Potter and Potter Auctions: Fine Books & Artwork from the George D. Lacy & Louis A. Irmo Collections
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Books & Artwork from the George D. Lacy & Louis A. Irmo Collections | Total Sales (USD) | 339,625.00 |
| Auction Date | November 20, 2025 - November 20, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 217,300.00 |
| Sale Number | #1243 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 376,800.00 |
| Total Lots | 564 | ||
| Sold Lots | 510.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 239,100.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 90.43% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 416,000.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 54 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 81.64% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 269 | HERBERT, Frank (1920-1986) | Dune |
[1965] | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 25,000.00 |
| 9 | ASIMOV, Isaac (1920-1992) | I, Robot |
[1950] | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 11,250.00 |
| 8 | ASIMOV, Isaac (1920-1992) | The Naked Sun |
1957 | USD 400.00 - 800.00 | USD 6,875.00 |
| 74 | CHAMBERLAIN, Brevet Major-General Joshua Lawrence (1828-1914) | [CIVL WAR]. The Passing of the Armies. An Account of the Final Campaign of the Army of the Potomac, Based upon Personal Reminiscences of the Fifth Army Corps |
1915 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 6,250.00 |
| 5 | ASIMOV, Isaac (1920-1992) | The Caves of Steel |
1954 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 6,000.00 |
| 308 | O'CONNOR, Flannery (1925-1964) | A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories |
[1955] | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
| 217 | CLARKE, Arthur C. (1917-2008) | Childhood's End |
[1953] | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 4,750.00 |
| 424 | [GUTEKUNST, Frederick (1831-1917, photographer] | [PHOTOGRAPHY]. [GRANT, Ulysses S. (1822-1885), subject]. Ulysses S. Grant Signed Carte de Visite as Lt. General |
[ca. 1866] | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 4,250.00 |
| 618 | LINDSAY, Norman (Australian, 1879-1969) | Norman Lindsay "The Funeral March of Don Juan" Original Signed Etching |
1924 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 4,250.00 |
| 204 | WATKINS, Sam R. (1839-1901) | [CIVIL WAR]. "Co. Aytch," Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment; or, A Side Show of the Big Show |
1882 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 3,500.00 |
| 619 | LINDSAY, Norman (Australian, 1879-1969) | Norman Lindsay "Treasure" Original Signed Etching |
1925 | USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,000.00 |
| 120 | LONGSTREET, Lt. General James (1821-1904) | [CIVIL WAR]. From Manassas to Appomattox |
1896 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 2,750.00 |
| 215 | CLARKE, Arthur C. (1917-2008) | 2010: Odyssey Two |
1982 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 2,750.00 |
| 335 | SMITH, Clark Ashton (1893-1961) | Out Of Space And Time |
1942 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 2,500.00 |
| 399 | WOLFE, Tom (1930-2018) | The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test |
[1968] | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,500.00 |
| 59 | BARTLETT, Napier (1836-1877) | [CIVIL WAR]. Military Record of Louisiana |
1875 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 2,375.00 |
| 50 | EMILIO, Luis F. (1844-1918) | [CIVIL WAR]. [AFRICAN-AMERICANS]. History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1863-1865 ("A Brave Black Regiment") |
1891 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,250.00 |
| 375 | MCGLASHAN, C. F. (1847-1931) | [WESTERN AMERICANA]. History of the Donner Party. A Tragedy of the Sierras |
[1879] | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,250.00 |
| 402 | CLEBURNE, General Patrick (1828-1864) | Autograph Promissory Note Signed |
May 7th, 1860 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,250.00 |
| 567 | [MARTIN, John (1789-1854), illustrator] | John (1789) Martin Martin's Illustrations of Milton |
[ca. 1825-27] | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 2,250.00 |
| 245 | ROE, Charles Francis (1848-1922) and MCCLERNAND, Edward J. (1848-1926) | [CUSTER, George Armstrong (1839-1876), subject]. Custer's Last Battle on the Little Big Horn, Montana Territory, June 25, 1876 / March of the "Montana Column" Down the Yellowstone River and through the Big Horn Region |
[1927] | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 2,125.00 |
| 336 | SMITH, Clark Ashton (1893-1961) | Pair of Arkham House First Editions, including: Genius Loci and Other Tales |
1948 | USD 250.00 - 450.00 | USD 2,125.00 |
| 227 | CLARKE, Arthur C. (1917-2008) | Rendezvous with Rama (2 Copies) |
1973 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 2,000.00 |
| 428 | [WARREN, H[enry] F., photographer] | [PHOTOGRAPHY]. [LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865), subject]. "The Latest Photograph of President Lincoln Taken on the Balcony at the White House, March 6, 1865" |
1865 | USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,000.00 |
| 429 | [BRADY, Matthew (1822-1896), photographer] | [PHOTOGRAPHY]. [LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865), subject]. Rare Stereoscopic Card Portrait of Lincoln, from the "Prominent Portraits" Series, No. 2969, "Hon. Abraham Lincoln, President of United States" |
[ca. January 8, 1864] | USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,000.00 |
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/0a99416d-9c0f-4fa3-afdd-7532ca8a2b2c.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a077b4a5-0477-4c47-9847-0158cf045843.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/6363a735-e622-4d0a-852e-07cef58eccbe.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/3ee16d5b-a2ec-4c03-aeb6-aa3fcfec3a5e.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d5f50485-7faa-423f-af0c-803b964dd2ba.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/fb024365-7d7a-4510-9859-9d26b5c266cf.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].")
![<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a7c0eda0-9d8b-43ac-a504-58923308d5a4.jpg "<b>Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4:</b> PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
