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  • Doyle, Nov. 5: The Director's copy of the first edition of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, inscribed by Beckett. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: Don McLean's personal test pressing of American Pie before mass production, gifted in 1971. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The important and extensive archive of original fashion photographs of model Dorothy Rice, 1945-58. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: A Charles Adams theater advertisement. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: A Small Patinated Bronze Bust of Marlene Dietrich. $800 to $1,200.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: Marlene Dietrich Studio Photograph. $100 to $200.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The very large and uncommon British Quad for Hitchcock's The Birds. $500 to $800.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: An Original Crystal "Sputnik" from the 1966 Met Opera Chandelier. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The rare poster from the first American performances of Endgame, 1958. $1,000 to $1,500.
    Doyle, Nov. 5: The original Coconut Grove Playhouse poster for Waiting for Godot, possibly unique. $3,000 to $5,000.
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  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare. The Temple Shakespeare. Housed in Custom Bookcase. $6,365.
    Sotheby’s: Frederick Douglass. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Boston: Anti-Slavery Office, 1845. $14,000.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol. London: William Heinemann, 1915. $2,900.
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. First Edition Set, Including This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and others. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1920 – 1941. $24,180.
    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.

Potter and Potter Auctions: The Collection of Edwin A. Dawes Part IV, 1222, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 25, 2025 - October 25, 2025
Page Size: 426 items in 18 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
378 CALKIN, Lance (1859 -- 1936)

After an Easter Race-Meeting

London April 1, 1893 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 120.00
379 CALVERT, John (1911-2013)

Collection of Calvert Ephemera

1940s -- 60s USD 150.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
380 CARDINI (Richard Pitchford, 1895-1973)

Group of Cardini Ephemera

1920s -- 70s USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 720.00
381 CHAPENDER, Martin (1879 -- 1905)

Three Egyptian Hall Programs

London 1904 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 420.00
382 CHARLTON, Chris (1885 -- 1963)

Group of Charlton Ephemera

1930s -- 40s USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 450.00
383

[CHRISTMAS CARDS]. Collection of Magician and Magic-Themed Christmas and New Year's Cards

1930s -- 2000s USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,020.00
384 CHRISTOPHER, Milbourne (1914 -- 1984)

File of ephemera and three books

USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 96.00
385 (William E. Robinson, 1861 - 1918)

CHUNG Ling Soo Dunville's Old Irish Whiskey Bank Note

Circa 1910 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 480.00
386 (William E. Robinson, 1861 - 1918)

CHUNG Ling Soo Chung Ling Soo "Silhouette" Memorandum Stationery

London ca. 1915 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 300.00
387

[CIRCUS]. Four European Circus Prints

Late 18th -- early 19th century USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 180.00
388

[CIRCUS]. Bannister's Olympic Circus, Group of Nine Broadsides

Hull 1816 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 660.00
389

[CIRCUS]. Cooke's Royal Circus: Immense Change of Programme

Hull October 19 ca. 1840 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 540.00
390

[CIRCUS]. Cooke's Royal Circus

Hull October 26, ca. 1840 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 540.00
391

[CIRCUS]. Cooke's Royal Circus and New Olympic Arena

Hull November 2, ca. 1840 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 600.00
392

[CIRCUS]. Cooke's Royal Arena on Dock Green

Hull November 16 ca. 1840 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 420.00
393

[CIRCUS]. Cooke's Circus, Dock Green

Hull ca. 1850s USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 120.00
394

[CIRCUS]. Group of Five Broadsides for Circus Acts in Hull

Hull 1803-1877 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 300.00
395

[CIRCUS]. Large Collection of Circus Posters and Ephemera

20th Century USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 1,140.00
396 COLLINS, Stanley (1881 -- 1966)

Archive of Stanley Collins Magic Correspondence

1900s -- 70s USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,560.00
397 COLLINS, Stanley (1881 -- 1966)

File of photographs, snapshots, and postcards

Circa 1920s -- 60s USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 3,120.00
398 COLLINS, Stanely (1881 -- 1966)

Massive Archive of Stanley Collins Ephemera, Notes, and Magic Secrets

1890s -- 1960s USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,080.00
399 COLLINS, Stanley (1881 -- 1966)

Stanley Collins' Engagement Books, Account Books, and Wordplay Notebooks

1900s -- 50s USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,640.00
400 DANTE (Harry Jansen, 1883 -- 1955)

Two Dante Books

Circa 1940s USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 72.00
401 DAVISON, E. Malcolm (1921 -- 1993)

Personalities Trick. Ten sheets of drawings and cutouts depicting Laurel and Hardy (together) and Winston Churchill

USD 150.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
402 DAWES, Edwin A (1925 -- 2023)

Collection of Eddie Dawes' Magic Awards

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
  • Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands, 1st edition, 1844. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Rashleigh (Philip). Specimens of British Minerals, 2 parts in 1, 1797 & 1802. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Murchison (Roderick Impey). The Silurian System, 1st edition, 1839. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, 1st edition, 1842. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Darwin (Charles). Geological Observations on South America, 1st edition, 1846. £3,000 to £5,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Sowerby (James). The Mineral Conchology of Great Britain, 6 volumes, 1812-29. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Emerson (William). Cyclomathesis: or an Easy Introduction to ... Mathematics, 10 vols. in 9, 1770. £1,500 to £2,000.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Robinson (Thomas). New observations on the Natural History of This World of Matter, 1696. £800 to £1,200.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Aquinas (Thomas). [Summa Theologica], Secunda Parte, Venice, 1496. £700 to £1,000.
    Dominic Winter
    Printed Books & Maps, Geology & Charles Darwin
    5th November, 2025
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Parfit (Cliff). Tesuki Washi. Handmade Papers of Japan, 1981-1988. £400 to £600.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Herbert (Thomas). A Relation of some yeares Travaile... Into Afrique and the greater Asia, 1634. £800 to £1,200.
    Dominic Winter, Nov. 5: Lindbergh (Charles A.). The Spirit of St. Louis, 1955, signed. £200 to £300.
  • Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 93: Autograph album containing 29 autograph letters signed by each president from Washington to Coolidge, 1785-1945.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 166: Franz Schubert, Autograph Musical Manuscript, fragment from Die Taucher, 1813.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 111: Thomas Jefferson, holograph plat drawing: map of field near Monticello, 1790s.
    Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 208: George Sand, Autograph Manuscript Signed, draft of her one-act play, Francia, ca. 1872.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 218: Walt Whitman, Manuscript Signed, draft of three complete poems from Leaves of Grass, 1891.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 8: James Dean, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, still from Giant, 1955.
    Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 20: John Lennon, Typescript Signed, interview discussing Paul, Linda, and Yoko, 1971.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 215: Mark Twain, engraved portrait Signed, "Mark Twain / SL. Clemens," 1890s.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 81: Vaslav Nijinsky, reproduction of an artwork by Léon Bakst Inscribed and Signed, 1916.
    Swann
    Autographs
    November 6, 2025
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 73: Malcolm X, The Harvard Crimson Signed and Inscribed: his street address and phone number, 1961.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 11: Lou Gehrig, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, ca. 1939.
    Swann, Nov. 6: Lot 153: George Gershwin, Photograph Signed and Inscribed, portrait by Renato Toppo.
  • Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Presentation Copy of a Whitman "Holy Grail." Whitman, Walt. $10,000-$15,000.
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Endymion in Original Boards. Keats, John. $8,000-
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Association Copy of the Privately Printed Edition of The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Potter, Beatrix. $8,000-$12,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Christina Rossetti's Own Copy of Her First Book. Rossetti, Christina G. $8,000-$12,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Borden Copy of The Life of Merlin in an Elaborate Binding by Riviere. Heywood, Thomas, Translator. $6,000-$8,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Arion Press. Whitman, Walt, Leaves of Grass. $4,000-$6,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Call It Sleep in the First State Jacket. Roth, Henry. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Steinbeck's Best-Known Work. Steinbeck, John. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: A Fine Jewelled Binding Signed by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Sangorski, Francis. $40,000-$60,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: The Complete Tales of Beatrix Potter: A Complete Set of First Editions. Potter, Beatrix. $2,000-$3,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Kelmscott Shelley. Shelley, Percy Bysshe. The Poetical Works. $3,000-$5,000
    Bonhams, Nov. 3-13: Inscribed by Martin Luther King Jr. King, Martin Luther, Jr. $3,000-$5,000
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    November 25
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  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare. The Temple Shakespeare. Housed in Custom Bookcase. $6,365.
    Sotheby’s: Frederick Douglass. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Boston: Anti-Slavery Office, 1845. $14,000.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol. London: William Heinemann, 1915. $2,900.
    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. First Edition Set, Including This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and others. Charles Scribner's Sons. 1920 – 1941. $24,180.
    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], John Tenniel. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland First Edition. Macmillan & Co., 1866. $15,000.