Potter and Potter Auctions: Fine Books and Manuscripts
Auction Reports
Auction Name | Fine Books and Manuscripts | Total Sales (USD) | 1,004,738.00 |
Auction Date | October 20, 2022 - October 20, 2022 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 521,200.00 |
Sale Number | #1142 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 764,750.00 |
Total Lots | 587 | ||
Sold Lots | 537 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 679,700.00 |
% of Lots Sold | 91.48% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 979,650.00 |
Unsold Lots | 50 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 102.56% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
44 | [SHACKLETON, Ernest (1874–1922)]. –– BROWNING, Robert (1812–1889) | Poetical Works of... |
1906 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 96,000.00 |
234 | ARISTOTLE (384–322 B.C.E.) | Opera, in Greek, parts one and two only: Organon and Natural Philosophy I. Edited by Aldus and others. |
1495– 1498 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 45,600.00 |
365 | [CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne (“Mark Twain”), Theodore Roosevelt, Andrew Carnegie, et al]. | Liber Scriptorum. |
1893 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 43,200.00 |
121 | AUDUBON, John James (1785–1851) | The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories. |
1870 | USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | USD 36,000.00 |
364 | CLEMENS, Samuel Langhorne (“Mark Twain”) (1835–1910) | The Writings of… |
1899–1900 | USD 12,000.00 - 16,000.00 | USD 28,800.00 |
382 | CROWLEY, Aleister (1875–1947) | The Winged Beetle. |
1910 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 26,400.00 |
379 | CROWLEY, Aleister (1875–1947) | Liber XXI: Khing Kang King, the Classic of Purity. |
1938 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 24,000.00 |
63 | COOK, James, Capt. (1728–1779) | [Collected Voyages]. First and Second Voyages: |
1773, 1777 | USD 14,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 19,200.00 |
62 | COOK, James, Capt. (1728–1779) | [Collected Voyages]. |
1773 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 18,000.00 |
43 | [SHACKLETON, Ernest H. (1874–1922)]. –– THOMSON, John and John NEWLANDS, photographers (fl. 1905–08) | A real photograph postcard signed by the explorer. |
ca. 1908 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 16,800.00 |
272 | [KELMSCOTT PRESS]. SHAKESPEARE, William (1564–1616) | The Poems of... Edited by Frederick S. Ellis. |
1893 | USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 16,800.00 |
101 | [ABOLITION – WOMEN’S RIGHTS]. GRIMKÉ, Sarah Moore (1792–1873) and Angelina (1805–1879) | An Address to Free Colored Americans [and] An Appeal to the Women of the Nominally Free States. |
1837 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 15,600.00 |
377 | CROWLEY, Aleister (1875–1947) | The Book of Thoth: A Short Essay on the Tarot of the Egyptians, being The Equinox Volume III No. V. |
1944 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 15,000.00 |
76 | LA PEROUSE, Jean Francois de Galaup, comte de (1741–c. 1790) | Atlas du Voyage... |
1797 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 14,400.00 |
89 | PURCHAS, Samuel (1575?–1626) | Purchas his Pilgrimage. Or Relations of the World and the Religions Observed in All Ages and Places discovered, from the Creation unto this Present. In Foure Parts. |
1614 | USD 12,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 14,400.00 |
97 | VANCOUVER, George, Capt. (1757–1798) | A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World. |
1798 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 14,400.00 |
1 | AMUNDSEN, Roald (1872–1928) | Sydpolen: Den Norske Sydpolsfaerd med Fram 1910–1912. |
1912 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 13,200.00 |
26 | LONDON, Jack (1876–1916) | The Call of the Wild. |
1905 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 13,200.00 |
135 | [CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION]. The Empire of Brazil at the Universal Exhibition of 1876 in Philadelphia. |
1876 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 13,200.00 | |
185 | [MAP]. FRY, Joshua (1699–1754) and Peter JEFFERSON (1708–1757) | A Map of the Most Inhabited Part of Virginia containing the whole Province of Maryland with Part of Pensilvania, New Jersey, and North Carolina. |
1775 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 13,200.00 |
81 | [MAP]. LINSCHOTEN, Jan Huygen van (1563–1611) | Delineatio Orarum Maritimarum... |
1598 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 10,200.00 |
122 | AUDUBON, John James (1785–1851) –– BACHMAN, John, Rev. (1790–1874) | The Quadrupeds of North America. |
1870 | USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 9,000.00 |
188 | [MAP – MICHIGAN]. –– [MITCHELL, Samuel Augustus (1790–1868)]. –– YOUNG, James Hamilton. | The Tourist’s Pocket Map of Michigan. |
1836 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 8,400.00 |
249 | HOLINSHED, Raphael (1529–1580) | [The Chronicles]. The First and Second volumes of Chronicles [-Third Volume...], |
1587 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
75 | KRUSENSTERN, Adam Johann von (1770–1846) | Voyage Round the World, in the Years 1803, 1804, 1805, & 1806 by order of His Imperial Majesty Alexander the First, on board the Ships Nadeshda and Neva... |
1813 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 7,800.00 |