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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Charles Dickens | The Christmas Books |
London | 1886 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 780.00 |
| 52 | Charles Dickens | The Christmas Books |
London | 1844-1848 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 2,160.00 |
| 53 | Carroll V. Glines | Four Came Home |
New York | 1981 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 360.00 |
| 54 | Sir Arthur Doyle | A Study in Scarlet in Beeton's Christmas Annual, 1887 |
1887 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 720.00 | |
| 55 | Sir Arthur Doyle | The Lost World |
London | 1912 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 270.00 |
| 56 | John Drinkwater | Bird in Hand. A Play in Three Acts |
London | 1927 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 60.00 |
| 57 | John Dryden | The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, Esq |
London | 1760 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 150.00 |
| 58 | Early Photo Album |
Montreal, Canada; Johnstown, NY | ca. 1800s | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 300.00 | |
| 59 | John More | A Table from the Beginning of the world to this day |
Cambridge | 1593 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,200.00 |
| 60 | Camillo Agrippa | Trattato di Scienza d'Arme et un Dialogo in Detta Materia |
Venice | 1604 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,560.00 |
| 61 | Jean Le Feron | Le Simbol Armorial de Armoiries de France, & d'Escoce, & de Lorraine |
Salzburg | 1555 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 330.00 |
| 62 | Kurt Vonnegut | Fates Worse Than Death and Bluebeard |
Norwalk, CT; Franklin Center | 1991; 1987 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 330.00 |
| 63 | Group of 20 Non-Fiction Titles in 23 Volumes |
V.p. | ca. 20th - 21st centuries | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 300.00 | |
| 64 | Group of 13 Signed, Limited Edition Novels |
Norwalk; Franklin Center | ca. 20th - 21st centuries | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 420.00 | |
| 65 | Twelve Titles in 17 Volumes |
Norwalk, CT | ca. 20th -21st centuries | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 390.00 | |
| 66 | Group of 13 Illustrated or Art Books |
Norwalk, CT | ca. 20th - 21st centuries | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 150.00 | |
| 67 | Roger Bannister | The Four Minute Mile |
Norwalk, CT | 1999 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 68 | Group of 17 Titles |
Norwalk, CT | ca. 20th - 21st centuries | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 240.00 | |
| 69 | Group of 18 Books About Baseball |
Norwalk, CT | ca. 20th - 21st centuries | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 270.00 | |
| 70 | W. P. Kinsella | Shoeless Joe |
Norwalk, CT | 1992 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 71 | Bill Russell | Red and Me. My Coach, My Lifelong Friend |
Norwalk, CT | 2009 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 180.00 |
| 72 | Don Troiani; Mort Kuntsler | Trio of Illustrated Signed Limited Editions |
Norwalk, CT | 1995; 2000 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 108.00 |
| 73 | Raquel Welch; Larry Hagman; Robert J. Wagner | Trio of Signed First Editions by Film Actors/Actresses |
Norwalk, CT | 2001-2010 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 180.00 |
| 74 | Eleanor Vere Boyle | Beauty and the Beast |
Norwalk, CT | 2013 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 150.00 |
| 75 | Group of 10 Illustrated Children's Books |
Norwalk, CT | ca. 20th - 21st centuries | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 540.00 |
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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