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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | NICHOLSON, William (1872-1949). | Group of Four Signed, Hand-Colored Woodblock Prints. |
London | 1897-99. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,200.00 |
| 77 | [OLIVIER-MERSON, Luc (1846-1920), illustrator]. [FLAMENG, Leopold (1831-1911), engraver]. DE HEREDIA, Jose-Maria (1842-1905). | Les Trophees. |
Paris | 1907 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 78 | NICERON, F. Jean Francois (1613-1646). | La Perspective Curieuse ou Magie Artificiele des Effets Merveilleux... |
Paris | 1638 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 79 | [CALLAHAN, Harry (1912-1999), photographer]. | Water's Edge. With an introductory poem by A. R. Ammons and an afterword by Harry Callahan. |
New York: Callaway Editions | 1980 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,200.00 |
| 80 | [GERONIMO (1829-1909), subject]. | Cabinet Card Photograph of Geronimo Wearing a Headdress and Holding a Pistol. |
Chickasha, Ind. Ter. | ca. 1900s. | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
| 81 | [LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865), subject]. [FASSETT, Samuel M. (1825-1910), photographer]. | Contemporary Oval Salt Print Portrait. ([O-16]). |
Chicago | ca. 1859. | USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 82 | [LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865), subject]. [BRADY, Matthew (1822-1896), photographer]. | Rare Stereoscopic Card Portrait of Lincoln, from the "Prominent Portraits" Series, No. 2969, "Hon. Abraham Lincoln, President of United States." |
New York | 1864 | USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 83 | [LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865), subject]. [HESLER, Alexander (1823-1895), photographer]. | Platinum Print Photograph of a Beardless Lincoln. |
Philadelphia, PA | ca. 1881. | USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,560.00 |
| 84 | [LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865), subject]. [WARREN, H[enry] F., photographer]. | "The Latest Photograph of President Lincoln Taken on the Balcony at the White House, March 6, 1865." |
Waltham, MA | 1865 | USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 85 | [OKAMOTO, Yoichi (1915-1985), photographer]. | Large Photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the White House with President Johnson in the Background. |
Ca. 1966. | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 86 | [SCHULKE, Graeme Phelps "Flip" (1930-2008), photographer]. | Large Photograph of Civil Rights Marchers in Washington, D. C. |
Ca. 1963. | USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 87 | [SCHULKE, Graeme Phelps "Flip" (1930-2008), photographer]. | Large Photograph of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in His Coffin at Ebenezer Baptist Church. |
Ca. 1968. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 88 | [BROOKE, Rajah James (1803-1868), subject]. MUNDY, Captain Rodney (1805-1884). | Narrative of Events in Borneo and Celebes, Down to the Occupation of Labuan: from the Journals of James Brooke, Esq... |
London | 1848 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,800.00 |
| 89 | [HEFNER, Hugh M. (1926-2017), contributor]. | Trio of First Editions of Books About the History of Playboy Magazine, All Signed by Hefner, and Multiple Playmates, including: EDGREN, Gretchen. The Playboy Book. Forty Years. |
Santa Monica, CA | 1994 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 6,600.00 |
| 90 | [HEFNER, Hugh M. (1926-2017), contributor]. | Hugh Hefner's Playboy. |
Chicago | 2009 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,200.00 |
| 91 | [ALPERT, Richard a. k. a. Ram Dass (1931-2019), contributing editor]. | Complete Run of "The Psychedelic Review," Plus Related Ephemera. |
Cambridge, MA and San Francisco, CA | 1963-1971. | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 5,280.00 |
| 92 | QUEEN VICTORIA (1819-1901). | More Leaves from the Journal of a Life in the Highlands, from 1862 to 1882. |
London | 1884 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 1,800.00 |
| 93 | REAGAN, Ronald (1911-2004). | An American Life. |
New York | 1990 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 2,160.00 |
| 94 | MARTIN, Thomas (pseudonym for GARDINER, Stephen, Bishop of Winchester (1483-1555)). | A Traictise Declaryng and Plainly Prouyng, that the Pretensed Marriage of Priestes, and Professed Persones, is no Mariage, but Altogether Unlawful... |
London | 1554 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 900.00 |
| 95 | ROMMEL, Johannes Erwin Eugen (1891-1944). | Document Signed ("War School Wr. [Weiner] -- Neustadt / Daily Order No. 17" -- translated from the German). Weiner. |
Neustadt | 1939 | USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 900.00 |
| 96 | ROWLING, J. K. (b. 1965). | Pair of Signed American Editions of the First Two Harry Potter Novels, including: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. |
New York | 1998 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 4,080.00 |
| 97 | [SHAKESPEARE, William (1564-1616). | "The Winter's Tale;" Extracted from the Second Folio ("Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, Tragedies...") |
London | 1632 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 5,280.00 |
| 98 | STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). | East of Eden. |
New York | 1952 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 6,000.00 |
| 99 | STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). | The Grapes of Wrath. |
New York | 1939 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 9,000.00 |
| 100 | STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). | In Dubious Battle. |
New York | 1936 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | Not Sold |
![<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.")
