Potter and Potter Auctions: Summer Fine Books & Manuscripts, 22825, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 09, 2026 - July 09, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 227 | Young Edward;Blake William | Night Thoughts |
London | 2005 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 562.50 |
| 228 | Johnson Samuel | A Dictionary of the English Language |
London | 2006 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 875.00 |
| 229 | 57 Books, including: The Folio Society |
London | ca. 2000s-2010s | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,187.50 | |
| 230 | Collins William;Guthrie James | Ode to Evening |
Flansham, Bognor Regis | 1937 | USD 750.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 231 | Tolstoy Leo | War and Peace |
London | 2007 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 406.25 |
| 232 | Whitman Walt; Weston Edward | Leaves of Grass |
New York | 1942 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 343.75 |
| 233 | Fitzgerald Edward; Puttapipat Niroot | Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam |
London | 2009 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 562.50 |
| 234 | Langland William | Visio Willi de Petro Ploughman |
London | 1813 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 312.50 |
| 235 | Oldham Will | Will Oldham on Bonnie 'Prince' Billy |
London | 2012 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 187.50 |
| 236 | Webb Thomas Smith | The Freemason's Monitor; or, Illustrations of Masonry |
Albany | 1797 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 468.75 |
| 237 | Kent Elizabeth; Browne D.J.; Beston Henry; Rhind William; Osgood Frances S.; Rohde Eleanour Sinclair | 11 Books on Gardening, Plants, and Flowers |
London; Boston; New York; Dublin; Philadelphia | 1825-1935 | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 218.75 |
| 238 | Bush Harry | Hard Boys |
2007 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 500.00 | |
| 239 | Freeman Paul | 3 Books, including: Outback |
Australia | ca. 21st century | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 281.25 |
| 240 | Everett Edward | Autograph Letter Signed to Union General John Adams Dix |
1864 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 241 | Glanvill Joseph (1636-1678) | Seasonable Reflections and Discourses In Order to the Conviction, & Cure of the Scoffing, & Infidelity Of a Degenerate Age |
London | 1676 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 242 | Hamilton Anthony (1646-1720) | Memoirs of Count Grammont |
London | 1793 | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 243 | Haley Alex (1921-1992) | Roots |
Garden City | 1976 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 343.75 |
| 244 | Haley Alex (1921-1992) | Archive of Signed Letters Plus Three Photos of Haley with Stevie Wonder |
1970s | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,750.00 | |
| 245 | Hemingway Ernest (1899-1961) | Autograph Letter Signed to His Son, "Bumby" |
1959 | USD 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,500.00 | |
| 246 | Hemingway Ernest (1899-1961) | Autograph Letter Signed to Arnold Gingrich |
1934 | USD 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,000.00 | |
| 247 | Hemingway Ernest (1899-1961) | A Moveable Feast |
New York | 1964 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 312.50 |
| 248 | Hemingway Ernest (1899-1961) | The Old Man and the Sea |
New York | 1952 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,375.00 |
| 249 | Hemingway Ernest (1899-1961) | The Old Man and the Sea |
New York | 1952 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,750.00 |
| 250 | Hemingway Ernest (1899-1961) | Today is Friday |
Englewood, NJ | 1926 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 687.50 |
| 251 | Hemingway Ernest | Typed Letter Signed to Jane Armstrong |
1939-1940 | USD 2,500.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 3,000.00 |
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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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