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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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