Potter and Potter Auctions: Online Only Fine Books Sale, 1228, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- January 29, 2026 - January 29, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 353 | OBAMA, Michelle. | The Look. With Meredith Koop. |
New York | 2025 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 180.00 |
| 354 | ONDAATJE, Michael. | Group of 5 First Editions. |
V.p. | ca.20th -- 21st centuries | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 355 | GIRAUD, Jr., J. P. | The Birds of Long Island. |
New York | 1844 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 180.00 |
| 356 | [WALKER, John] | Oxoniana. |
London | ca. 1807 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 240.00 |
| 357 | MARSH, Othniel Charles. | Odontornithes: A Monograph on the Extinct Toothed Birds of North America, in United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel, Volume VII. |
Washington | 1880 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 120.00 |
| 358 | OSBORN, Henry Fairfield. | The Titanotheres of Ancient Wyoming, Dakota, and Nebraska. |
Washington | 1929 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 180.00 |
| 359 | [PEEP SHOWS] | Trio of "Gaiarama" Peep-Show Titles. |
Willits Ca | ca.late 20th century | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 360 | STAEHLIN, [Jacob] | Original Anecdotes of Peter the Great, Collected from the Conversation of Several Persons of Distinction at Petersburgh and Moscow. |
London | 1788 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 150.00 |
| 361 | [DICKENS, Charles, subject] | Cabinet Card Portrait of Dickens. |
London | ca.1850s-1860s | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 96.00 |
| 362 | [FRENCH AUTHORS] | Group of 5 Cabinet Card Portraits of French Authors. |
Paris | ca.1880s | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | Not Sold |
| 364 | AVEDON, Richard (1923-2004), photographer] | Avedon Photographs 1947-1977. |
New York | 1978 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 120.00 |
| 365 | Madonna | Sex. |
New York | 1992 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 108.00 |
| 366 | [PHOTOGRAPHY] | "First Trip" Photo Album / Scrap Book of Travels in Australia, Pitcairn Island, Tasmania, India, Kashmir, Malay, and more. |
V.p.: | Jan 1924 -- July 1925 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 600.00 |
| 367 | [HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961), subject] | Color Photographic Print of an Older Hemingway on the Bridge of His Fishing Boat, the "Pilar." |
N.p. | , ca. 1950s-1960s, though print is later, ca. 1990s-2000s, based on the backprint of the paper | USD 150.00 - 200.00 | USD 96.00 |
| 368 | Archive of Over 100 Black and White Photos of Mexican Village Scenes. |
ca. 1930s | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 660.00 | ||
| 369 | WEXLER, Glen. | The 80s Portrait Sessions. |
N.p. | 2019 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 270.00 |
| 370 | [PHOTOPLAYS] | Trio of Photoplay Editions in Dust Jackets. |
V.p. | , ca. 1930s-1940s | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 96.00 |
| 371 | PAGES, [Pierre Marie] | Voyages Autour du Monde, et Vers les Deux Poles, par Telle et par Mer... |
Berne and Lucerne | 1783 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 210.00 |
| 372 | [SHIRASE, Nobu (1861-1946), association] | Pair of Signed Modern First Editions of Reference Books, including: ROSS, Chet. The Japanese Antarctic Expedition of 1910-1912 -- A Bibliography. |
Santa Monica CA | 2010 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 240.00 |
| 373 | [SHACKLETON, Ernest (1874-1922), association.] [SMITH, W. Campbell, editor] | Report on the Geological Collections made during the Voyage of the "Quest" On the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition to the South Atlantic & Weddell Sea in 1921-1922. |
London | 1930 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 180.00 |
| 374 | SHACKLETON, Ernest (1874-1922). | 21 Meilen vom Sudpol. Die Geschichte der britischen Sudpol-Expedition 1907/09. Mit einer Beschreibung der Reise zum magnetischen Sudpol von Prof. T. W. Edgeworth David. Ubersetzt und bearbeitet von Frederick Becker. Band 1-2. |
Berlin | 1910 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 375 | LYON, Captain G. F. | The Private Journal of Captain G. F. Lyon of H. M. S. Hecla, During the Recent Voyage of Discovery Under Captain Parry. |
London | 1824 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 390.00 |
| 376 | MCCLINTOCK, Captain F. L. | The Voyage of the 'Fox' in the Arctic Seas. A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companions. |
Boston | 1860 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 120.00 |
| 377 | [LEE, Mrs. H. A., compiler] | Homemade, Bound Polar Compilation from Harper's, Scribner's and McClure's Magazines |
ca.1890s | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 300.00 | |
| 378 | OSORIO, Bishop Jerome. | The History of the Portuguese, During the Reign of Emmanuel... Now First Translated into English by James Gibbs. |
London | 1702 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 120.00 |
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Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026Forum, Mar. 26: Book of Hours.- Heures a lusaige de Romme, printed on vellum, with 14 full-page illuminated miniatures, Paris, N. Higman for J. de Brie, [c.1521]. £20,000-30,000Forum, Mar. 26: France.- Book of Hours, perhaps Use of the Abbey of Saint-Gildas de Rhuys, with thirteen miniatures surviving from an original cycle of at least twenty, [c. 1430]. £15,000-20,000Forum, Mar. 26: Milton (John). Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, Pforzheimer's sixth state, S. Simmons, 1669. £8,000-12,000Forum, Mar. 26: Blake (William). Illustrations of the Book of Job, one of 215 first issue "Proof" copies, this one of 65 copies on "French" paper, Published by the Author, March 8, 1825 [but March, 1826]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026Forum, Mar. 26: Christie (Agatha). The ABC Murders, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £15,000-20,000Forum, Mar. 26: Halley (Edmund). Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, no. 297, pp.1882-99, March 1705. £10,000-15,000Forum, Mar. 26: Haytham (Ibn al) [known as Alhazen]. Opticae Thesaurus...Item Vitellonis Thuringopoloni libri X..., first edition, Basel, August, 1572. £20,000-30,000Forum, Mar. 26: Kepler (Johannes). Dioptrice seu demonstratio eorum quae visui & visibilibus propter conspicilla non ita pridem inventa accidunt, first edition, Augsburg, David Frank, 1611. £12,000-18,000 -
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Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.