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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 252 | Hemingway Mary | Typed Fair Copy of a Personal Poem |
San Francisco de Paula, Cuba | 1957 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 253 | Hemingway Ernest | Original Telegram from Hemingway to Arnold Gingrich |
1938 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 375.00 | |
| 254 | Hemingway Ernest | Original Telegram from Hemingway to Arnold Gingrich |
1938 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 255 | Hemingway Ernest | Original Telegram from Hemingway to Arnold Gingrich |
1936 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 250.00 | |
| 256 | Hemingway Pauline | Original Telegram from Pauline Hemingway to Arnold Gingrich |
1937 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold | |
| 257 | Hemingway Ernest | Original Telegram from Hemingway to Arnold Gingrich |
1936 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 250.00 | |
| 258 | Hemingway Ernest | Original Telegram from Hemingway to Arnold Gingrich |
1937 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 937.50 | |
| 259 | Hemingway Ernest | Original Telegram from Hemingway to Arnold Gingrich |
1934 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 312.50 | |
| 260 | Hemingway Ernest | Original Telegram from Hemingway to Arnold Gingrich |
1934 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 343.75 | |
| 261 | Hemingway Ernest | Pair of Original Telegrams from Hemingway to Arnold Gingrich |
1935 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 250.00 | |
| 262 | Hemingway Ernest (1899-1961) | Typed Letter Signed to Arnold Gingrich |
Key West, Fl | 1935 | USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,750.00 |
| 263 | Hemingway Ernest (1899-1961) | Typed Letter Signed to Arnold Gingrich |
Key West | 1933 | USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,750.00 |
| 264 | Gudin de la Brenellerie Paul (1738-1812) | Aux Manes de Louis XV, et des grands hommes qui ont vecu sous son regne, ou Essai sur les progres des arts et de l'esprit humain |
Zweibrucken | 1776 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 265 | Tenison Thomas (1636-1715) | The Creed of Mr. Hobbes Examined |
London | 1671 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 750.00 |
| 266 | Hobbes Thomas (1588-1679) | Tracts of Mr. Thomas Hobbs |
London | 1682 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,625.00 |
| 267 | Horatius Flaccus Quintus (65-8 B. C.) | Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera |
Paris | 1691 | USD 450.00 - 750.00 | Not Sold |
| 268 | Hugo Victor (1802-1885) | Autograph Letter Signed |
ca. 19th century | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 500.00 | |
| 269 | Herder Johann Gottfried (1744-1803) | Outlines of a Philosophy of the History of Man |
London | 1800 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,000.00 |
| 270 | Plautus M. Accius (d. 184 B. C.) | Ex Fide, Atque Auctoritate |
Paris | 1577 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 312.50 |
| 271 | 24 Books, including: John Tobias Sportsman |
New York | ca. 20th century | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 187.50 | |
| 272 | Terreros y Pando Esteban | Paleografias Espaola |
Madrid | 1758 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold |
| 273 | Asti Gaetano | Al Nobile Signor Senatore Conte Giuseppe Dalla Serra Malvasia Gabrielli in Occasione Che Termina Il Suo Primo Gonfalonierato di Giustizia |
Bologna | 1769 | USD 350.00 - 550.00 | Not Sold |
| 274 | Aesop; Barlow Francis (1626-1704) | Les fables d'Esope |
Paris | 1810 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 312.50 |
| 275 | Giafferri Paul Louis de | The History of the Feminine Costume of the World; The History of French Masculine Costume |
New York | ca. 1920s | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 187.50 |
| 276 | Russell William Howard (1820-1907); Dudley Robert (1826-1909) | Memorial of HRH Albert Prince of Wales and HRH Alexandra Princess of Denmark |
London | 1863 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 625.00 |
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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