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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 326 | Cormac McCarthy | The Orchard Keeper |
London | 1966 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,640.00 |
| 327 | Cormac McCarthy | The Orchard Keeper |
New York | 1965 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,640.00 |
| 328 | Larry McMurtry | The Last Picture Show |
New York | 1966 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 390.00 |
| 329 | Larry McMurtry | Group of 18 First or Early Editions of Actress Biographies |
ND | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 120.00 | |
| 330 | Francesco Redi; Moyse Charas | A Letter of Francesco Redi Concerning Some Objections mad upon his Observations about Vipers |
London | 1673 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 660.00 |
| 331 | Brian Lutz | Eero Saarinen: Furniture for Everyman |
New York | 2012 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 210.00 |
| 332 | Regents of the Deseret University | Deseret Second Reader |
Salt Lake City | 1868 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 480.00 |
| 333 | Orson Ferguson Whitney | Elias An Epic of the Ages |
New York | 1904 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 334 | Heber J. Grant; J. Reuben Clark; David O. McKay; Anthony W. Ivins; Charles W. Nibley; William Jennings Bryan; John Wesley Hill; George Wharton James | Group of 7 Books or Related Items, 5 of Which Are Signed |
Salt Lake City | ND | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 335 | Sir Richard Francis Burton | The City of the Saints, and Across the Rocky Mountains to California |
New York | 1862 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 180.00 |
| 336 | Gibbs; J. Reuben Clark Jr.; Albert E. Bowen | Group of 8 Assorted Titles About Mormonism |
19th - 20th centuries | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 240.00 | |
| 337 | Orson Pratt; John Taylor | Group of 18 Early Pamphlets on Mormonism |
Liverpool | 1848-1851 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 600.00 |
| 338 | Franklin D. Richards | A Compendium of the Faith and Doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints |
Liverpool | 1857 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 150.00 |
| 339 | Joseph Jr. Smith | The Doctrine and Covenants, of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints |
Liverpool | 1852 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 840.00 |
| 340 | Joseph Jr. Smith | The Doctrine and Covenants, of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints |
Utah Territory | 1876 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 120.00 |
| 341 | Brigham Young; G. D. Watt; Stephen New | Journal of Discourses, Vol. I |
Liverpool; Sheffield | 1854; 1850 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 270.00 |
| 342 | Sir James George Frazer | The Golden Bough |
London | 1963 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 330.00 |
| 343 | George "Machine Gun" Barnes | Chicago Daily Tribune |
Chicago | 1933 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 240.00 |
| 344 | John Hancock; Samuel Adams | The Boston Chronicle |
Boston | 1768 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 390.00 |
| 345 | George "Baby Face" Nelson; Dutch Schultz; John Dillinger; Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd; Clyde Barrow; Marvin Barrow; Bonnie Parker; Charles Makely; Jack Klutas; Vernon Miller; Homer Van Meter; Tommy Carroll; Harry Pierpont; Harry "Pittsburgh Phil" Strauss | The New York Times - Late City Edition |
New York | 1934 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 346 | Andrew Jackson; Charles Carroll of Carrollton | Richmond Enquirer |
Richmond | 1832-1834 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 347 | Samuel Untermyer | New York Life |
Brooklyn | 1933 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 960.00 |
| 348 | Montgolfier Brothers; John Adams; John Jay; de Rozier; De Groof | Group of 10 Newspapers About Ballooning |
London; Pennsylvania | 1783-1874 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 349 | Boston Americans; Pittsburg Nationals | The Tacoma Weekly Ledger |
Tacoma | 1903 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 350 | Abraham Lincoln | Henderson Weekly Reporter |
Henderson | 1861 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
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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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