Potter and Potter Auctions: Photography, Americana & Historical Memorabilia, 1229, Chicago

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 05, 2026 - February 05, 2026

Page Size: 388 items in 16 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	LINCOLN, Robert Todd	LINCOLN, Robert Todd. Signed letter.	Washington	1883	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 593.75
2	BEAUREGARD, P.G.T.	BEAUREGARD, P.G.T. Autograph quotation signed. On cream card			USD 150.00 - 250.00	USD 625.00
3	STEPHENS, Alexander H.	STEPHENS, Alexander H. Signed Card. 18 Sept 1881.			USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 312.50
4	[LEE, Robert E.	[LEE, Robert E. Genl. Robt. E. Lee Funeral March.	Baltimore	1870	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 1,000.00
5	GORDON, John Brown	GORDON, John Brown. Signed check.	New York	2 August 1881	USD 150.00 - 250.00	Not Sold
6	BARKSDALE, William	BARKSDALE, William. Signed slip of paper. Ink signature on off-white paper			USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 625.00
7		[CIVIL WAR -- CONFEDERATE]. Our Heroes and Our Flags.	Circa 1895.		USD 250.00 - 350.00	USD 1,625.00
8	BUCKNER, Simon Bolivar	BUCKNER, Simon Bolivar. Signed check.	Munfordville, KY	1908-11-02	USD 150.00 - 250.00	USD 100.00
9	BUTLER, Benjamin Franklin	BUTLER, Benjamin Franklin. Signed letter and check. Two pieces, including a TLS.	Boston	1880s.	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 218.75
10	LOGAN, John A.	LOGAN, John A. Signed card. Ink signature of the American soldier and political who fought in the Civil War and Mexican-American War and was instrumental in creating Memorial Day			USD 100.00 - 150.00	USD 156.25
11	LONGSTREET, James	LONGSTREET, James. Signed card. Ink signature with salutation ("Yours Truly/James Longstreet")			USD 300.00 - 400.00	USD 437.50
12	JOHNSTON, Joseph E.	JOHNSTON, Joseph E. Ink signature ("J.E. Johnston")			USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 187.50
13		[CIVIL WAR]. Group of 4 autographs of generals. Includes: C.C. Washburn, signed check; Daniel Sickles, signed check;...			USD 250.00 - 350.00	USD 218.75
14	FRANKLIN, William B.	FRANKLIN, William B. Signed card. Ink signature on cream card of the Union general in the Civil War.			USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 62.50
15		[CIVIL WAR]. Group of 3 autographs. Including: Winfield Scott Hancock, signed letter, the contents penned in a secretarial hand, 2 Jan. 1883,		1883	USD 150.00 - 250.00	USD 375.00
16		[CIVIL WAR]. Six CDVs and a cabinet card of generals and a soldier KIA.			USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 468.75
17		[CIVIL WAR ERA -- BUSHWHACKER]. Warrant for arrest of Sam Hildebrand, a notorious Missouri Confederate bushwhacker.	Farmington, St. Francois County, MO	1 March 1870.	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 1,125.00
18	BUELL, Don Carlos	BUELL, Don Carlos. Clipped signature. Dark ink signature ("D.C. Buell")			USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 156.25
19	PORTER, Fitz John	PORTER, Fitz John. Signed card. Ink signature of the Union general on a white card			USD 150.00 - 250.00	USD 100.00
20		[BATTLE OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN]. "Glorious News" broadside with battle news.	N.p.	1863	USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00	USD 2,125.00
21		[CIVIL WAR]. Collection of photos, ephemera, and memorabilia. Approximately 18 items,			USD 200.00 - 400.00	USD 281.25
22	GRANT, Ulysses S.	GRANT, Ulysses S. Signed Postmaster Appointment, as President.	Washington, D.C.	1875	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,062.50
23	[MARSHALL, W. E. , engraver]. [GRANT, Ulysses S. , subject].	[MARSHALL, W. E. , engraver]. [GRANT, Ulysses S. , subject]. Gen. U. S. Grant.	New York	ca. 1868.	USD 100.00 - 200.00	USD 75.00
24	[BUTTRE, J. C. , engraver].	[BUTTRE, J. C. , engraver]. Ulysses S. Grant.	Portland, Maine	1885	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 125.00
25	[KESEL, J., artist].	[KESEL, J., artist]. Three Great Generals / Grant, Sherman and Sheridan.	Philadelphia	1896	USD 100.00 - 150.00	USD 156.25

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026

Forum, 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]. £20,000-30,000

Forum, 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]. £15,000-20,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Milton (John). Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, Pforzheimer's sixth state, S. Simmons, 1669. £8,000-12,000

Forum, 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]. £15,000-20,000

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026

Forum, Mar. 26: Christie (Agatha). The ABC Murders, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £15,000-20,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Halley (Edmund). Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, no. 297, pp.1882-99, March 1705. £10,000-15,000

Forum, Mar. 26: Haytham (Ibn al) [known as Alhazen]. Opticae Thesaurus...Item Vitellonis Thuringopoloni libri X..., first edition, Basel, August, 1572. £20,000-30,000

Forum, 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
Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, 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 2026

Forum, 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 2026

Forum, 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.