Potter and Potter Auctions: Online Only Fine Books Sale, 1228, Chicago

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Auction Report
Auction Date
January 29, 2026 - January 29, 2026
Page Size: 584 items in 24 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
504 WALLACE, David Foster.

Infinite Jest

. Boston 1996 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 330.00
505 WALLACE, Lew.

Two Titles in Three Volumes -- One Signed.

V.p. ca.19th century USD 150.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
506 [EARP, Wyatt, subject] LAKE, Stuart N.

Wyatt Earp Frontier Marshall.

Boston 1931 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
507 [EARP, Wyatt, subject] TEFERTILLER, Casey.

Wyatt Earp. The Life Behind the Legend.

New York 1997 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 108.00
508 FERRAL, S. A.

A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles Through the United States of America.

Londohn 1832 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
509 [HICKOK, Wild Bill, subject] WILSTACH, Frank J. Wild Bill Hickok.

The Prince of Pistoleers.

Garden City 1926 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 180.00
510 [CRITTENDEN, Thomas T., subject] [CRITTENDEN, H. H., compiler]

The Crittenden Memoirs.

New York 1936 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 420.00
511 [CARSON, Kit, subject] PETERS, Dewitt C.

Kit Carson's Life and Adventures...

Hartford 1874 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 120.00
512 SWARTHOUT, Glendon.

Pair of First Trade Editions.

V.p. ca. 20th century USD 200.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
513 WHITE, T. H.

The Sword in the Stone.

New York 1939 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 180.00
514 BOGUET, Henry.

An Examen of Witches Drawn from Various Trials...

London: 1929 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 360.00
515

Pair of First or Early Editions About the Japanese Occupation of Nanking

. V.p. ca. 20th century USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 450.00
516

Pair of First or Early Editions About the Japanese Occupation of China

. V.p. ca. 20th century USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 150.00
517 [WRIGHT, Orville (1871-1948) and WRIGHT, Wilbur (1867-1912)]

Section of a Blueprint for the 1903 Wright Flyer.

ca. 1940s USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 780.00
518 [GROSS, S[amuel], artist]

Bawdy Original Artwork for National Lampoon Magazine.

New York 1976-06-01 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 180.00
519 HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961).

Signed Christmas Card and Related Archive.

V.p. ca.1954-1992, including USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
520 HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961).

Autograph Letter Signed to His Son. Finca Vicia, San Francisco de Paula, Cuba [and in Hemingway's hand

"on board 'Pilar' off Mulatta". March 19 1956 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,400.00
521 HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961).

Autograph Letter to His Son, Gregory ("Gig"). P. O. Box 555 Ketchum, Idaho,

Feb 15 1961 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 900.00
522 HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961).

Autograph Letter Signed to His Friend, Bill Davis. Finca Vicia, San Francisco de Paula, Cuba

November 9 1959 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,800.00
523 HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961).

Warmly Inscribed Christmas Card to His Mother, with Original Envelope.

Key West Fl 1935 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,800.00
524 HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961).

Typed Letter Signed to His Friend and Typist, Jane Armstrong.

N.p. n.d USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,160.00
525 HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961).

Typed Letter Signed to His Friend, Screenwriter and Novelist, Peter Viertel.

Finca Vicia San Francisco de Paula Cuba Nov. 12 1951 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,920.00
526 HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961).

Typed Letter Signed to His Brother, Leicester (nicknamed "Baron").

Sun Valley Idaho Nov. 2 1956 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,800.00
527 HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961).

Hemingway Sample Signature Sheet, with all 5 Signature Examples in His Hand.

N.p. ca.October 1949 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,600.00
528 HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961).

Trio of Original Telegrams from Hemingway to Esquire Editor / Publisher of Esquire Magazine, Arnold Gingrich (1903-1976).

Key West FL via Chicago IL 1936 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 360.00
  • ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
  • 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