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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 351 | Andrew Johnson | Dallas Herald |
Dallas | 1869 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 352 | Dalton Gang; Emmett Dalton | The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette |
Cincinnati | 1892 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold |
| 353 | John Dillinger | Toledo Blade |
Toledo | 1934 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 240.00 |
| 354 | Amelia Earhart | Group of 7 Contemporary Newspapers About Earhart's Flights and Her Disappearance |
New York; Wyoming; Des Moines; Baltimore; Philadelphia; Saginaw; Honolulu | 1928-1937 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 355 | Wright Brothers | The Illustrated London News |
London | 1908 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 356 | Louis Bleriot; Roger Sommer; Wilbur Wright; Charles Lindbergh; Orville Wright | The Illustrated London News |
London | 1907-1925 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 357 | Columbian Centinel |
Boston | 1810 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 480.00 | |
| 358 | Mabel Boll; Ruth Elder; Wilbur Wright; Jacqueline Cochran; Louise McPhetridge Thaden; Bobbie Trout; Viola Gentry; Tiny Broadwick; Laura Bromwell; Harriet Quimby; Katherine Stinson; Ruth Law; Mathilde Moisant; Mrs. Henry Farman | Group of 17 Newspapers About Early Female Aviators |
New Hampshire; Des Moines; Baltimore; Portland; Topeka; Virginian; Los Angeles; Pittsburg; New York; Santa Fe | 1837-1953 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 359 | George Washington; Jean-Pierre Blanchard | The Mail; or Claypoole's Daily Advertiser |
Philadelphia | 1793 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 360 | Morton; Haywood | The Sentinel of Freedom |
Newark | 1846 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 361 | British Newspapers |
V.p. | ca. 1757-1760 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 362 | The Bennington Banner |
Bennington, VT | 1876 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 363 | Hagerstown Mail |
Hagerstown, MD | 1874 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 364 | The Dartmouth Extra Broadside |
Dartmouth | 1932 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 365 | Volkischer Beobachter |
Munich | 1934 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 240.00 | |
| 366 | Volkischer Beobachter |
Munich | 1933 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 240.00 | |
| 367 | Volkischer Beobachter |
Munich | 1934 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 240.00 | |
| 368 | The Des Moines Register |
1934 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 369 | Tulsa Daily World |
1933 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 240.00 | ||
| 370 | The Tacoma Daily Ledger |
1902 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 371 | The Baltimore News |
1929 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 300.00 | ||
| 372 | Oakland Enquirer |
1906 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 480.00 | ||
| 373 | Henry Box Brown | Hagerstown Herald of Freedom |
Hagerstown, MD | 1849 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 374 | San Francisco Evening Bulletin |
San Francisco | 1866 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 375 | The Sun and New York Herald |
New York | 1920 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | 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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