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Potter and Potter Auctions: Contemporary, Fine, Folk, and Outsider Art

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Auction Name Contemporary, Fine, Folk, and Outsider Art Total Sales (USD) 104,243.75
Auction Date December 03, 2025 - December 03, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 75,950.00
Sale Number #1225 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 114,750.00
Total Lots 187
Sold Lots 144.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 93,850.00
% of Lots Sold 77.01% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 143,850.00
Unsold Lots 43 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 72.47%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
126 BOURGEOIS, Louise

Jitterbug.

1998 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 8,125.00
299 CURTIS, Edward Sheriff

The Rush Gatherer -- Kutenai.

1910 USD 7,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 8,125.00
130 HODGKIN, Howard

David's Pool

 1985 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,750.00
129 JOHNS, Jasper

Untitled

 1995 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,000.00
232 OROZCO, Jose Clemente

Los Grabados de Orozco, portfolio

 1951 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,500.00
156 BAYER, Herbert

Birthday Party.

1970 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 2,750.00
127 DELAUNAY, Sonia

Thunderbird

 1973 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,250.00
152 SAUL, Peter

I am Not a Wimp

 Circa 1995 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 2,125.00
22 PICASSO, Pablo

Scene de Plage (Beach Scene)

 1956 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,875.00
153 SELIGMANN, Kurt

The Sphinx

 1944 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 1,875.00
334

Four Manuscript Antiphonal Pages.

 Undated USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 1,875.00
335

[ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT]. Pair of Vellum Psalter leaves.

Circa 15th century USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 1,875.00
169 CLOSE, Chuck

Lyle

 2000 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,750.00
266

Company Poster and Mailing Materials.

USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,625.00
267 EAMES, Ray Bernice

Ray Eames Handwritten Letter.

1985 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,625.00
136 HOCKNEY, David

A Room Full of Straw

 1969 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,375.00
149 KLOSS, Gene

Clouds at Sunset.

1952 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,250.00
147 LOZOWICK, Louis

Steel Valley

 1936 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,187.50
275 SAVAGE, Karen

Silver Gelatin Print of a Dress

 Circa 20th century USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,125.00
236

Collection of Lesbian Erotic Prints. 26 Works and a Marilyn Monroe Golden Dreams.

Circa 1930 and 1950 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,062.50
242 GIRARD, Alexander

Textiles and Objects Showroom Ephemera.

1961 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,062.50
278 [PHOTOGRAPHY]. TURNER, Philip A.

A Life's Work

 1950s to the 2000s USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,062.50
228 BLACKSHEAR, Kathleen

Group of Four Prints. Lithographs. Including Untitled (Father and Child),

Circa 1930 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,000.00
245 EAMES, Charles and Ray Bernice

Sofa Compact Campaign Pieces.

1954 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,000.00
131 HODGKIN, Howard

Tropic Fruit

 1981 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 937.50
  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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