Potter and Potter Auctions: Contemporary, Fine, Folk and Outsider Art
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Contemporary, Fine, Folk and Outsider Art | Total Sales (USD) | 114,178.00 |
| Auction Date | June 05, 2025 - June 05, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 75,800.00 |
| Sale Number | #1207 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 120,400.00 |
| Total Lots | 186 | ||
| Sold Lots | 149 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 98,000.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 80.11% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 156,000.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 37 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 73.19% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 229 | WARHOL, Andy (American, 1928-1987) | Untitled 12 from the "For Meyer Shapiro Portfolio. |
1974 | USD 12,000.00 - 16,000.00 | USD 9,600.00 |
| 15 | EAMES, Charles and Ray Bernice (American, 1907-1978; 1912-1988) | "The Toy" and "The Coloring Toy" Design Layouts. |
USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 5,520.00 | |
| 312 | [PHOTOGRAPHY]. TURNER, Philip A. (American, 1932-2024) | A Life's Work. A Major Archive of a 20th Century Modernist Photographer. |
1950s to the 2000s. | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 4,800.00 |
| 9 | EAMES, Charles and Ray Bernice (American, 1907-1978; 1912-1988) | "Original House of Cards" Pattern Deck Designs. |
Early 1950s. | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 4,560.00 |
| 10 | EAMES, Charles and Ray Bernice (American, 1907-1978; 1912-1988) | "Giant House of Cards" Card Mockup and Packaging Layout. |
1950s. | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 4,560.00 |
| 35 | Textiles and Objects / a division of Herman Miller inc, at 8 east 53rd in New York City. Store designed by Alexander Girard. |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 4,560.00 | ||
| 228 | WARHOL, Andy (American, 1928-1987) | United Nations Disaster Relief Issue Stamp with print. |
1979 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,840.00 |
| 66 | Sydney Opera House. The Yellow Book. Architect Jorn Utzon. |
1962 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 2,880.00 | |
| 42 | KENT, Mary Corita (American, 1918-1986) | Wonderbread. |
1967 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,880.00 |
| 2 | [EAMES, Charles]. | Eames / Harvard University - The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures. Design by Toshihiro Katayama (1928-2013) |
1971 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 2,160.00 |
| 47 | JOHNS, Jasper (American, b. 1930) | 1974 Jasper Johns Exhibition Poster. |
1974 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,160.00 |
| 23 | Correspondence and Architectural Plans with notes from Alexander Girard to Charles Eames. |
1956 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,040.00 | |
| 230 | United Nations / WFUNA Limited Edition Art Prints. Alexander Calder, Chaim Gross, Norman Rockwell, Jacques Yves Costeau and Gary Trudeau. 32 prints. Calder is framed. |
1973-1980. | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,680.00 | |
| 22 | Blueprints for a Group of Alexander Girard Houses, Inscribed Verso,"Girards Houses". |
Not dated. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,680.00 | |
| 51 | BERTOIA, Harry (American, 1915-1978) | Untitled. |
Not dated. | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,560.00 |
| 214 | BAK, Bronislaw M. and Hedi (American, 1922-1981/1927-2010) | CHICAGO. Portfolio of 100 woodblock prints. |
1967 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,440.00 |
| 247 | HAYTER, Stanley William (English, 1901- 1988) | Nine Engravings. |
1933-1946. | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,440.00 |
| 14 | Herman Miller | Herman Miller Designed and Staged Catalog Images. |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,440.00 | |
| 39 | BERTOIA, Harry (American, 1915-1978) | Untitled. |
1965 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,440.00 |
| 219 | DALI, Salvador (AFTER) (Spanish, 1904-1989) | Group of Three Divine Comedy Woodblock Prints. Paradise 15, Purgatory 20 and Inferno 29. |
USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,320.00 | |
| 275 | Vasarely, Victor (French, 1906-1997) | Homage to the Hexagon. |
1969 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,320.00 |
| 297 | COOKE, John Byrne (American, 1940-2017) | The Queen and Her Prince. Joan Baez and Bob Dylan. 1963 Newport Folk Festival. |
Not dated. | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,320.00 |
| 19 | [ASSOCIATION} Ray Eames. | Untitled. |
Not dated. | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,320.00 |
| 259 | TOOKER, George (American, 1920-2011) | The Window. |
1994 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,140.00 |
| 13 | Herman Miller | Herman Miller Design Reference Photos. |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,140.00 |
![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/acf970a0-a15d-4c79-aa24-5e8e414cb465.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.")
