Potter and Potter Auctions: Fine Books & Artwork from the George D. Lacy & Louis A. Irmo Collections, 1243, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- November 20, 2025 - November 20, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 402 | CLEBURNE, General Patrick (1828-1864) | Autograph Promissory Note Signed |
Helena, AR | May 7th, 1860 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,250.00 |
| 403 | DAVIS, Jefferson (1808-1889) | Autograph Letter Signed |
2d Aug. 71 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 562.50 | |
| 404 | DOUGLASS, Frederick (1818-1895) | Cabinet Card Portrait of Douglass |
Rochester, NY | [ca.1880s] | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,375.00 |
| 405 | DOUGLASS, Frederick (1818-1895) | Signed Document |
Washington, D. C. | August 7, 1883 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 562.50 |
| 406 | GODFREY, Edward Settle (1843-1932) | Autograph Letter Signed |
Cookstown, N. J. | 1916-06-01 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 281.25 |
| 407 | GODFREY, Edward Settle (1843-1932) | Autograph Letter Signed |
Washington [D. C.] | [n.d., ca. 1910s] | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 408 | GOEBBELS, Joseph (1897-1945) | Typed Letter Signed |
Berlin | 1936-11-03 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,250.00 |
| 409 | GOERING, Hermann (1893-1946) | Signed Real Photo Postcard |
[Munich] | [ca. 1940] | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 406.25 |
| 410 | HIMMLER, Heinrich (1900-1945) | Printed Holiday Greeting Card, Signed by Himmler |
[Germany] | January, 1938 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,062.50 |
| 411 | JOHNSTON, Joseph Eggleston (1807-1891) | Transportation Receipt Filled-Out and Signed 3 Times |
Buffalo | June 19, 1841 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 281.25 |
| 412 | [LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865) and BOOTH, John Wilkes (1838-1865), subjects] | Group of 21 Original X-Ray Films of Fragments of Lincoln's Skull and Part of Booth's Vertebrae |
[Washington, D. C. and New Smyrna Beach, FL] | [ca. 1981] | USD 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 413 | DILLER, Isaac R. (1854-1948) | [LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865), subject]. Signed Souvenir Print, "Lincoln Home 1860, Springfield, Illinois / Abraham Lincoln, Willie and "Tad" Inside the Fence 'Little Isaac Diller on the Sidewalk,' as Carl Sandberg Put it..." |
[Springfield, IL] | [ca. 20th century] | USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,000.00 |
| 414 | [MEDICAL EPHEMERA]. Engraved Pass for Practical Anatomy Course at the University of Pennsylvania, Signed by a Prominent Pennsylvania Doctor and Professor |
[Pennsylvania] | [ca. 1885] | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 312.50 | |
| 415 | [MEDICAL EPHEMERA]. Group of 35 Color or Black and White Slides Related to the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln |
[N.p.] | [ca. 20th century] | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 112.50 | |
| 416 | [MEDICAL EPHEMERA]. Group of 54 Color or Black and White Slides Related to the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln |
[N.p.] | [ca. 20th century] | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 312.50 | |
| 417 | [RIDDLE, Andrew Jackson (1828-1897), photographer] | [PHOTOGRAPHY]. [ANDERSONVILLE]. Albumen Cabinet Card |
[Georgia] | [ca. 1864] | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 562.50 |
| 418 | [BOOTH, Edwin (1833-1893), subject] | [PHOTOGRAPHY]. Signed Carte de Visite |
Boston | ca. 1860s | USD 250.00 - 350.00 | USD 312.50 |
| 419 | [BOOTH, John Wilkes (1838-1865), subject] | [PHOTOGRAPHY]. Carte de Visite, "J. Wilkes Booth, The murderer of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States" |
[N.p.] | [ca. 1860s] | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 375.00 |
| 420 | [BOOTH, John Wilkes (1838-1865), subject] | [PHOTOGRAPHY]. Carte de Visite of Booth |
[New York] | [ca. 1860s] | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold |
| 421 | [BURR, Dr. Richard, subject] | [PHOTOGRAPHY]. Stereoscopic View of Dr. Richard Burr Embalming a Corpse of a Dead Soldier in the Field |
[New York] | [ca. 1860s] | USD 400.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 422 | [BRADY, Matthew (1822-1896), photographer] | [PHOTOGRAPHY]. [CORBETT, Sgt. Boston (1832-1894), subject]. Carte de Visite of Sgt. Boston Corbett, the Man who Killed John Wilkes Booth |
Washington, D. C. | [ca. 1860s] | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 812.50 |
| 423 | [SARONY, Napoleon (1821-1896), photographer] | [PHOTOGRAPHY]. [DAVIS, Jefferson (1808-1889), subject]. Cabinet Card Portrait of an Elderly Jefferson Davis |
[New York] | [ca. 1896] | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 312.50 |
| 424 | [GUTEKUNST, Frederick (1831-1917, photographer] | [PHOTOGRAPHY]. [GRANT, Ulysses S. (1822-1885), subject]. Ulysses S. Grant Signed Carte de Visite as Lt. General |
[Philadelphia] | [ca. 1866] | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 4,250.00 |
| 425 | [BRADY, Matthew (1822-1896), photographer] | [PHOTOGRAPHY]. [LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865), subject]. Carte de Visite of a Standing President Lincoln, Sometimes Known as the "Solitary Pine" Pose |
[Washington, D. C. and New York] | [ca. 1864] | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
| 426 | [BRADY, Matthew (1822-1896)] | [PHOTOGRAPHY]. [LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865), subject]. Carte de Visite of Abraham Lincoln with His Son, Thomas ("Tad") |
New-York | [ca. 1860s] | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 312.50 |
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