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Potter and Potter Auctions: Select Rarities: Exceptional Books and Paper Treasures
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Select Rarities: Exceptional Books and Paper Treasures | Total Sales (USD) | 707,406.25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | September 10, 2026 - September 10, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 539,600.00 |
| Sale Number | #23621 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 863,900.00 |
| Total Lots | 170 | ||
| Sold Lots | 147.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 622,500.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 86.47% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 986,700.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 23 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 71.69% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilson William Griffith 1895-1971 | Alcoholics Anonymous |
1939 | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 68,750.00 |
| 85 | Hemingway Ernest | Men Without Women |
1927 | USD 25,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 35,000.00 |
| 7 | Hemingway Ernest 1899-1961 | Three Stories & Ten Poems |
1923 | USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 20,000.00 |
| 5 | Einstein Albert 1879-1955 | Large Photograph Inscribed by Einstein |
ca. 1920s-1930s | USD 10,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 18,750.00 |
| 6 | Hemingway Ernest 1899-1961 | The Capital of the World |
1936 | USD 25,000.00 - 50,000.00 | USD 18,750.00 |
| 17 | Wilde Oscar (1854-1900) | Autograph Letter Signed |
[ca. late 1882] | USD 14,000.00 - 16,000.00 | USD 18,750.00 |
| 119 | Moore Clement C. (1779-1863) | Poems |
1844 | USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 18,750.00 |
| 135 | Thomson John (1837-1921) | Illustrations of China and Its People |
1873-1874 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 16,250.00 |
| 2 | Wollstonecraft Mary 1759-1797 | A Vindication of the Rights of Woman |
1792 | USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
| 14 | The Holy Bible |
[1629] | USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 13,750.00 | |
| 16 | White E. B. (1899-1985) | Charlotte's Web |
[1952] | USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
| 64 | Avidom Menachem | Symphony No. 2 "David" |
1951 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 12,500.00 |
| 72 | Shakespeare William 1564-1616 | The Letterpress Shakespeare |
1982-2008 | USD 7,500.00 - 12,500.00 | USD 11,250.00 |
| 90 | Herbert Frank (1920-1986) | Dune |
1965 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 11,250.00 |
| 99 | Kent Rockwell; Mellville Herman | Moby Dick |
1930 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 10,625.00 |
| 10 | Carroll Lewis | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; Through the Looking-Glass and what Alice Found There |
1866; 1872 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 10,000.00 |
| 11 | Doyle Arthur Conan (1859-1930) | The Lost World |
[1912] | USD 6,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 10,000.00 |
| 4 | Einstein Albert 1879-1955 | Autograph Post Card Signed to His Son |
1931 | USD 9,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 9,375.00 |
| 46 | Carroll Lewis (1832-1898) | Sylvie and Bruno; Sylvie and Bruno Concluded |
1889, 1893 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 9,375.00 |
| 151 | Salinger J. D. | The Catcher in the Rye |
1951 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 9,375.00 |
| 15 | Kanter Albert (1897-1973) | Classics Illustrated |
1941-1969 | USD 7,500.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
| 67 | Smith Percy Delf | The Dance of Death 1914-1918 |
1914-1919 | USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
| 159 | Thoreau Henry David | The Writings of Henry David Thoreau |
1906 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
| 57 | Doyle Arthur Conan (1859-1930) | The New Revelation |
1918 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 7,500.00 |
| 58 | Doyle Arthur Conan (1859-1930) | The Sign of Four |
1890 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 7,500.00 |
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Heritage, Nov. 18: Orson Welles. Signed Third Revised Final Draft for Citizen Kane (RKO, 1941). July 16, 1940.Heritage, Nov. 18: Bob Dylan. Autograph manuscript working lyrics to "Man on the Street."Heritage, Nov. 18: Ernest Hemingway. Death in the Afternoon. Inscribed by the author to the daughter of the Spanish Ambassador.Heritage, Nov. 18: Jack London. The Call of the Wild. Inscribed by the author.Heritage, Nov. 18: John Steinbeck. East of Eden. Inscribed by 27 members of the movie cast and crew, including James Dean and Elia Kazan. -
