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Potomack Company: American Art and Americana

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Auction Name	American Art and Americana	Total Sales (USD)	16,399.50
Auction Date	February 07, 2024 - February 07, 2024	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	10,380.00
Sale Number	#20724	High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)	16,570.00
Total Lots	31
Sold Lots	23	Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)	17,580.00
% of Lots Sold	74.19%	High Estimate of All Lots (USD)	30,370.00
Unsold Lots	8	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	54.00%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
611	ALEXANDER WILSON.	AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY; OR, THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES. 9 VOLUMES. COMPLETE WITH 76 HAND COLORED ENGRAVINGS. 1808-1814	1808-1814	USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 6,500.00
616	DOUGLAS SOUTHALL FREEMAN.	R.E. LEE: A BIOGRAPHY. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED TO GEORGE BOLLING LEE 1934	1934	USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 2,925.00
615		GROUP OF BOOKS ABOUT LEE FAMILY OF VIRGINIA, SOME SIGNED AND INSCRIBED		USD 400.00 - 700.00	USD 2,340.00
612	CHARLES LUCIAN BONAPARTE.	AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY; OR, THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES. 4 VOLUMES. COMPLETE WITH 27 HAND COLORED ENGRAVED PLATES. 1825-1833	1825-1833	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,105.00
614	THEODORE ROOSEVELT	THREE THEODORE ROOSEVELT BOOKS		USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 422.50
540	AUGUST EDOUART	SILHOUETTE OF ROBERT LAMAN (SCOTTISH SILVERSMITH), 1831	1831	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 325.00
546	WILLIAM HENRY BROWN	DANIEL WEBSTER from 'PORTRAIT GALLERY OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN CITIZENS,' 1845	1845	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 292.50
533	BENSON BOND MOORE	A GROUP OF FIVE PRINTS: LONG-EARED OWL, BLUE JAY, YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS, PASSENGER PIGEONS and AN UNTITLED FRAMED PRINT OF BIRDS,	c. 1969-1971	USD 250.00 - 500.00	USD 260.00
545	WILLIAM HENRY BROWN	JOHN TYLER from 'PORTRAIT GALLERY OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN CITIZENS,' 1845	1845	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 227.50
553	WILLIAM HENRY BROWN	THOMAS COOPER, 1844 from 'PORTRAIT GALLERY OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN CITIZENS,' 1845	1845	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 227.50
618	ADMIRAL THOMAS DEWEY	LITHOGRAPHED TIN TRAY, CIRCA 1900	CIRCA 1900	USD 80.00 - 120.00	USD 195.00
541	WILLIAM HENRY BROWN	JOHN RANDOLPH (1773-1833) from 'PORTRAIT GALLERY OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN CITIZENS,' 1845	1845	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 162.50
543	WILLIAM HENRY BROWN	JOHN C. CALHOUN from 'PORTRAIT GALLERY OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN CITIZENS,' 1845	1845	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 162.50
544	WILLIAM HENRY BROWN	JOHN MARSHALL from 'PORTRAIT GALLERY OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN CITIZENS,' 1845	1845	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 162.50
542	WILLIAM HENRY BROWN	JOHN C. CALHOUN from 'PORTRAIT GALLERY OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN CITIZENS,' 1845	1845	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 130.00
547	WILLIAM HENRY BROWN	HENRY CLAY from 'PORTRAIT GALLERY OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN CITIZENS,' 1845	1845	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 130.00
548	WILLIAM HENRY BROWN	HENRY CLAY from 'PORTRAIT GALLERY OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN CITIZENS,' 1845	1845	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 130.00
549	WILLIAM HENRY BROWN	JOHN QUINCY ADAMS from 'PORTRAIT GALLERY OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN CITIZENS,' 1845	1845	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 130.00
550	WILLIAM HENRY BROWN	MARTIN VAN BUREN from 'PORTRAIT GALLERY OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN CITIZENS,' 1845	1845	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 130.00
552	WILLIAM HENRY BROWN	RICHARD CHANNING MOORE (1762-1841) from 'PORTRAIT GALLERY OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN CITIZENS,' 1845	1845	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 130.00
554	WILLIAM HENRY BROWN	ALEXANDER MACOMB from 'PORTRAIT GALLERY OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN CITIZENS,' 1845	1845	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 130.00
617	KATHERINE ANNE PORTER.	SHIP OF FOOLS. SIGNED FIRST EDITION WITH JACKET 1962	1962	USD 150.00 - 250.00	USD 91.00
619		AMERICAN 1876 CENTENNIAL PRINTED 'DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE' BANDANA	1876	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 91.00

Sotheby’s
Modern First Editions
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD

Sotheby’s
Modern First Editions
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD

Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
K. Marx, Das Kapital,1867. Dedication copy. Est: € 120,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Latin and French Book of Hours, around 1380. Est: € 25,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Theodor de Bry, Indiae Orientalis, 1598-1625. Est: € 80,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Breviary, Latin manuscript, around 1450-75. Est: € 10,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
G. B. Piranesi, Vedute di Roma, 1748-69. Est: € 60,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
K. Schmidt-Rottluff, Arbeiter, 1921. Orig. watercolour on postcard. Est: € 18,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: € 20,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
C. J. Trew, Plantae selectae, 1750-73. Est: € 28,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
M. Beckmann, Apokalypse, 1943. Est: € 50,000

Ketterer Rare Books
Auction May 27th

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Ulrich von Richenthal, Das Concilium, 1536. Est: € 9,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
I. Kant, Critik der reinen Vernunft, 1781. Est: €12,000

Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung (AIZ) / Die Volks-Illustrierte (VI), 1932-38. Est: €8,000

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