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Potter and Potter Auctions: Fine Books and Manuscripts

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Auction Name Fine Books and Manuscripts Total Sales (USD) 491,418.00
Auction Date October 10, 2020 - October 10, 2020 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 313,645.00
Sale Number #1103 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 475,285.00
Total Lots 894
Sold Lots 841 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 337,120.00
% of Lots Sold 94.07% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 511,110.00
Unsold Lots 53 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 96.15%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
630 PICASSO, Pablo

Le Pigeonneau, artist proof hand-colored by Picasso.

1939 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 36,000.00
231 CAESAR, Gaius Julius

[The Commentaries] Quae extant. Accuratissime cum libris editis & MSS optimis collate, recognita & correcta.

1712 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 14,400.00
581 BOUGUEREAU, William Adolphe

Study of the Head of a Brunette Woman.

USD 12,000.00 - 16,000.00 USD 14,400.00
6 DARWIN, Charles

On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.

1860 USD 8,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 11,400.00
13 HAWKINS, Thomas

The Book of the Great Sea-Dragons, Ichthyosauri and Plesiosauri…Extinct Monsters of the Ancient Earth.

1840 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 7,200.00
644 1. ASHBERY, John.

The Poems. Prints by Joan MITCHELL

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,000.00
83

The Works of Jonathan Swift, from the library of Robert R. Livingston, each volume with his personal bookplates.

1778 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 5,520.00
605 HOCKNEY, David

Ossie and Mo (Scottish Arts Council, Tokyo 64).

1968 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 4,800.00
905 WRIGHT, Wilbur ; WRIGHT, Orville

Orville and Wilbur Wright Photo Archive.

Circa 1904-1915. USD 6,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 4,320.00
696 WESTON, Edward

Nudes, with original platinum print photograph.

1977 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 4,080.00
219

Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World By Capt. Lemuel Gulliver. Vol. III, [the infamous pirated volume].

1727 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,840.00
359 FAULKNER, William

The Sound and the Fury.

1929 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,840.00
416 SEUSS, Dr

Elephant Presenting a Flower to a Bird.

1998 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 3,600.00
548 Mahler, Alma

Gustav Mahler: Memories and Letters. [Presentation Copy with Extras].

1946 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 3,600.00
632

[PLAYBOY] Group of 35 Early Playboy Magazines From 1954–1958.

1954–1958. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 3,600.00
67 BRYANT, William Cullen , editor

Picturesque America; Or, the Land we Live in: A Delineation by Pen and of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forests, Water-Falls, Shores, Canyons, Valleys, Cities, and Other Picturesque Features of our Country.

1872-1874. USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 3,360.00
86

[A continuation of the Reverend Mr. Whitefield’s journal during the time he was detained in England, by the embargo: Vol. II] …To His Arrival at Savannah in Georgia (second title), signed by George Whitefield and others.

1740 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,360.00
102 THWAITES, Reuben Gold , edito

The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents: Travels and Explorations of the Jesuit Missionaries in New France, 1610–1791.

1896–1901. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,360.00
651 WARHOL, Andy

Untitled VII (from “In the Bottom of My Garden” series).

Circa 1955. USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 3,360.00
222

[TRAVEL–CHINA] A Typed Manuscript Travelogue to China by way of the Tran-Siberian Railway.

1913/1924. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 3,120.00
296 BEIER, Ulli , editor

Black Orpheus: A Journal of African and Afro-American Literature, 21 Volumes.

1958/1968. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 3,120.00
366 PONZI, Charles

The Rise of Mr. Ponzi.

1937 USD 1,200.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,120.00
50 FREUD, Sigmund

The Interpretation of Dreams...Authorised Translation of Third Edition with Introduction by A.A. Brill.

1913 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,640.00
481 JOHNSON, Samuel

The Rambler.

1751 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,640.00
527 BERNSTEIN, Leonard , composer

New York City Symphony, Conducted by Leonard Bernstein: Season 1945–1946, original broadside.

1945 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,640.00
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG BEADED JUDICIAL COLLAR. $80,000 - $120,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: ONLY KNOWN COPY OF THE ONLY BOOK BY THE REMARKABLE EVE ADAMS. $8,000 - $12,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A COMPLETE RUN OF VISIONAIRE MAGAZINE THROUGH 2010. $6,000 - $9,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: LAW REVIEW OFFPRINT SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY RUTH BADER GINSBURG. $3,000 - $5,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: META REBNER'S WORKING SCRIPT OF THE LOVED ONE. $1,500 - $2,000
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A KATHY GROVE PORTRAIT OF CYNDI LAUPER FOR THE FEBRUARY 1989 DETAILS COVER. $800 - $1,200
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A PLASTIC COAT BY MILLIE DAVID FEATURED IN SOHO NEWS STYLE SECTION, FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANNIE FLANDERS. $500 - $700
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A RUTH BADER GINSBURG JEWELRY BOX. $600 - $900
    Bonhams, Mar. 22 – Apr. 2: A SET OF JONI MITCHELL LYRICS FOR "IF I HAD A HEART." $2,000 - $3,000
  • 19th Century Shop
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    19th Century Shop. Darwin and Wallace, first printing of the first paper on natural selection
    19th Century Shop. Shakespeare’s Poems, first collected edition
    19th Century Shop. Walt Whitman portrait inscribed with a Leaves of Grass poem
    19th Century Shop. Major Elizabeth Barrett Browning manuscript notebook
    19th Century Shop. Spock's Baby Book, original MS
    19th Century Shop. Cellarius, Harmonia Macrocosmica, the great celestial atlas
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: [Langland (William)]. The vision of Pierce Plowman, nowe the seconde time imprinted..., Roberte Crowley, 1550. £8,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: [Shakespeare (William)]. [Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies], second folio edition, [by Tho.Cotes, for Robert Allot], [1632]. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Bible, Czech Biblia Bohemica, first complete Bible printed in the Czech vernacular, Prague, August 1488. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Shabthai Tzvi.- Collection of four printed and illustrated broadsides detailing the appearance, rise and fall of the false messiah, Shabthai Tzvi, Augsburg, 1666-67. £40,000 to £60,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Leaf from the Beauvais Missal, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on parchment, [Northern France (perhaps Beauvais or Amiens)], [fourteenth century (c.1310)]. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Aubrey (John). [Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme], manuscript in English, Latin and Greek, [c. 1693]. £30,000 to £50,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: Byron (George Gordon Noel, Lord). Poems on Various Occasions, first edition, Harriet Maltby's copy, Newark, Printed by S. & J. Ridge, 1807. £30,000 to £40,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Tolkien (J.R.R.) The Hobbit, first edition, second impression with dust-jacket, 1937 [but 1938]. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Blake (William).- Thornton (Robert John). The Pastorals of Virgil, 2 vol., engraved plates by William Blake, 1821. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    28th March 2024
    Forum Mar. 28: America.- Mount (William J.) & Thomas Page. The English Pilot…, [bound with] The Fourth Book, describing The West Indies Navigation from Hudson's-Bay to the River Amazones, 1721. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Oldfield (Henry Ambrose), Rajman Singh Chitrakar & others. An album of 160 photographs and 13 original artworks, (1833-1919), [c. 1850s-1880s]. £20,000 to £30,000.
    Forum Mar. 28: Audubon (John James) [and William MacGillivray]. Ornithological Biography…, 5 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed by Audubon, Edinburgh, 1831-49 [i.e. 1831-39]. £10,000 to £15,000.
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