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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) 417,084.00
Auction Date July 25, 2024 - July 25, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 292,025.00
Sale Number #1186 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 482,425.00
Total Lots 500
Sold Lots 440 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 359,575.00
% of Lots Sold 88.00% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 586,425.00
Unsold Lots 60 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 71.12%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
410 TWAIN, Mark pseudonym of CLEMENS, Samuel

The Innocents Abroad or The New Pilgrims' Progress.

1869 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 33,600.00
15 J. B. SULLIVAN AND BROTHER. SHELDON, George William

Artistic Houses Being a Series of Interior Views of a number of the Most Beautiful and Celebrated Homes in the United States...

1883-84 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 31,200.00
240 MAO ZEDONG

Signed Photograph of Mao with Rare Vintage Chinese Communist Propaganda Album

ca.1949 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 18,000.00
501 TWAIN, Mark pseudonym of CLEMENS, Samuel

TWAIN Mark. Autograph Letter Signed.

1902 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 9,000.00
127 DOYLE, Sir Arthur Conan

The Sign of Four; or The Problem of the Sholtos.

1890 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 8,400.00
226

A Huge Group of Nearly 220 Limited Editions Club Books.

1951-1972 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,800.00
464 LINCOLN, Abraham

LINCOLN Abraham. Military Appointment Signed as President.

1863 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 7,800.00
116 DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge DALI, Salvador, illustrator.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

1969 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 6,600.00
111 COCKS, Charles and FERET, Michel-Edourd, association.

Bordeaux: Its Wines and The Claret Country.

1846 USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 6,000.00
431 WHITMAN, Walt

Complete Poems & Prose of Walt Whitman 1855.1888

1888 USD 3,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,520.00
210 MORRIS, William, translator.

Love is Enough.

1897 USD 4,500.00 - 5,500.00 USD 5,280.00
348 SINCLAIR, Upton

Oil! A Novel.

1927 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 4,560.00
158 TOMS, William Henry, engraver.

"An Exact Prospect of Charles Town the Metropolis of the Province of South Carolina."

ca.1762 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,320.00
363 STEVENSON, Robert Louis

Treasure Island.

1883 USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 3,840.00
370 STOUT, Rex

Fer-de-Lance. A Nero Wolfe Mystery.

1934 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,600.00
329 RALEIGH, Sir Walter, subject. KING JAMES I, association. BACON, Sir Francis, contributor.

A Declaration of the Demeanor and Cariage of Sir Walter Raleigh Knight

1618 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,120.00
163 BONAPARTE, Napoleon, DU BARRY, Madame, D'EPINAY, Madame, et al., subjects.

BONAPARTE Napoleon DU BARRY Madame D'EPINAY Madame et al. subjects. Court Memoirs.

1896 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 2,640.00
212 MELVILLE, Herman KENT, Rockwell, illustrator.

Moby Dick.

1930 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,640.00
219 KING, Stephen

Pair of "Six Stories" Signed by King.

1997 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,640.00
310 POE, Edgar Allan

The Murders in the Rue Morgue; Descent Into the Maelstrom;...Volume XVIII January to June 1841.

1841 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,640.00
349 HUGHES, Louis

Thirty Years a Slave. From Bondage to Freedom

1897 USD 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,640.00
11 CARVER, Jonathan

Travels Through the Interior Parts of North America in the Years 1766 1767 and 1768.

1779 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,400.00
347 SHAKESPEARE, William

Group of 9 Leaves from the Third Folio.

1664 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 2,400.00
398 COOK, Captain James

A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World.

1777 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,400.00
48 BLAINE, Mahlon, artist.

Pair of Books with Original Signed Pen and Ink Drawings..

1927-1929 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 2,280.00
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    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 6: ORTELIUS (Abraham). Theatrum Orbis Terrarum. Anvers, Christophe Plantin, 1579.
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