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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
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • 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
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    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
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
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