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Potomack Company

Auction Info

Auction Name
Books, Maps and Historical Memorabilia
Auction Date
02/12/2026 - 02/12/2026
Sale Number
#21226
Total Lots
89
Sold Lots
78.0
Lots Sold
87.64%
Unsold Lots
11
Total Sales (USD)
49,939.50
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
19,260.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
33,995.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
21,910.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
38,395.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
130.07%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
2 ANDREW ELLICOTT

ANDREW ELLICOTT'S PLAN OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON 21.5 x 30 in

 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 10,400.00
8 MOLLIE D. SOMERVILLE ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

THE MOLLIE D. SOMERVILLE ELEANOR ROOSEVELT RESEARCH ARCHIVE

 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 6,175.00
5 ELEANOR ROOSEVELT; MOLLIE D. SOMERVILLE

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT WHITE HOUSE: PERSONAL ARCHIVE OF SECRETARY MOLLIE D. SOMERVILLE

 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,525.00
17

TRAU KEINEM FUCHS AUF GRUNER HEID UND KEINEM JUD BEI SEINEM EID

 [c. 1938] USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,690.00
6 FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT INAUGURAL & FORMAL WHITE HOUSE MATERIAL, 1930S-1940S

 1930S-1940S USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,560.00
56 NIEBUHR, R.G.

THE HISTORY OF ROME, 1842-1847. 4 VOLS.

 1828--1842 [1844]. USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 1,560.00
36 PAUL TIBBETS AND TOM FEREBEE

ENOLA GAY DUAL SIGNED PHOTO. PILOT PAUL TIBBETS AND TOM FEREBEE

 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 1,105.00
64 RAND MCNALLY

RAND MCNALLY ART DECO 12-INCH TERRESTRIAL GLOBE, CIRCA 1930

CIRCA 1930 USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 1,040.00
7 FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AND ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AND ELEANOR ROOSEVELT -- GROUP OF THREE SIGNED CARDS INCLUDING WHITE HOUSE AND NEW YORK EXECUTIVE MANSION STATIONERY

 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 910.00
26 BENJAMIN AND DEBORAH ALTERMAN.

BILLY BUDD SAILOR: AN INSIDE NARRATIVE. SIGNED BY BENJAMIN AND DEBORAH ALTERMAN. LIMITED EDITION NUMBERED 65 OF 185 COPIES

 1987 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 910.00
72 AGATHA CHRISTIE

SPARKLING CYANIDE BY AGATHA CHRISTIE, FIRST EDITION IN BESPOKE FINE LEATHER BINDING WITH CUSTOM TITLING AND ILLUSTRATION, TOP EDGE SILVERED,

1945 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 910.00
1 FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH AS PRESIDENT TO MOLLIE DORF, SECRETARY TO ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 715.00
4 MARSHALL, JOHN.

MARSHALL, JOHN. OPINION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES... IN THE CASE OF SAMUEL A. WORCESTER VS THE STATE OF GEORGIA.PRESENTATION COPY.

 1832 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 715.00
58

ELEVEN VOLUMES OF LEATHER-BOUND EUROPEAN TRAVEL AND LITERATURE

 mid 19th and early 20th c., USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 715.00
20 TOM LAMB

RONALD REAGAN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY SIGNED LIMITED EDITION PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT BY TOM LAMB, 1992, FROM THE ESTATE OF GENERAL COLIN L. POWELL Frame: 13 x 21 1/2 in. (33.02 x 54.61 cm.)

 1992 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 715.00
47 VASARI, GIORGIO.

PAINTERS, SCULPTORS AND ARCHITECTS. 4 VOLS.

 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 617.50
19 Walton, [Izaak]; Browne, Moses.

THE COMPLEAT ANGLER; OR CONTEMPLATIVE'S MAN RECREATION, 1759.

 [1759]. USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 520.00
92 GEORGE III

GEORGE III (1738-1820), KING OF ENGLAND, AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED, 1807

 1807 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 520.00
63 EMERSON, RALPH WALDO.

EMERSON, RALPH WALDO. JOURNALS, 1820--1872. LARGE PAPER EDITION, ONE OF 600 NUMBERED COPIES. TEN VOLUMES.

 1820--1872 USD 350.00 - 500.00 USD 520.00
67

PAIR OF LETTERS RELATING TO CBS NEWS COVERAGE OF JFK ASSASSINATION, NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1963, INCLUDING SIGNED WALTER CRONKITE LETTER

 1963 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 487.50
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  • Sotheby's Fine Books & ManuscriptsAvailable for Immediate Purchase Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD. Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD. Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD. Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD. Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
    Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
  • Forum AuctionsOnline: IndiaEnds 19th February 2026 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57[Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000 Forum AuctionsOnline: IndiaEnds 19th February 2026 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000 Forum AuctionsOnline: IndiaEnds 19th February 2026 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000 Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
    Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
    Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
    Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
    [Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
    Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
    Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
    D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
    Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
    Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
    Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
    Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000 Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000 Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000 Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
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