Potter and Potter Auctions: Fine Books & Artwork from the George D. Lacy & Louis A. Irmo Collections, 1243, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 20, 2025 - November 20, 2025
Page Size: 564 items in 23 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1

[ANTI-MORMONS]. Pair of Titles Critical of the Mormon Church...

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 375.00
2

[ARKHAM HOUSE]. Trio of First Editions...

USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 1,000.00
3 ASIMOV, Isaac (1920-1992)

3 by Asimov. Three Science Fiction Tales

New York 1981 USD 250.00 - 500.00 USD 468.75
4 ASIMOV, Isaac (1920-1992)

The Martian Way and Other Stories

Garden City, NY 1955 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,750.00
5 ASIMOV, Isaac (1920-1992)

The Caves of Steel

Garden City, NY 1954 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 6,000.00
6 ASIMOV, Isaac (1920-1992)

The Currents of Space

Garden City 1952 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 500.00
7 ASIMOV, Isaac (1920-1992)

The End of Eternity

Garden City 1955 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 750.00
8 ASIMOV, Isaac (1920-1992)

The Naked Sun

Garden City, NY 1957 USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 6,875.00
9 ASIMOV, Isaac (1920-1992)

I, Robot

New York [1950] USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 11,250.00
10 ASIMOV, Isaac (1920-1992)

The Gods Themselves

Garden City, NY 1972 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 937.50
11 ASIMOV, Isaac (1920-1992)

Pair of Signed, Limited First Editions, including: Foundation's Edge

Binghamton, NY 1982 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 875.00
12 ASIMOV, Isaac (1920-1992)

Pair of Signed, Limited Editions, including: Nightfall [with Robert Silverberg]

Garden City, NY [1990] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 437.50
13 ASIMOV, Isaac (1920-1992)

Pair of Signed, Limited First Editions from the Foundation Series

Garden City 1986, 1988 USD 350.00 - 650.00 USD 750.00
14 ASIMOV, Isaac (1920-1992)

Pair of Early First Editions

Garden City 1951, 1957 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 437.50
15 ASIMOV, Isaac (1920-1992)

Pair of First Editions, One Signed

Garden City 1982-1983 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 281.25
16 ASIMOV, Isaac (1920-1992)

Trio of Signed, Limited First Editions

[V.p.] [1986-1989] USD 400.00 - 700.00 USD 1,125.00
17 BARTH, John (1930-2024)

The Sot-Weed Factor

London 1961 USD 350.00 - 550.00 USD 406.25
18 BENCHLEY, Peter (1940-2006)

Jaws

Garden City 1974 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 625.00
19 BESTER, Alfred (1913-1987)

The Demolished Man

Chicago [1953] USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 1,062.50
20 BESTER, Alfred (1913-1987)

Tiger! Tiger!

London [n.d., 1956] USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 1,500.00
22 BRADBURY, Ray (1920-2012)

Pair of Signed First Editions, including: It Came from Outer Space

Colorado Springs 2004 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 187.50
23 BRADBURY, Ray (1920-2012)

Pair of Signed Later Editions of Fahrenheit 451

New York 1993, 2003 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 250.00
24 BUGLIOSI, Vincent (1934-2015) and GENTRY, Curt (1913-2014)

Helter Skelter. The True Story of the Manson Murders

New York [1974] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 343.75
25 BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875-1950)

At the Earth's Core

Chicago 1922 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,250.00
26 BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice (1875-1950)

Back to the Stone Age

Tarzana [1937] USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 187.50
  • Sotheby’s
    Year in Review
    Sotheby’s Year in Review: A Rare Hebrew Bible with Micrographic Masorah. Sold: 1,514,000 USD
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    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1775 Map of Virginia, Fry and Jefferson, ex-John Tyler. $6,000 to $8,000.
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    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 1777 Map: Wm. Faden, British Colonies in N. America, ex. John Tyler. $2,000 to $2,400.
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    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: 30 Vols. George Eliot 1st Editions; Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Deronda, etc. $1,400 to $1,800.
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    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: President Andrew Jackson Signed Patent, 1831. $1,000 to $1,200.
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    2026 Winter Fine Art & Antiques
    January 31 and February 1, 2026
    Case Antiques, Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Audubon c. 1835 Birds of America Common Cormorant, Havell Edition. $800 to $900.
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