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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | William Butler Yeats; Lady Gregory | Set of All 4 Volumes of the Coole Edition of Irish Folk Tales |
Norwalk, CT | 2000 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 77 | Group of 14 Signed Limited Editions by Journalists |
Norwalk, CT | ca. 20th - 21st centuries | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 270.00 | |
| 78 | James Joyce; Henri Matisse | Ulysses |
Norwalk, CT | 1996 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 330.00 |
| 79 | Group of 28 Historical Titles in 29 Volumes |
V.p. | ca. 20th - 21st centuries | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 390.00 | |
| 80 | Carlos Castaneda; M. Scott Peck | Pair of Signed First Editions, Including Carlos Castaneda |
Norwalk, CT | 1993 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 180.00 |
| 81 | Sandra Day O'Connor; H. Alan Day; Scott Brown; James M. Jeffords; Shimon Peres; Terry Waite; Hanan Ashrawi | Group of 6 Signed Limited Editions of Books by Politicians and Newsmakers |
Norwalk, CT | ca. 20th - 21st centuries | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 82 | Oshinsky; Bird; Sherwin; Elkins; Brooks; Emerson | Set of 5 Signed Limited Editions by Pulitzer Prize Winners |
Norwalk, CT | 2006 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold |
| 83 | Frank Herbert; Clifford Simak; Philip Jose Farmer; Orson Scott Card; John Brunner | Group of 5 Science Fiction Novels |
Norwalk, CT | ca. 20th - 21st centuries | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 84 | Michael Lang | The Road to Woodstock |
Norwalk, CT | 2009 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 120.00 |
| 85 | Maya Angelou | I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings |
Norwalk, CT | 1999 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 210.00 |
| 86 | L. Frank Baum | Complete Set of All 6 Facsimile Editions of the Oz Books |
Norwalk, CT | 1987-1993 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 720.00 |
| 87 | George H. W. Bush; Barbara Bush | Pair of Signed, Limited Editions |
Norwalk, CT | 1994; 1999 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 150.00 |
| 88 | Winston S. Churchill; Franklin D. Roosevelt | Churchill and Roosevelt the Complete Correspondence |
Norwalk, CT | 1995 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 240.00 |
| 89 | Winston S. Churchill | The First World War |
Norwalk, CT | 1991 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 390.00 |
| 90 | Winston S. Churchill | The Second World War |
Norwalk, CT | 1989 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 510.00 |
| 91 | Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill | War Speeches 1939-1945 |
Norwalk, CT | 2001 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 270.00 |
| 92 | Paulo Coelho | The Illustrated Alchemist |
Norwalk, CT | 2013 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 210.00 |
| 93 | F. Scott Fitzgerald | Group of 7 Elaborately-Bound Illustrated Titles |
Norwalk, CT | 1991 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 540.00 |
| 94 | Gerald R. Ford; Jimmy Carter | Group of 4 Signed, Limited Editions |
Norwalk, CT | 1987-1992 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 95 | Doris Kearns Goodwin | The Bully Pulpit |
Norwalk, CT | 2013 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 96 | Arthur Miller; Burt Bacharach; Larry King; Jim Davis; A. E. Hotchner; Charles Grodiin; Arianna Huffington; Graham Nash; Jermaine Jackson | Group of 11 Signed First Edition Autobiographies or Biographies |
Norwalk, CT | 20th - 21st centuries | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 270.00 |
| 97 | Group of 38 Titles in 40 volumes |
Norwalk, CT | ca. 20th - 21st centuries | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 960.00 | |
| 98 | Douglas Brinkley; Stephen E. Ambrose; John Berendt | Group of 4 Signed Limited Edition Non-Fiction Books |
Norwalk, CT | 1994-2009 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 330.00 |
| 99 | Group of 58 Titles in 62 Volumes |
Norwalk, CT | ca. 20th - 21st centuries | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,560.00 | |
| 100 | John Keegan | The First World War [and] The Second World War |
Norwalk, CT | 2000 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 180.00 |
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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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