Auction Reports

Potomack Company

Auction Info

Auction Name
The Estate of Jane Stanton Hitchcock, Georgetown, Washington, D.C
Auction Date
11/20/2025 - 11/20/2025
Sale Number
#112025
Total Lots
48
Sold Lots
43.0
Lots Sold
89.58%
Unsold Lots
5
Total Sales (USD)
32,942.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
12,495.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
20,720.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
14,295.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
23,370.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
140.96%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1515 Robert John Thornton

THE NIGHT BLOOMING CEREUS; THE SUPERB LILLY; AURICULAS and TULIPS, Mezzotint in colors,

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 11,050.00
1529 DAVID HOCKNEY.

DAVID HOCKNEY. A BIGGER BOOK. LIMITED EDITION, 4653 OF 10,000, WITH MARC NEWSON STAND AND ORIGINAL SHIPPING BOX.

2016 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,250.00
1521 Andreas Matthaus Wolfgang

A GROUP OF FOUR TURKISH COSTUMES: CHEVAL DU GRAN ECUYER; CHEVAL DE MAIN DU GRAND SEIGNEUR PORTANT SES ARMES; GRAND SULTAN and LE MOUFTI COMMANDANT DES MOSQUEES, Hand-colored engravin

USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 2,080.00
1519 Charles Lemaire

GROUP OF FIVE HAND-COLORED ENGRAVINGS DEPICTING EXOTIC BIRDS AND FLORA FROM CHARLES LEMAIRE AND FLORENT PREVOST'S HISTOIRE NATURELLE DES OISEAUX EXOTIQUES (1864), Hand-colored engrav

1864 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 1,690.00
1718 ERNEST HEMINGWAY,

FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS.

1940 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,430.00
1720 WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT.

WASHINGTON: THE NATION'S CAPITAL. SIGNED BY 15+ WASHINGTON POST EDITORS.

USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 1,430.00
1512 George (1694) Edwards

A GROUP OF FOUR PARROT ENGRAVINGS, 1758, Hand-colored engraving

1758 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,300.00
1726 WINSTON CHURCHILL.

A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLES. 1956-1958. FIRST EDITIONS

1956-1958. USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 1,105.00
1517 Jean Charles Baquoy

A GROUP OF SIX AFRICAN MAMALS, Hand-colored engravings,

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,105.00
1725 ENRICO BERNARDO.

THE IMPOSSIBLE COLLECTION OF WINE BOOK.

2013 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 780.00
1520 CAMILLE ROGIER

FEMME TURQUE along with PAYSANNE CAUCHOISE, Color lithograph

USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 715.00
1742

COLLECTION OF BOOKS ON HISTORICAL HOMES AND GARDENS

USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 650.00
1513 George (1694) Edwards

SCARLET SPARROW AND BUTTERFLY and LONG TAILED SCARLET LORY AND BUTTERFLY, Engraving,

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 520.00
1749

ASPREY & GARRARD, LONDON, LEATHER BOUND PHOTO ALBUM TOGETHER WITH A WOODEN KEEPSAKE BOX

USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 455.00
1523 William (1697) Hogarth

THE DISTRESSED POET and THE ROAST BEEF OF OLD ENGLAND, Etching

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 422.50
1736

COLLECTION OF BOOKS ABOUT DOGS AND ANIMALS

USD 60.00 - 80.00 USD 390.00
1734

GROUP OF 15 BOOKS INSCRIBED TO NOVELIST JANE STANTON HITCHCOCK

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 390.00
1743

GROUP OF BOOKS ON IMPRESSIONISM AND EUROPEAN PAINTING

USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 357.50
1729

LE TEMPLE D'ANGKOR VAT. THREE VOLUMES. DELUXE LIMITED EDITION OF 999 COPIES.

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 292.50
1730

GROUP OF FOUR BOOKS RELATING TO BUNNY MELLON AND THE OAK SPRING GARDEN LIBRARY

USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 292.50

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