Potter and Potter Auctions: Contemporary, Fine, Folk, and Outsider Art, 1225, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 03, 2025 - December 03, 2025
Page Size: 187 items in 8 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
7 [IN THE STYLE OF] WHITE, Charles

Joven (Youth)

Circa 1947 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 250.00
8 [IN THE STYLE OF] WHITE, Charles

Joven (Youth)

Circa 1947 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 250.00
9 POPE, Carl

B Nice or Leave No Credit

Circa 2007 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
12 CARTER, William S.

Posthumous Carter Brochure compiled by Dr. Margaret Burroughs...

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
21 GOLUB, Leon

The Heretic's Fork

Circa 1985 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
22 PICASSO, Pablo

Scene de Plage (Beach Scene)

Vallauris, France. 1956 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,875.00
26 RAGAGLI, Judy

Barbie Triptych. (Platinum Swirl in Black Magic, Gala Abend and Untitled).

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 375.00
64 SLOTA, Gerald

UNTITLED (Head #5 w Hands) and UNTITLED (Head #3 Woman), two.

1996 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
85 NUGENT, Bob

Amazon Study #26.

1988 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
103 LYE, Len

Four Autographed Letters to Oswell Blakeston.

N.p., circa 20th century USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 250.00
126 BOURGEOIS, Louise

Jitterbug.

1998 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 8,125.00
127 DELAUNAY, Sonia

Thunderbird

1973 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,250.00
128 RAUSCHENBERG, Robert

Doctors of the World

1997 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 625.00
129 JOHNS, Jasper

Untitled

1995 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,000.00
130 HODGKIN, Howard

David's Pool

1985 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,750.00
131 HODGKIN, Howard

Tropic Fruit

1981 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 937.50
133 CHRISTO AND JEANNE-CLAUDE

"The Wall" and "Surrounded Islands," two posters

Dusseldorf 1999 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 562.50
134 CHRISTO AND JEANNE-CLAUDE

"Valley Curtain", "Running Fence," and "Wrapped Trees," three posters

1972 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
135 CHRISTO AND JEANNE-CLAUDE

"Over the River, Project for the Arkansas River, State of Colorado," two posters

Dusseldorf 1999 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 375.00
136 HOCKNEY, David

A Room Full of Straw

1969 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,375.00
137 MATTA, Roberto

Hom'Mere -Chaosmos (one from the series of ten images)

1973 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 406.25
138 FAIREY, Shepard

Two works. Sarah and Obey Peace and Justice Ornament (Red).

2012 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 500.00
139 BUFFET, Bernard

La Parade, from Mon Cirque

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 750.00
140 SMITH, Vincent

Somali Women at Harar

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 250.00
141 KATO, Yuichiro

Untitled

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
  • Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
  • Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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