca. 1880s] USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
510

[CHICAGO FIRE]. Archive of Autograph Letters or Documents Related to the Recovery of Chicago After the Great Fire

[V.p.] [ca. 1871-90] USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
511

[CHICAGO REAL ESTATE]. Group of 12 Items Related to the Real Estate Firm, Baird & Bradley, Later Baird & Warner, Including Early Mentions of the Later Name

[Chicago] [1889-95] USD 150.00 - 300.00 Unknown
512 COOLIDGE, Calvin (1872-1933)

Inscribed Photograph

[Washington, D. C.] [ca. 1920s] USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
513 EDISON, Thomas (1847-1931)

Inscribed Photo to Famous Magician, William Hilliar

[New York] [ca. 1920s] USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Unknown
514 GOREY, Edward (1925-2000)

"Skating Alligator" Signed Print

[ca. 1990s] USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
515 GOREY, Edward (1925-2000)

"Gorey Theatre Dance" Signed Print

[Signals Limited] [ca. 1990s] USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
516 GOREY, Edward (1925-2000)

"Hotel" Signed Print

[Signals Limited] [ca. 1990s] USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
517 GOREY, Edward (1925-2000)

"Tearoom Tryptich" Signed Print

[ca. 1990s] USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
518 GOREY, Edward (1925-2000)

"Summer Joy" Signed Print

[ca. 1990s] USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
519 GOREY, Edward (1925-2000)

"Bachanalia" Signed Print

[ca. 1990s] USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
520 GOREY, Edward (1925-2000)

Group of 4 Unsigned Limited Edition Prints

[ca. 1989s] USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
521 GRIEG, Edvard (1843-1907)

Signed and Inscribed Portrait

Bergen, Norway 1886 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Unknown
522 [LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865), subject]

Concrete Bust of Abraham Lincoln

[Springfield, IL] [20th century] USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
523 MACNAGHTEN, E[dmund] C[harles] (d. 1861)

[MILITARY MANUSCRIPT]. Notes on Artillery. R. M. A. [Royal Marine Artillery]

[Ca. 1855] USD 500.00 - 700.00 Unknown
524 MONROE, James (1758-1831)

Land Grant Document Signed as President

Washington, D. C. 1819 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
525 KURAMOTO, John

[MUTH, Jon J. (b. 1960), illustrator]. Stonecutter

[Hampton Falls] [1994] USD 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
526 MCDONALD, Officer M[aurice] "Nick" (1928-2005)

[OSWALD, Lee Harvey (1939-1963), association]. Pair of Signed Photocopied Items Related to McDonald's Famous Arrest of Lee Harvey Oswald after the Assassination of John F. Kennedy and the Murder of J. D. Tippit

[ca. 2000s] USD 150.00 - 300.00 Unknown
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    Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.
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    Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.
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    Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.
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