Potter and Potter Auctions: Select Rarities: Exceptional Books and Manuscripts
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Select Rarities: Exceptional Books and Manuscripts | Total Sales (USD) | 658,860.00 |
| Auction Date | September 04, 2025 - September 04, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 424,600.00 |
| Sale Number | #1213 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 622,000.00 |
| Total Lots | 116 | ||
| Sold Lots | 93 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 514,600.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 80.17% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 774,800.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 23 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 85.04% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMITH, Joseph (1804-1844). | The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon, Upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi... |
1830 | USD 120,000.00 - 150,000.00 | USD 240,000.00 |
| 57 | HUGHES, Langston (1901-1967). | The Negro Mother and Other Dramatic Recitations... With Decorations by Prentiss Taylor. |
1931 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 28,800.00 |
| 2 | [SMITH, Joseph (1804-1844), translator]. | The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon, Upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi... |
1841 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 26,400.00 |
| 115 | [WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900)]. | The Ballad of Reading Gaol. By C. 33 |
1898 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 19,200.00 |
| 62 | LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865). | Autograph Note Signed. |
1860 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 14,400.00 |
| 108 | TWAIN, Mark (pseudonym of CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne (1835-1910)). | Autographed Letter Signed. |
Sep. 26 1871. | USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 14,400.00 |
| 6 | National Intelligencer. |
1819--1828 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 12,000.00 | |
| 61 | LEE, Harper (1926-2016). | To Kill a Mockingbird. |
1960 | USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 10,800.00 |
| 25 | [SELZNICK, David O. (1902-1965), association]. [SHEARER, Norma (1902-1983), her copy]. | "Gone With the Wind" from the novel by Margaret Mitchell... Screen Play by Sidney Howard. Produced by David O. Selznick. Directed by Victor Fleming. Final Shooting Script January 24, 1939. |
1939 | USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 10,200.00 |
| 9 | LAET, Johannes de (1581-1649). | Beschrijvinghe Van West-Indien... Tweede Druck. In ontallijke plaetsen verbetert, met eenig nieuwe caerten, beelden van verscheyden dieren ende planten verciert. |
1630 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 9,600.00 |
| 99 | STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). | The Grapes of Wrath. |
1939 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 9,000.00 |
| 48 | HAMMETT, Dashiell (pseudonym of HAMMETT, Samuel Dashiell (1894-1961)). | The Dain Curse. |
1929 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 8,400.00 |
| 45 | [LAKESIDE PRESS]. | Complete Set of The Lakeside Classics. |
1903-2012. | USD 5,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 7,800.00 |
| 10 | GALLUCCI, Giovani Paolo (1538-1621). | Theatrum Mundi, et Temporis in quo non solum Precipuae Horum Partes describuntur... set accomodatissimis figuris sub Oculos Legentium facile ponutur. |
1588 | USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 7,200.00 |
| 67 | LINDSAY, Norman (1879-1969). | The Etchings of Norman Lindsay. |
1927 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 7,200.00 |
| 13 | SCOT, Reginald (1538-1599). | A Perfite platforme of a Hoppe Garden, and neccessarie Instructions for the making and mayntenaunce thereof, with notes and rules for reformation of all abuses, commonly practices therein, very neccessarie and expedient for all men to have, which in any w |
1578 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 6,600.00 |
| 17 | CARROLL, Lewis (pseudonym of DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge (1832-1898)). | Alice's Adventures Under Ground. Being a Facsimile of the Original Ms. Book Afterwards Developed Into "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland". |
1886 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,600.00 |
| 39 | KNIGHT, Richard Payne (1751-1824). | An Account of the Remains of the Worship of Priapus, Lately Existing at Isernia, in the Kingdom of Naples... |
1786 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 6,600.00 |
| 89 | [HEFNER, Hugh M. (1926-2017), contributor]. | Trio of First Editions of Books About the History of Playboy Magazine, All Signed by Hefner, and Multiple Playmates, including: EDGREN, Gretchen. The Playboy Book. Forty Years. |
1994 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 6,600.00 |
| 98 | STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). | East of Eden. |
1952 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 6,000.00 |
| 7 | HALFORD, Frederic (1844-1914). | Modern Development of the Dry Fly: The New Dry Fly Patterns, the Manipulation of Dressing them, and Practical Experiences of their Use. |
1910 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 5,760.00 |
| 32 | [DE QUINCEY, Thomas (1785-1859)]. | Confessions of an English Opium-Eater; Appearing in The London Magazine [September -- October, 1821]. |
1821 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 5,760.00 |
| 59 | JOYCE, James (1882-1941). | Ulysses. |
1922 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 5,520.00 |
| 43 | [PICASSO, Pablo (1881-1973), illustrator]. [SELDES, Gilbert (1893-1970), editor]. ARISTOPHANES (445 B. C.-??). | Lysistrata. |
1934 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 5,280.00 |
| 91 | [ALPERT, Richard a. k. a. Ram Dass (1931-2019), contributing editor]. | Complete Run of "The Psychedelic Review," Plus Related Ephemera. |
1963-1971. | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 5,280.00 |
![<b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/52dd1cf6-f094-4432-955c-f3b20077eb95.jpg "<b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000")
![<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.")
