Potter and Potter Auctions: Fine Books and Manuscripts, Featuring Mystery and Detective Literature
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Books and Manuscripts, Featuring Mystery and Detective Literature | Total Sales (USD) | 238,116.00 |
| Auction Date | July 24, 2025 - July 24, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 177,400.00 |
| Sale Number | #1210 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 297,250.00 |
| Total Lots | 614 | ||
| Sold Lots | 543 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 197,300.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 88.44% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 331,850.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 71 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 71.75% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | McKENNEY, Thomas L. (1785-1859) and James HALL (1793-1868) | [AMERICANA]. History of the Indian Tribes of North America |
[1836]; 1838; 1844 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 9,600.00 |
| 356 | [NEWSPAPERS]. "Dewey Defeats Truman" 20 Copies of This Infamous Newspaper |
1948-11-03 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 3,840.00 | |
| 558 | CHRISTIE, Agatha (1890-1976) | The Seven Dials Mystery |
1929 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 3,120.00 |
| 566 | DOYLE, Sir Arthur Conan (1859-1930) | The Hound of the Baskervilles. Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes |
1902 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,640.00 |
| 218 | [FINE PRESS]. [ASHENDENE PRESS]. The Wisdom of Jesus The Son of Sirach Commonly Called Ecclesiasticus |
[1932] | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,400.00 | |
| 294 | HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961) | A Farewell to Arms |
1929 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 2,040.00 |
| 490 | WILDE, Oscar (1854-1900) | The Importance of Being Earnest. A Trivial Comedy for Serious People... |
1899 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,040.00 |
| 172 | DICKINSON, Emily (1830-1886) | Poems by Emily Dickinson [First Series] |
1891 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,920.00 |
| 103 | CATHER, Willa (1873-1947) | Youth and the Bright Medusa |
1920 | USD 150.00 - 300.00 | USD 1,800.00 |
| 142 | CLANCY, Tom (1947-2013) | The Hunt for Red October |
[1984] | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,800.00 |
| 180 | [EROTICA]. [TIJUANA BIBLES]. Group of 50 Tijuana Bibles |
[1930s-40s] | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,800.00 | |
| 198 | GORBACHEV, Mikhail (1931-2022) | [FINE BINDINGS]. [EASTON PRESS]. Perestroika. New Thinking for Our Country and the World |
[1994] | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 1,800.00 |
| 479 | MORELLIUS, Andreas | [WELLESLEY, Arthur, Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), association]. Specimen Universae Rei Nummariae Antiquae |
1695 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,800.00 |
| 99 | CATHER, Willa (1873-1947) | The Professor's House |
1925 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,680.00 |
| 481 | WELLS, H. G. (1866-1946) | The Invisible Man. A Grotesque Romance |
1897 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,680.00 |
| 179 | [EROTICA]. [TIJUANA BIBLES]. Group of 50 Tijuana Bibles |
[1930s-40s] | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,560.00 | |
| 216 | WILSON, Woodrow (1856-1924) | [FINE BINDINGS]. A History of the American People |
1918 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,560.00 |
| 161 | DICKENS, Charles (1812-1870) | Great Expectations (in All The Year Round -- A Weekly Journal) |
1860-61 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,440.00 |
| 447 | TWAIN, Mark (1835-1910) | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) |
1884 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,440.00 |
| 217 | BORGES, Jorge Luis (1899-1986) | [FINE PRESS BOOKS]. Ficciones. Silk-Screens by Sol Lewitt |
[1984] | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,320.00 |
| 246 | FLEMING, Ian (1908-1964) | From Russia, with Love |
[1957] | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,320.00 |
| 484 | WELLS, H. G. (1866-1946) | The War of the Worlds |
1898 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,320.00 |
| 50 | BLOCH, Robert (1917-1994) | Psycho. An Inner Sanctum Mystery |
1959 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,200.00 |
| 200 | HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961) | [FINE BINDINGS]. [EASTON PRESS]. Group of 20 Finely Bound Volumes of Hemingway's Works |
[ca. 1990s] | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,200.00 |
| 235 | HARRER, Heinrich (1912-2006) | [FINE PRESS BOOKS]. [LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB]. Seven Years in Tibet |
1993 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,200.00 |
![<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.")
