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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 276 | Oliver Wendell Sr. Holmes | Pair of Autograph Notes Signed |
Boston | 1866 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 210.00 |
| 277 | J. Edgar Hoover | Typed Letter Signed [And:] First Edition of Masters of Deceit |
New York; Washington, DC. | 1958; 1959 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 240.00 |
| 278 | Christina Rossetti | Goblin Market |
London | 1893 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 390.00 |
| 279 | Raffaello Sanzio Da Urbino | Soffiti delle Loggie del Vaticano |
Rome | 1776 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 280 | John Coney | Ecclesiastical Edifices of The Olden Time |
London | 1842 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 281 | Louis Haghe | Haghe's Portfolio of Sketches. Belgium, Germany |
London | 1850 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 282 | Louis Haghe | Haghe's Portfolio of Sketches. Belgium, Germany. Second Series |
London | 1845 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 283 | James Cavanah Murphy | The Arabian Antiquities of Spain |
London | 1813; 1815 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 2,040.00 |
| 284 | Bonaventua van Overbeke | Reliquiae Antiquae Urbis Romae |
Amsterdam | 1708 | USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 1,800.00 |
| 285 | Samuel Prout | Facsimiles of Sketches Made in Flanders and Germany and Drawn on Stone |
London | ca. 1833 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 286 | The New Gallery of British Art |
New York | ca. 1880s | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 330.00 | |
| 287 | Peter Newell; Frederic Remington; Barry Moser | Trio of Illustrated Books |
New York; Boston; [V.p.] | 1892; 1901; 1983 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 288 | Matthew Digby Wyatt | Specimens of Ornamental Art Workmanship in Gold, Silver, Iron, Brass and Bronze |
London | 1852 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 289 | James I | Apologia pro Iuramento Fidelitatis |
Hagae-Comitis | 1609 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 290 | Early Printed Chapter on Moderation of an Apparently Larger Work on Buddhism |
Japan | ca. 1823 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 291 | The Art of Adornment [and:] Gems and Jewels of Mughal India |
London | 2013 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 300.00 | |
| 292 | William S. White | The Professional: Lyndon B. Johnson |
Boston | 1964 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 293 | Lyndon B. Johnson | Inscribed Photo |
N.p. | n.d. | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 210.00 |
| 294 | Claudia “Lady Bird” Johnson; Lyndon B. Johnson | Official White House Photo, Inscribed and Signed on the Mount by Lady Bird |
Washington, D. C. | 1966 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 150.00 |
| 295 | Ben Jonson | The Works of Ben Jonson |
London | 1692 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 570.00 |
| 296 | John Spencer | De Legibus Hebraeorum Ritualibus |
Tubingen | 1732 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 96.00 |
| 297 | Gustav Klimt | Gustav Klimt Erotic Drawings |
New York | 1980 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 180.00 |
| 298 | Harper Lee | To Kill a Mockingbird |
Philadelphia | 1960 | USD 8,500.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 5,280.00 |
| 299 | Gaston Leroux | The Phantom of the Opera |
New York; Indianapolis | 1911 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 300 | Bruce L. Larson | Lindbergh of Minnesota. A Political Biography |
New York | 1973 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 450.00 |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000. -
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
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July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000