Potter and Potter Auctions: Select Rarities: Exceptional Books and Manuscripts, 1213, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- September 04, 2025 - September 04, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | CLEBURNE, General Patrick (1828-1864). | Autograph Promissory Note Signed. |
Helena, AR, May 7th | 1860 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 27 | ARTAUD, Francois (1767-1838). | Description d'une Mosaique representant de Jeux du Cirque. |
Lyons | 1806 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 28 | [COMICS]. | The First Appearance of Wolverine in The Incredible Hulk #181. |
New York: Marvel Comics Group | 1974 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 4,800.00 |
| 29 | [COMICS]. | The First Appearance of The Punisher in The Amazing Spider-Man #129. |
New York: Marvel Comics Group | 1974 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
| 30 | [CONFEDERACY]. | Manuscript Document Signed by Confederate Generals Leonidas Polk, Alexander Stewart, Benjamin Cheatham, and Braxton Bragg. |
Mississippi | 1862 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,040.00 |
| 31 | [CUSTER, General George Armstrong (1839-1876), association]. | Two Cartridges, Two Bullets, and One Button Used at the Battle of Little Big Horn. |
N.p. | ca. 1870s. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,440.00 |
| 32 | [DE QUINCEY, Thomas (1785-1859)]. | Confessions of an English Opium-Eater; Appearing in The London Magazine [September -- October, 1821]. |
London | 1821 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 5,760.00 |
| 33 | [DE SOLOMKO, Serge (1867-1928), illustrator]. | Priere sur l'Acropole. |
Paris | 1920 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 34 | DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870). | Group of Five First Editions in Book Form, including: The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit. |
London | 1844 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,400.00 |
| 35 | [DOHENY, Estelle (1875-1958), association]. [MILLER, Lucille V., compiler]. | Catalogue of Books & Manuscripts in the Estelle Doheny Collection. |
Los Angeles | 1940, 1946, 1955 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
| 36 | EINSTEIN, Albert (1879-1955). | Typed Letter Signed. |
Princeton, NJ, January 14 | 1943 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,560.00 |
| 37 | A Collection of Papers Relating to the Present Juncture of Affairs in England... |
London | 1688-89. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,200.00 | |
| 38 | [FLYNT, Larry (1942-2021), contributor and publisher]. | The Hustler News / Hustler; Volume I, Issues #1 to #10. |
Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus, OH | 1972 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,840.00 |
| 39 | KNIGHT, Richard Payne (1751-1824). | An Account of the Remains of the Worship of Priapus, Lately Existing at Isernia, in the Kingdom of Naples... |
London | 1786 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 6,600.00 |
| 40 | [JEFFERSON, Thomas (1743-1826), subject]. TUCKER, George (1775-1861). | The Life of Thomas Jefferson, Third President of the United States; with Parts of His Correspondence Never Before Published... |
London | 1837 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,560.00 |
| 41 | FAULKNER, William (1897-1962). | The Sound and the Fury. |
New York | 1929 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 4,800.00 |
| 42 | [HARGREAVES, Alice (1852-1934), association]. CARROLL, Lewis (pseudonym of DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge (1832-1898)). | Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There. Illustrated by John Tenniel. |
New York | 1935 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 43 | [PICASSO, Pablo (1881-1973), illustrator]. [SELDES, Gilbert (1893-1970), editor]. ARISTOPHANES (445 B. C.-??). | Lysistrata. |
New York | 1934 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 5,280.00 |
| 44 | ROETHKE, Theodore (1908-1963). | Sequence Sometimes Metaphysical. With Wood Engravings by John Roy. |
Iowa City | 1963 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,440.00 |
| 45 | [LAKESIDE PRESS]. | Complete Set of The Lakeside Classics. |
Chicago | 1903-2012. | USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 7,800.00 |
| 46 | FORREST, Nathan Bedford (1821-1877). | Autograph Letter Signed. |
Marion, Ala., | May 18th 1871. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 2,640.00 |
| 47 | GORBACHEV, Mikhail (1931-2022). | Perestroika. New Thinking for Our Country and the World. |
Norwalk, CT | 1994 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,800.00 |
| 48 | HAMMETT, Dashiell (pseudonym of HAMMETT, Samuel Dashiell (1894-1961)). | The Dain Curse. |
New York | 1929 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 8,400.00 |
| 49 | HAYEK, Friedrich A. (1899-1992). | The Road to Serfdom. |
Chicago | 1984 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 4,080.00 |
| 50 | HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). | A Farewell to Arms. |
New York | 1929 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 3,600.00 |
![<b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/52dd1cf6-f094-4432-955c-f3b20077eb95.jpg "<b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000")
![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/acf970a0-a15d-4c79-aa24-5e8e414cb465.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.")
