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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | Jack London | Pair of Photographs of Jack London, One with His Wife, Charmian |
ca. 1900s | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 96.00 | |
| 302 | The Boston Magazine for June 1784 |
Boston | 1784 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 303 | John Arrowsmith | The Crimea |
London | 1854 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 330.00 |
| 304 | T. Kobayashi, B. Kinoshita, S. Takenouchi | Geological Survey of Japan Reconnaissance Map. Topography. Division II |
Tokyo | 1887 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 305 | T. Maskew Miller | British South Africa |
Cape Town | ca. 1900 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 108.00 |
| 306 | Edward Stanford | Juta's Map of South Africa From the Cape to the Zambesi |
London | 1896 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 270.00 |
| 307 | Edward Stanford | Juta's Map of South Africa From the Cape to the Zambesi |
London | 1899 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 270.00 |
| 308 | Edward Stanford | Map of the Indian and Afghan Frontiers |
London | 1878 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 309 | Edward Stanford | Map of the North Western Frontier of India |
London | ca. 1900 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 240.00 |
| 310 | Edward Stanford | Stanford's Large Scale Map of Afghanistan, Showing the New British Frontiers |
London | 1879 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 420.00 |
| 311 | Edward Stanford | Stanford's Map of the South African Republic (Transvaal) |
London | 1899 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 150.00 |
| 312 | Edward Stanford | Stanford's New Map of the Orange Free State, the southern part of South African Republic |
London | 1900 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 210.00 |
| 313 | John Walker | Map of the Countries on the North West Frontier of India |
London | ca. 1840 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,440.00 |
| 314 | James Wyld | Australia |
London | ca. 1841 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 510.00 |
| 315 | Andrew Marvell | Sammelband of 4 Collections of Satirical Poems |
London | 1689 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 180.00 |
| 316 | Cormac McCarthy | All the Pretty Horses |
New York | 1992 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 540.00 |
| 317 | Cormac McCarthy | All the Pretty Horses |
New York | 1992 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 2,640.00 |
| 318 | Cormac McCarthy | Blood Meridian or The Evening Redness in the West |
London | 1989 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 660.00 |
| 319 | Cormac McCarthy; Bret Easton Ellis; Rob Wood | Blood Meridian or The Evening Redness in the West |
Irvine, CA | 2021 | USD 1,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,600.00 |
| 320 | Cormac McCarthy | Blood Meridian or The Evening Redness in the West |
New York | 1985 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,560.00 |
| 321 | Cormac McCarthy | Blood Meridian or The Evening Redness in the West |
New York | 1985 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 4,800.00 |
| 322 | Cormac McCarthy | Blood Meridian or The Evening Redness in the West |
New York | 1986 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,160.00 |
| 323 | Cormac McCarthy | Child of God |
New York | 1973 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,200.00 |
| 324 | Cormac McCarthy | Cities of the Plain |
New York | 1998 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 780.00 |
| 325 | Cormac McCarthy | The Crossing |
New York | 1994 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 720.00 |
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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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