Potter and Potter Auctions: Fine Books & Artwork from the George D. Lacy & Louis A. Irmo Collections, 1243, Chicago

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Auction Report
Auction Date
November 20, 2025 - November 20, 2025
Page Size: 564 items in 23 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
427 [LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865), subject]

[PHOTOGRAPHY]. "Abraham Lincoln as a father" Mounted Albumen Portrait of Lincoln with His Son, Thomas ("Tad")

Philadelphia 1865 USD 750.00 - 1,250.00 USD 468.75
428 [WARREN, H[enry] F., photographer]

[PHOTOGRAPHY]. [LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865), subject]. "The Latest Photograph of President Lincoln Taken on the Balcony at the White House, March 6, 1865"

Waltham, MA 1865 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,000.00
429 [BRADY, Matthew (1822-1896), photographer]

[PHOTOGRAPHY]. [LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865), subject]. Rare Stereoscopic Card Portrait of Lincoln, from the "Prominent Portraits" Series, No. 2969, "Hon. Abraham Lincoln, President of United States"

[New York] [ca. January 8, 1864] USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,000.00
430 [AYER, George F., photographer]

[PHOTOGRAPHY]. [LINCOLN, Mary Todd (1818-1882), subject]. Tintype Portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln in a Carte de Visite Mount

[Portland, ME] [ca. 1860s] USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
431 [BRADY, Matthew (1822-1896) and ANTHONY, Edward (1819-1888), photographers]

[PHOTOGRAPHY]. [LINCOLN, Mary Todd (1818-1882), subject]. Carte de Visite of Mary Todd Lincoln in Inaugural Gown with a Bouquet

[New York] [1861] USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 625.00
432 SCHOFIELD, John (1831-1906)

Signed Card

[N.p.] [n.d.] USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
434 WILLIAMS, Tennessee (1911-1983)

Signed Theatre Program

New York [ca. 1956] USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 218.75
483 [BAX, Clifford (1886-1962) and SPARE, Austin O. (1886-1956), editor]

[ART AND LITERATURE MAGAZINE]. The Golden Hind (Volume II)

London, [N.p.] [ca. 1923-1924] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 281.25
484 [BALFOUR, Ronald (1896-1941), illustrator]

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

London 1920 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 468.75
485 SCHILLER, Harald

[BAUER, John (1882-1918), subject]. John Bauer. Sagotecknaren ("The Storyteller")

[Stockholm] [1935] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 281.25
486 ALIGHIERI, Dante (1265-1321)

Franz von Bayros [BAYROS, Franz Von. (1866-1924), illustrator]. Die gottliche komodie... ("The Divine Comedy")

[Wien] [1921] USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 593.75
487 SEPHTON, Geoffrey

Franz von Bayros [BAYROS, Marquis F[ranz Von]. (1866-1924), illustrator]. In Pandean Vale

Zurich [ca. 1920s-30s] USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 100.00
488 [BULL, Rene (1872-1942), illustrator]

Rene Bull Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Rendered Into English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald

[London] [1913] USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 593.75
489 [CARRE, Leon, (1878-1942), illustrator]

Leon Carre Le Livre des Mille Nuits et Une Nuit ("The Book of 1,000 Nights and a Night")

Paris [1926-32] USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 437.50
490 ROSENTHAL, Leonard (1874-1955)

Leon Carre [CARRE, Leon, (1878-1942), illustrator]. Au Jardin des Gammes

Paris [1924] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
491 GRAY, Thomas (1716-1771)

[CHROMOLITHOGRAPHS]. An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

London 1869 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 562.50
492 ANDERSEN, Hans Christian (1805-1875)

[CLARKE, Harry (1889-1931), illustrator]. Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen

New York [1916] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 500.00
493 GOETHE, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)

[CLARKE, Harry (1889-1931), illustrator]. Faust... From the German by John Anster

London [1925] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 562.50
494 POE, Edgar Allan (1809-1849)

Harry Clarke [CLARKE, Harry (1889-1931), illustrator]. Tales of Mystery and Imagination

London and New York [ca. 1926] USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 500.00
495 BOWE, Nicola Gordon (1948-2018)

Harry Clarke [CLARKE, Harry (1889-1931), subject]. Harry Clarke: His Graphic Art

Mountrath, Ireland and Los Angeles [1983] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 218.75
496 LOUYS, Pierre (1870-1925)

Raphael Collin [COLLIN, Raphael (1850-1916), illustrator]. Aphrodite Moeurs Antiques...

Paris 1909 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 125.00
497 URBAN, Otto M. (b. 1967)

[CZECH ILLUSTRATORS]. Decadence / In Morbid Colours: Art and the Idea of Decadence in the Bohemian Lands 1880-1914

[N.p.] 2009 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 187.50
498 LOUYS, Pierre (1870-1925)

[DENTON, Donald, illustrator]. Aphrodite

[N.p.] 1928 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 437.50
499 [NASH, John Henry (1871-1947), printer and publisher]

[DOHENY, Estelle (1875-1958), her copy]. To Remember Ray Frederick Coyle

San Francisco 1926 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 281.25
500 Julius Diez

Julius Diez [DIEZ, Julius (1870-1957), illustrator, subject]. Text Rich. Braungart

Munich 1920 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 100.00
  • Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T). The Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T)]. CLARK. The Military Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: HOMMAIRE DE HELL, Ignace-Xavier. LAURENS, Jules. Voyage en Turquie et en Perse
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: POSTEL, Guillaume. De la République des Turc
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PREZIOSI, Amadeo. Stamboul. Souvenir d’Orient.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES. EMPIRE OTTOMAN.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES, Achille Constant T. Emile. L'Art Arabe
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES. Histoire de l'art Egyptie
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: BESANCENOT, Jean. Costumes et types du Maroc.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES OTTOMANS. Suite de figures ottomanes à l’aquarelle
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: LES MILLE ET UNE NUIT, contes arabes
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: SCHLEGEL, Hermann et A. H. VERSTER van WULVERHORST. Traité de Fauconnerie - Planches
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: THEVENOT, Melchisédec. Relation de divers voyages curieux
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11:
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    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
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