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CHICAGO – The staying power of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – a story invented by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson to delight a small girl and her sisters in Oxford, England, and later published by him under the pen name of Lewis Carroll – cannot be denied. Stephen and Nancy Faber set out to build a book collection anchored by the beloved 19th-century story and its sequel, and ultimately consigned it to Potter & Potter Auctions. Offered on November 30, the collection earned a total of $230,000 and a sell-through rate of 92 percent. Absentee and Internet live bidding was provided through LiveAuctioneers.

The top lot overall was a first edition of the 1923 Russian translation of Alice, done under a pseudonym by Vladimir Nabokov. It once belonged to the former Alice Liddell, aka the real-world Alice, and was signed by her with her married name of Hargreaves in brown ink on the front pastedown. Estimated at $10,000-$15,000, it hammered for $36,000 and sold for $45,000 with buyer’s premium.

Two lots by two different creative legends, illustrator Barry Moser and Surrealist artist Salvador Dali, demonstrated how captivating the tale of Alice is and continues to be. Moser’s 1982 Pennyroyal Press version, which combined Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There into one volume had an estimate of $3,000-$5,000 and brought $6,500 ($7,800 with buyer’s premium). Dali’s take, produced in 1969 in a limited edition of 2,500, went for $6,000 ($7,500 with buyer’s premium).

Other standouts included a group of circa-1940s-1950s Pelham Puppets of Alice characters, which attained $3,000 ($3,750 with buyer’s premium) against an estimate of $400-$600, and two Alice-themed wooden jigsaw puzzles by the Vermont firm Stave Puzzles, one dating to 1991 and the other to 1997. Both estimated at $600-$800, the 1991 puzzle, which depicted a landscape view of Wonderland, earned $1,700 ($2,125 with buyer’s premium), and the 1997 version, which was shaped like a teapot and placed the Mad Hatter’s tea party at its center, realized $2,000 ($2,500 with buyer’s premium).

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First edition of the 1923 Russian translation of ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,’ done under a pseudonym by Vladimir Nabokov, which once belonged to the former Alice Liddell, aka the real-world Alice. It sold for $36,000 ($45,000 with buyer’s premium) at Potter & Potter.
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Barry Moser’s 1982 Pennyroyal press release of the two ‘Alice’ books, which sold for $6,500 ($7,800 with buyer’s premium) at Potter & Potter.
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Salvador Dali’s 1969 take on ‘Alice,’ one from a limited edition of 2,500, which sold for $6,000 ($7,500 with buyer’s premium) at Potter & Potter.
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Group of circa-1940s-1950s Pelham Puppets of ‘Alice’ characters, which sold for $3,000 ($3,750 with buyer’s premium) at Potter & Potter.
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One of two Alice-themed wooden jigsaw puzzles by the Vermont firm Stave Puzzles offered in the auction, which sold for $2,000 ($2,500 with buyer’s premium) at Potter & Potter.

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