Potter and Potter Auctions: Fine Books and Manuscripts
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Fine Books and Manuscripts | Total Sales (USD) | 321,558.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | May 14, 2026 - May 14, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 266,900.00 |
| Sale Number | #22200 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 464,800.00 |
| Total Lots | 497 | ||
| Sold Lots | 405.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 331,700.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 81.49% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 575,450.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 92 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 55.88% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 253 | Ernest Hemingway | Autograph Postcard Signed to His Father as a Child - Possibly the Earliest Known Letter by Hemingway |
ca. 1907 | USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 14,400.00 |
| 402 | J. D. Salinger (1919-2010); Lotte Jacobi | The Catcher in the Rye |
1951 | USD 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 11,400.00 |
| 1 | Ernest Hemingway | In Our Time |
1925 | USD 12,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 9,600.00 |
| 381 | Francis Barrett | The Magus, or Celestial Intelligencer |
1801; 1875 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 7,800.00 |
| 267 | Ernest Hemingway | The Torrents of Spring: A Romantic Novel in Honor of the Passing of a Great Race |
1926 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 6,000.00 |
| 256 | Ernest Hemingway | Green Hills of Africa |
1935 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 5,760.00 |
| 251 | Ernest Hemingway | Autograph Letter Signed to His Father as a Child - Possibly the Second Earliest Known Letter by Hemingway |
1908; 1909 | USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 5,520.00 |
| 233 | Ernest Hemingway | "A Matter of Colour [Color]" in Tabula, Vol. XXII, No. 3 |
1916 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 5,280.00 |
| 246 | Ernest Hemingway | Autograph Letter Signed and Archive Related to the "Tanganyika Letters." |
1934 | USD 8,500.00 - 16,000.00 | USD 5,280.00 |
| 298 | Harper Lee | To Kill a Mockingbird |
1960 | USD 8,500.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 5,280.00 |
| 321 | Cormac McCarthy | Blood Meridian or The Evening Redness in the West |
1985 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 4,800.00 |
| 3 | John Hancock | The Twelve United Colonies by their Delegates in Congress to the Inhabitants of Great Britain |
1775 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,560.00 |
| 257 | Ernest Hemingway | In Our Time |
1927 | USD 2,500.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,560.00 |
| 320 | Cormac McCarthy | Blood Meridian or The Evening Redness in the West |
1985 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,560.00 |
| 241 | Ernest Hemingway | A Farewell to Arms |
1929 | USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 4,320.00 |
| 240 | Ernest Hemingway | "The Christmas Gift [and] Part II of The Christmas Gift" in Look Magazine |
1954 | USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 3,840.00 |
| 242 | Ernest Hemingway | A Farewell to Arms |
1929 | USD 3,500.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 3,600.00 |
| 319 | Cormac McCarthy; Bret Easton Ellis; Rob Wood | Blood Meridian or The Evening Redness in the West |
2021 | USD 1,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,600.00 |
| 417 | John Steinbeck | STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). East of Eden. New York: The Viking Press, 1952. |
1952 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,600.00 |
| 142 | Edward Emerson Barnard | A Photographic Atlas of Selected Regions of the Milky Way |
1927 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 3,360.00 |
| 252 | Ernest Hemingway | Autograph Letter Signed to Arnold Gingrich |
1933 | USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 3,360.00 |
| 250 | Ernest Hemingway | Autograph Letter Signed to His Best Friend, Bill Smith |
1959 | USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 3,120.00 |
| 419 | John Steinbeck | STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). The Red Pony. With Illustrations by Wesley Dennis. New York: The Viking Press, 1945. |
1945 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,120.00 |
| 262 | Ernest Hemingway | The Old Man and the Sea |
1952 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,880.00 |
| 249 | Ernest Hemingway | Autograph Letter Signed to Arnold Gingrich |
1934 | USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 2,640.00 |
