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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 659 | Josephson Kenneth (b. 1932) | Selected Photographs |
Berlin | 2013 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 125.00 |
| 660 | Lido Serge | Les Ballets Americains |
Paris | ca. 1948 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 62.50 |
| 661 | Witkin Joel-Peter; Blake William | Songs of Innocence and Experience |
Brewster, MA | 2004 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 662 | Stereoscopic View of Dr. Richard Burr Embalming a Corpse of a Dead Soldier in the Field |
New York | ca. 1860s | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 125.00 | |
| 663 | Fusco Paul | RFK Funeral Train |
New York | 2000 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 281.25 |
| 664 | Brandt Bill; Szarkowski John | 3 Books, including: The English at Home |
London; Minneapolis | 1936; 1956; ca. 1954 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 125.00 |
| 665 | Art Work of Central Illinois Cities |
Chicago | 1922 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 125.00 | |
| 666 | Fowler O.S.; Fowler L.N.; Gall | 3 Books, including: The Illustrated Self-Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology |
New York; Philadelphia | 1859; 1869; 1835 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 156.25 |
| 667 | Group of Nearly 30 Volumes About Modern Pop Culture |
ca. 20th - 21st centuries | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 125.00 | ||
| 668 | Johnson Paul | Group of 5 Small-Sized Handmade and Hand-Painted Artistic Pop-Up Books |
England | ca. 1980s | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 562.50 |
| 669 | Johnson Paul | Group of 4 Medium-Sized Handmade and Hand-Painted Artistic Pop-Up Books |
England | ca. 1980s | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 343.75 |
| 670 | Johnson Paul | Pair of Large-Sized Handmade and Hand-Painted Artistic Pop-Up Books |
England | ca. 1980s | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 375.00 |
| 671 | Johnson Paul | Pair of Large-Sized Handmade and Hand-Painted Artistic Pop-Up Books |
England | ca. 1980s | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 406.25 |
| 672 | Pope Alexander | The Dunciad, Variorum |
London | 1729 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 312.50 |
| 673 | Ford Gerald R. | The Thirty-eighth President. Remarks on Taking the Oath of Office as President of the United States |
Reno, NV | 2001 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 531.25 |
| 674 | Nicolay John G.; Hay John | Abraham Lincoln: A History |
New York | 1914 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 375.00 |
| 675 | Here Type Can Serve You |
Chicago | [1935] | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 75.00 | |
| 676 | Cabell James Branch (1879-1958) | There Were Two Pirates |
New York | 1946 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 125.00 |
| 677 | Rawlings Marjorie Kinnan (1896-1953) | South Moon Under |
New York | 1933 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 100.00 |
| 678 | Robinson W. Heath (1872-1944) | Twelfth Night or What You Will; A Song of the English |
London | 1908-1909 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 187.50 |
| 679 | Kennan George (1904-2005) | Siberia and the Exile System |
New York | 1891 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 100.00 |
| 680 | Mather Cotton; Mather Increase | The Wonders of the Invisible World |
London | 1862 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 500.00 |
| 681 | Salinger J. D. (1919-2010) | Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour An Introduction |
N/A | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 156.25 | |
| 682 | Schofield John (1831-1906) | Signed Card |
N/A | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold | |
| 683 | Scott Walter (1771-1832) | 3 Books, including: The Fortunes of Nigel |
Edinburgh | 1822, 1836 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 343.75 |
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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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