Potter and Potter Auctions: Fine Books and Manuscripts, Featuring Mystery and Detective Literature, 1210, Chicago
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 24, 2025 - July 24, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 602 | [PULPS]. Seven Issues of "Detective Fiction -- Formerly Flynn's Weekly" |
New York | August 3, 1940 -- October 19, 1940 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 120.00 | |
| 603 | [PULPS]. 20 Western Pulps in Original Pictorial Wrappers |
[V.p.] | [ca. 1910s-1920s] | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 390.00 | |
| 604 | [PULPS]. Nearly 120 Issues of "Buffalo Bill Stories -- A Weekly Publication devoted to Border History" |
[New York] | [1908-09] | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 840.00 | |
| 605 | QUEEN, Ellery [pseudonym for DANNAY, Frederic (1905-1982), and LEE, Manfred (1905-1971)] | The Siamese Twin Mystery |
New York | 1933 | USD 300.00 - 600.00 | USD 840.00 |
| 606 | [QUEEN, Ellery [pseudonym for DANNAY, Frederic (1905-1982), and LEE, Manfred (1905-1971), editors] | The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes |
Boston | 1944-45 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 150.00 |
| 607 | SPILLANE, Mickey (1918-2006) | Group of 18 First Editions |
[V.p.] | [ca. 1950s-2000s] | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 300.00 |
| 608 | SPILLANE, Mickey (1918-2006) | I, the Jury |
New York | 1947 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 390.00 |
| 609 | SPILLANE, Mickey (1918-2006) | Kiss Me, Deadly |
New York | 1952 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 180.00 |
| 610 | SPILLANE, Mickey (1918-2006) | One Lonely Night |
New York | 1951 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 360.00 |
| 611 | [TRUE CRIME]. Group of 4 First Editions in 5 Volumes |
[V.p.] | [19th -- 20th centuries] | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 180.00 | |
| 612 | [BORROW, George (1803-1881), editor] | [TRUE CRIME]. [FINE BINDINGS]. Celebrated Trials, and Remarkable Cases of Jurisprudence from the Earliest Records to the Year 1825 |
London | 1825 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 360.00 |
| 613 | HOWARD, H. R. | [TRUE CRIME]. The History of Virgil A. Stewart, and His Adventures in Capturing and Exposing the Great "Western Land Pirate" and His Gang, in Connexion with the Evidence |
New York | 1836 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 108.00 |
| 614 | [LIBRI, Guglielmo (1803-1869), association] | [TRUE CRIME]. Catalogue of the Mathematical, Historical, Bibliographical and Miscellaneous Portion of the Celebrated Library of M. Guglielmo Libri, Including Many Scarce Publications Relating to America... |
London | 1861 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 180.00 |
| 615 | MCKERNAN, Maureen | [TRUE CRIME]. The Crime and Trial of Leopold and Loeb |
Chicago | 1924 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 270.00 |
![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.](https://pjupgrade-qadev.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/acf970a0-a15d-4c79-aa24-5e8e414cb465.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.")
