Potter and Potter Auctions: Fine Books and Manuscripts, 22200, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- May 14, 2026 - May 14, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 226 | Ernest Hemingway | Original Telegram from Hemingway to Esquire Editor / Publisher Arnold Gingrich (1903-1976) |
Key West, FL via Chicago, IL | 1938 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 480.00 |
| 227 | Ernest Hemingway | Original Large Telegram from Hemingway to Esquire Editor / Publisher Arnold Gingrich (1903-1976) |
Key West, FL via Chicago, IL | 1938 | USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 228 | Ernest Hemingway | Original Large Telegram from Hemingway to Esquire Editor / Publisher Arnold Gingrich (1903-1976) |
Key West, FL via Chicago, IL | 1938 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 229 | Ernest Hemingway | Original Telegram from Hemingway to Esquire Editor / Publisher Arnold Gingrich (1903-1976) |
Key West, FL via Chicago, IL | 1936 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 420.00 |
| 230 | Ernest Hemingway | Original Telegram from Hemingway to Esquire Editor / Publisher Arnold Gingrich (1903-1976) |
Key West, FL via Chicago, IL | 1935 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 360.00 |
| 231 | Ernest Hemingway | Original Telegram from Hemingway to Esquire Editor / Publisher Arnold Gingrich (1903-1976) |
Key West, FL via Chicago, IL | 1934 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 420.00 |
| 232 | Hemingway | Original Telegram from Hemingway to Esquire Editor / Publisher Arnold Gingrich (1903-1976) |
Madrid via Chicago | 1933 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 240.00 |
| 233 | Ernest Hemingway | "A Matter of Colour [Color]" in Tabula, Vol. XXII, No. 3 |
Oak Park, IL | 1916 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 5,280.00 |
| 234 | Ernest Hemingway | Warner's Calendar of Medical History for the Use of the Medical Profession 1937 [1938] |
New York | 1936-1938 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 660.00 |
| 235 | Spencer Tracy | Group of 21 Behind-the-Scene Photos, Movie Stills, Related to the Film Version of “The Old Man and the Sea,” Starring Spencer Tracy |
V.p. | ca. 1958 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 180.00 |
| 236 | Lloyd Arnold | Black and White Photograph of Hemingway at his Typewriter, the Same Image on the Rear of the Dust Jacket on “For Whom the Bell Tolls.” |
N.p. | ca. 1930s-1950s | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 600.00 |
| 237 | Ernest Hemingway | Trio of Black and White Press or Archive Photographs of Hemingway Fishing |
V.p. | ca. 1933-1988 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 180.00 |
| 238 | Ernest Hemingway | Trio of Black and White Press Photographs of an Older Hemingway, One with His Wife |
V.p. | 1954-1957 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 239 | Henry Strater | Pair of Original Black and White Snapshots of Hemingway's Friend, Henry Strater, with Sports Fish Caught by Him During a Fishing Expedition with Hemingway |
Bimini? | ca. 1935 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 480.00 |
| 240 | Ernest Hemingway | "The Christmas Gift [and] Part II of The Christmas Gift" in Look Magazine |
New York | 1954 | USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 3,840.00 |
| 241 | Ernest Hemingway | A Farewell to Arms |
New York | 1929 | USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 4,320.00 |
| 242 | Ernest Hemingway | A Farewell to Arms |
New York | 1929 | USD 3,500.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 3,600.00 |
| 243 | Ernest Hemingway | A Moveable Feast |
New York | 1964 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 570.00 |
| 244 | Ernest Hemingway | A Moveable Feast |
New York | 1964 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 480.00 |
| 245 | Ernest Hemingway | Across the River and into the Trees |
New York | 1950 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 270.00 |
| 246 | Ernest Hemingway | Autograph Letter Signed and Archive Related to the "Tanganyika Letters." |
New York; Chicago | 1934 | USD 8,500.00 - 16,000.00 | USD 5,280.00 |
| 247 | Ernest Hemingway | Autograph Letter Signed to Arnold Gingrich |
Bimini | 1935 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 248 | Ernest Hemingway | Autograph Letter Signed to Arnold Gingrich |
Key West, Florida | 1933 | USD 7,500.00 - 15,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 249 | Ernest Hemingway | Autograph Letter Signed to Arnold Gingrich |
Key West | 1934 | USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 2,640.00 |
| 250 | Ernest Hemingway | Autograph Letter Signed to His Best Friend, Bill Smith |
Finca Vigia, San Francisco de Paula, Cuba | 1959 | USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 3,120.00 |
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