Auction Reports

Potter and Potter Auctions

Auction Info

Auction Name
Online Only Fine Books Sale
Auction Date
01/29/2026 - 01/29/2026
Sale Number
#1228
Total Lots
584
Sold Lots
505.0
Lots Sold
86.47%
Unsold Lots
79
Total Sales (USD)
212,886.00
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
155,155.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
279,450.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
173,355.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
314,250.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
67.74%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
177 HEMINGWAY, Ernest.

A Farewell to Arms.

1929 USD 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,040.00
185 STEINBECK, John.

Grapes of Wrath.

1939 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,320.00
197 GARCIA-MARQUEZ, Gabriel.

Love in the Time of Cholera.

1988 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,080.00
467 STEINBECK, John (1902-1968).

Travels with Charley. In Search of America.

1962 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,600.00
527 HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961).

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

ca.October 1949 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,600.00
194 FRANKLIN, Benjamin (1706-1790).

Works of the late Doctor Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of His Life Written by Himself, together with Essays, Humorous, Moral & Literary, Chiefly in the Manner of The Spectator. In Two Volumes.

1793 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,600.00
174 HAMMETT, Dashiell (1894-1961).

The Maltese Falcon. New York

8 x 6 x 1". USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,640.00
443 SEUSS, Dr. [pseudonym of GEISEL, Theodore Seuss]

McElligot's Pool.

1947 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 2,640.00
153 EDDISON, E. R.

The Worm Ouroboros. Illustrated by Keith Henderson.

1926 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 2,400.00
438 SEUSS, Dr. [pseudonym of GEISEL, Theodore Seuss]

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

1957 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,400.00
520 HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961).

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

March 19 1956 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,400.00
524 HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961).

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

n.d USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,160.00
100 CAPOTE, Truman (1924-1984).

Breakfast at Tiffany's. A Short Novel and Three Stories.

1958 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 2,040.00
63 ASTOR [IV], John Jacob.

A Journey in Other Worlds. A Romance of the Future.

1894 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 2,040.00
14 FRANCK, Sebastian (1499-1543).

Weltbuch spiegel und bildtniss des gantzen erdbodens...in vier Bucher, nemlich in Asiam, Aphricam, Europam, und Americam gestelt und abteilt...

1534 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,920.00
261 TOWNSEND, George Alfred.

The Life, Crime and Capture of John Wilkes Booth, with Full Sketch of the Conspiracy of which he was the Leader, and the Pursuit, Trial and Execution of His Accomplices.

1865 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,920.00
525 HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961).

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

Nov. 12 1951 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,920.00
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.

1935 USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,800.00
231 HILLERMAN, Tony (1925-2008).

People of Darkness.

1980 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,800.00

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