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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 376 | Two Newspapers or Supplements Featuring Suffrage Parades |
V.p. | 1913; 1915 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 240.00 | |
| 377 | Depeche-Ballon. Vendredi 16 Decembre 1870 |
Paris | 1870 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 378 | The Philadelphia Union. Vol. 1 No. 1 |
Philadelphia, PA | 1860 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 379 | The Polydephian Society | The Gem |
Flushing, Ohio | 1853 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 380 | Richard M. Nixon | Typed Letter Signed [And:] First Trade Edition of Seize the Moment |
Woodcliff Lake, NJ; New York | 1992 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 120.00 |
| 381 | Francis Barrett | The Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer |
London | 1801; 1875 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 7,800.00 |
| 382 | Manly P. Hall | An Encyclopedic Outline of Masonic, Hermetic, Qabbalistic, and Rosicrucian Symbolical Philosophy |
San Francisco | 1928 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 2,640.00 |
| 383 | Gerard Encausse | Absolute Key to Occult Science / The Tarot of the Bohemians |
Philadelphia | ca. 1920s | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 390.00 |
| 384 | George Orwell | Nineteen Eighty-Four |
Toronto | 1949 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 660.00 |
| 385 | Album of 21 Woven Paper Strip Weavings |
N.p. | ca. 1900s-1930s | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 330.00 | |
| 386 | Seikichiro Goto | Japanese Hand-Made Paper. Vol. II Western Japan |
Tokyo | 1960 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 390.00 |
| 387 | Dard Hunter | The Literature of Papermaking 1390-1800 |
Chillicothe, OH | 1925 | USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,320.00 |
| 388 | Trio of Portfolios of Modern Handmade Paper Samples |
Washington, D. C. | 1998; 1999; 2003 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 330.00 | |
| 389 | Pope John Paul II | Pastoral Visit John Paul II Archdiocese of Detroit Sept. 18-19, 1987 |
Detroit | 1987 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 391 | V. S. Pritchett (1900-1997) | In My Good Books; Books in General |
London; New York | 1942; ND | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 60.00 |
| 392 | Mario Puzo (1920-1999) | The Godfather |
New York | 1969 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,320.00 |
| 393 | George Buchanan (1506-1582); Thomas Wilson | De Maria Scotorum Regina, totaque eius contra Regem coniuratione fodo cum Bothuelio adulterio, nefaria in maritum crudelitate & rabie, horrendo insuper & deterrimo eiusdem parricidio: plena & tragica plane Historia |
London | 1571 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
| 394 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) | Group of Signed Postcards, First Day Covers |
ca. 1930s-1940s | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,800.00 | |
| 395 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945); Henry Wallace (1888-1965) | Third Inauguration Invitation, Program, and Washington, D. C. Guidebook Signed by F. D. R. |
Washington, D. C.; Philadelphia | ca. 1940; n.d., ca. 1930s-1940s | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 510.00 |
| 396 | Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919); Doris Kearns Goodwin; Edmund Morris; Edward J. Renehan Jr.; Edward Wagenknecht | National Strength and International Duty; Group of 6 Modern Biographies about Roosevelt |
ca. 20th - 21st centuries | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 210.00 | |
| 397 | Christina Rossetti (1830-1894); Dante Gabriel Rossetti | The Prince's Progress and Other Poems |
London | 1866 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 210.00 |
| 398 | J. K. Rowling (b. 1965); Mary Grandpre | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows |
New York | 2007 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 180.00 |
| 399 | Tony Holmes; Iain Wyllie; Mark Postlethwaite | Aircraft of the Aces Legends of the Skies |
Oxford | 2004 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 180.00 |
| 400 | Salman Rushdie (b. 1947) | The Satanic Verses |
New York | 1988 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,320.00 |
| 401 | J. D. Salinger (1919-2010) | Franny and Zooey |
Boston | 1961 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 150.00 |
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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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