Potter and Potter Auctions: Fine Books and Manuscripts
Auction Reports
Auction Name | Fine Books and Manuscripts | Total Sales (USD) | 168,234.00 |
Auction Date | October 18, 2019 - October 18, 2019 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 135,610.00 |
Sale Number | #77 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 211,600.00 |
Total Lots | 640 | ||
Sold Lots | 481 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 195,770.00 |
% of Lots Sold | 75.16% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 302,475.00 |
Unsold Lots | 159 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 55.62% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
560 | Whipple, Seth Arca (1855 - 1901). | Lumber boat on the Detroit River, 1893. |
USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,800.00 | |
531 | Kurtzman, Harvey and Jack Davis. | Mad Magazine Issue No. 2 Original Illustration Art. |
1952 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 4,560.00 |
154 | James, William. | The Principles of Psychology. |
1890 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,840.00 |
351 | [Chicago] Jacobsen, Zani (American, 20th century). | Relief Sculpture of Chicago's Aragon Ballroom. |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 2,880.00 | |
236 | Clark, Roland (1874"“1957). | Roland Clark's Etchings. |
1938 | USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 2,640.00 |
584 | Baker, Josephine. | Collection of Josephine Baker Sheet Music. |
1920s/30s. | USD 250.00 - 500.00 | USD 2,400.00 |
362 | Mexican-American War Recruiting Broadside. |
ca. 1846/48. | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,280.00 | |
32 | Hemingway, Ernest. | The Spanish Earth. |
1938 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,160.00 |
572 | Baker, Josephine. | Thirteen Josephine Baker Postcards. |
USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 2,040.00 | |
294 | Mitchell, S. Augustus. | Mitchell's New General Atlas. |
1870 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
538 | [San Francisco] Graham, Charles. | Official Birds-Eye View of the California Midwinter International Exposition. |
1893 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
580 | Baker, Josephine. | Josephine Baker Trade and Tobacco Card Collection. |
1920s/30s. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
568 | Baker, Josephine. | Ten Josephine Baker Postcards. |
USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,680.00 | |
285 | Haven, John. | Map of the United States and Mexico, Including Oregon, Texas and the Californias. |
1846]. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,560.00 |
50 | Morrison, Toni. | The Bluest Eye. |
[1970]. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,440.00 |
214 | Gay, John [Together with:] Aesop. | Fables by John Gay [Together with:] The Fables of Aesop. |
1793 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,440.00 |
595 | Civil War CDV of Black Soldiers at Palmyra Bend, Mississippi. |
1864 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,440.00 | |
347 | Trasher, Frederic M. | Chicago's Gangland Prepared by Frederic M. Thrasher |
1923-26. | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,320.00 |
353 | [Chicago] The New Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R.R. Depot / On Canal Street between Madison and Adams Streets. |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 1,320.00 | ||
13 | Capote, Truman. | In Cold Blood. |
1965 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,200.00 |
473 | Gilpin, Laura (American, 1891"“1979). | Original Gelatin Silver Print Photograph of Maria Martinez. |
Circa 1940. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,200.00 |
483 | Liszt, Franz (Hungarian, 1811"“1886). | Franz Liszt Autograph Letter, Signed "F. Liszt. |
N.d. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,200.00 |
135 | The Book of Common Prayer, Finely Bound. |
n.d.ca. | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,140.00 | |
196 | Twain, Mark. | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. |
1876 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,140.00 |
286 | Headley, J.T. & W.F. Johnson. | H.M. Stanley's Wonderful Adventures in Africa. |
[1890]. | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 1,140.00 |