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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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