Sale 557 - Fine Americana & the Exploration of the West - Asian-American History & Art - Travel - Maps (#557) 04/02/2015 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 04/02/2015 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)RelevanceAuthorProvenancePublisherDate PublishedConditionCode Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above ConditionCodeConditionCode-Select-finenear finevery goodgoodfairpoor sold as is Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-60 of 60. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 Four original photographs of abolitionists and anti-slavery advocates Heading(1860 photographs of Abolitionists)HeadlinePhotos of abolitionistsDate Publishedc.1860s View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #9 Famous Harlem Jazz dance club, Savoy Ballroom, 1930s music and photo essay Heading(African American - Harlem’s Savoy Jazz Ballroom, music and photo essay)HeadlineAfrican-american, jazz, music, Harlem View details Estimate$120 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #10 The Slave's Lamentation [&] The Hail (Hale) Storm - printed broadside Heading(African American - anti-slavery broadside)Author[Bush, Fairbanks]HeadlineAboltionist broadside 1848Date Published1848 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #11 Manuscript bill of sale for a "Negro Woman" sold for $600 Heading(African American - Slave Bill of Sale)HeadlineSlave bill of sale during Civil WarDate PublishedApril 1st, 1862 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #12 Manuscript inventory of an estate listing two slaves among the items Heading(African American - Slave Inventory)HeadlineSlaves listed in estate inventory 1850 KentuckyDate Published1850 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #13 Albumen photograph of the Jubilee Singers seated or standing in studio setting Heading(African American)HeadlinePhoto of Jubilee SingersDate Publishedc.1870s View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #14 Black Panther archive - small group of photographs & booklets relating to the Black Panther Party Heading(1960-70 Black Panther archive)HeadlineBlack Panther archiveDate Published1960s-1970s View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #15 Color poster of a pilot in the Tuskegee Airmen, thumb raised, saying "She's a swell plane - give us more!" Heading(1944 Poster for Tuskegee Airmen)HeadlinePoster featuring Tuskegee AirmanPublisherWar Production BoardDate Publishedc.1944 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Lot #16 Four real-photo postcards of the Springfield, Illinois, race riot of 1908 Heading(1908 postcards of Springfield Illinois race riots)HeadlineRace Riot in Springfield Illinois 1908Date Publishedc.1908 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #17 Little Eva's Temptation, "Topsy" Heading(1900 Uncle Tom's Cabin theatrical poster)HeadlineLittle Eva's Temptation, "Topsy"PublisherD. L. CoDate Published[c. 1900] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #18 Little Eva's temptation, "Uncle Tom & Eva" Heading(1900 Uncle Tom's Cabin theatrical poster)HeadlineLittle Eva's Temptation - poster for Uncle Tom's CabinPublisherD. L. CoDate Published[c. 1900] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #19 Manuscript document containing a statement and judgment in the case of a slave who successfully sued for his freedom in Louisiana, but the heir of his former owner attempted to take him back Heading(African American)HeadlineFreed Slave fights for freedomDate Published1836 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #20 The Marvelous musical prodigy, Blind Tom, the Negro boy pianist, whose performances at the Great St. James and Egyptian Halls, London, and Salle Hertz, Paris, have created such a profound sensation. Aanecdotes, songs, sketches of the life, testimonials of musicians and savans, and opinions of the American and English press of "Blind Tom." Heading(1867 rare pamphet on musical prodigy Blind Tom the Negro boy pianist)HeadlineBlack piano prodigy of 19th centuryPublisherFrench & WheaDate Published[1867] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #21 Membership badge and ribbon for the Morton Colored Republican Club, Morton, Pennsylvania Heading(1900 membership badge in Morton PA Colored Republican Club)HeadlineBlack Republican membership ribbonDate Publishedc.1900 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #22 Negro Digest: A Magazine of Negro Comment Heading(African American)HeadlineNine issues of Negro Digest 1943-49PublisherNegro Digest Publishing Co.Date Published1943-1949 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #23 A Peep at Coondom (wrapper title) Heading(African American)HeadlineBlack stereotypes in photographsDate Publishedc.1900 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #24 Poster "Prevent Forced Busing with Wallace on November 7th" Heading(African American)HeadlinePoster against forced busingPublisherFriends of George WallaceDate Publishedc.1970s View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #25 Poster for Moore and Burgess Minstrels Heading(African American)HeadlinePoster for blackface minstrel groupPublisherWeiners' Ltd.Date Published[c.1960s] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #26 Our Sports; a New Monthly Magazine Featuring Negro Athletes Heading(African American)AuthorRobinson, Jackie, editorHeadlineScarce Negro Sports MagazIne1953Publisher[Universal Publishing and Distributing Corporation]Date Published1953 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #27 Set of eight lobby cards for the film Black Gold, featuring an "All Colored Cast", produced by the Norman Film Mfg. Co., Arlington, Florida Heading(African American)HeadlineLobby cards for "Race Film" 1928Date Published1928 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #28 Set of eight lobby cards for the film Regeneration featuring an "All Colored Cast", produced by the Norman Film Mfg. Co., Jacksonville, Florida Heading(1923 lobby cards for Regeneration featuring "All Colored Cast")HeadlineLobby cards for "Race Film" 1923PublisherWestern Photogravure Co.Date Published[1923] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #29 Travel Guide of Negro Hotels and Guest Houses Heading(African American)AuthorSmith, Ida M.Headline1942 Travel Guide of Negro Hotels and Guest HousesPublisherAfro-American NewspapersDate Published1942 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #30 Store display for "Malcolm X Air Fresheners: Eliminate stale odors by any means necessary" Heading(African American)HeadlineMalcolm X Air Fresheners - reallyDate Publishedc.1960s View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #31 Twenty-five movie stills and publicity photographs from motion pictures featuring African American actors and actresses Heading(Movie stills & publicity photographs)HeadlineBlack actors movie stillsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #32 Two patriotic envelopes from the Civil War with racist overtones Heading(African American)HeadlineRacist patriotic envelopes from Civil WarDate Publishedc.1861-65 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #33 Two publications about democratic justice for "negroes" in America, c. 1932 Heading(African American}HeadlineDemocratic justice for colored people in America, article and brochure.Date PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #79 Album with approximately 68 snapshot photographs of the Pittville, California area, including mining and lumbering activities Heading(California - Pittville)HeadlinePanning for Gold in PittvilleDate Publishedc.1915 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #104 Two cabinet cards from California Heading(California)HeadlineCabinet cards from California. 2 pcs.Date Publishedc. 1890 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #109 Rare 1863 funeral sermon for a young Vermont Lieutenant, murdered by a Virginia Doctor while leading newly-recruited Black troops through the streets of Norfolk Heading(Civil War - 1863 Vermont officer of Black troops murdered in Virginia)HeadlineCivil War - 1863 Vermont officer of Black troops murdered in VirginiaDate Published1863 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #124 Photograph showing the building of a steamship on the banks of the Columbia River Heading(Columbia River)HeadlinePhotograph -building of steamship- Columbia RiverDate Publishedca. 1895 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #174 History of the House of Baugh - Company Album with Gelatin Silver Prints Heading(Glue Production)HeadlineHistory of the House of Baugh, album.Date Published[c. 1927] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #215 Abraham Lincoln. The Celebration of the Centenary of Lincoln's Birth by the New York Commandery of the Loyal Legion of the United States Heading(Lincoln, Abraham)HeadlineAbraham Lincoln, wrapper bound celebrationPublisherDelmonico'sDate PublishedFebruary 3, 1909 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #217 A Father’s Visual Valentine to His Daughter - Album with Photographs from Los Angeles Heading(Los Angeles - Album)HeadlineAlbum with Photographs from Los AngelesDate Published1936 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #225 Mid-Western Class Album from Marietta College, Ohio Heading(Marietta College - Class Album)HeadlineMid-Western Class Album from Marietta CollegeDate Published[1859-1863] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #226 Original panoramic photograph of the Mt. Tamalpais passenger train Heading(Marin County - Mt. Tamalpais Railway)HeadlineMt. Tamalpais Railroad 1920PublisherHadleyDate Publishedc.1919 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #243 Albumen photo-montage with cdv-size portraits of 36 prominent members of the Hall Associetion of the Native Sons of the Golden West, with the president of the Association, James D. Phelan, at the center Heading(Native Sons of the Golden West)HeadlinePhoto-montage of Cal. Native SonsPublisherElite PhotoDate Published1896 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #252 Report upon the Ohio River Watershed Heading(Ohio River)AuthorMcCarthy, Edward F.HeadlineReport upon the Ohio River Watershed by Edward F. McCarthyDate Published[September 1927] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$80StatusSold Lot #270 Overlooking Tongass Narrows, Ketchikan, Alaska Heading(Photograph)AuthorIves, H.A.HeadlinePanorama of Tongass Narrows, AlaskaDate Publishedc.1925 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #271 El Capitan, 3600 feet. View from the foot of the Yosemite Valley AuthorWatkins, Carleton E.HeadlineWatkins mammoth photo of El Capitan YosemiteDate Published1878-1881 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #272 Mammoth plate photograph of the Ferry "Solano" being unloaded, with Watkins' photography wagon visible Heading(Photograph)AuthorWatkins, Carlton E.HeadlineWatkins Mammoth Plate Solano FerryDate Publishedc.1880 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #273 Mammoth plate photograph of the Ferry "Solano" with passengers and crew members, plus two onboard trains visible Heading(Photograph)AuthorWatkins, Carlton E.HeadlineWatkins Mammoth Plate Solano FerryDate Publishedc.1880 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #303 Small archive of photographs relating to the New Holborow Hotel in the Ocean Park neighborhood of Santa Monica Heading(Santa Monica)HeadlinePhotos of Holborow Hotel Santa Monica 1904Date Published1904 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #354 Historical Sketches of Plymouth, Luzerne Co., Penna. AuthorWright, Hendrick B.HeadlinePhotographs of northern Pennsylvania 1873PublisherT.B. Peterson & BrothersDate Published1873 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #430 1931 book by the first AME Zion Bishop resident in Africa Heading(African-American AME Bishop on the African Gold Coast)AuthorAlleyne, Cameron ChesterfieldHeadlineAfrican-American Bishop in British Africa, 1931PublisherHunt PublishingDate Published1931 View details Estimate$140 - $200StatusUnsold Lot #480 Historical Notes on the Bradford Corporation Heading(England)AuthorCudworth, WilliamHeadlineHistorical Notes on the Bradford CorporationPublisherThomas BrearDate Published1881 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #484 Souvenir de Chartres Heading(France)HeadlineSouvenir de Chartres, albumen photographsDate Published[c. 1880] View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #485 Souvenir de Nancy - 15 mounted photographs Heading(France)HeadlineSouvenir de Nancy 15 mounted photographsDate Published[c1887] View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #489 Panorama photograph of a Japanese funeral on Hawaii Heading(Hawaii)HeadlinePhoto of Japanese funeral in HawaiiDate Published1920s View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #493 English Woman in Japan, 1912-1915 - Photographic Album Heading(Japan)HeadlinePhotographic Album: English Woman in JapanDate Published1912-1915 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #497 Souvenir de Riga Heading(Latvia - Riga)HeadlineSouvenir de Riga, photo albumPublisher[Hebensperger & Co.]Date Published[c. 1895] View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #510 Album of 14 photographs War Relief for the Children of Torun, Poland Heading(Polish War Relief)HeadlineWar Relief for the Children of PolandDate Published1946 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #565 British Horse Soldiers in North African & Middle East Campaign, 1940-1943 Heading(World War II)HeadlineWorld War II: British Horse Soldiers - North African & Middle East, 1940-1943Date Published1940-1943 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #566 Original silver print photograph of actor Billy Van in black-face, a performer in Wm. H. West's Big Minstrel Jubilee Heading(African American)Headlinec1898 orig silverprint photo of blackface minstrelDate Publishedc.1898 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #592 Four photographs of the S.S. President Wilson Heading(Cruise Ships - American President Lines)HeadlineFour photographs of the S.S. President WilsonDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #593 Státna Píla Štiavnička Heading(Czechoslovakia - Lumber Production)HeadlineStátna Píla Štiavnička; Lumber Production in CzechoslovakiaPublisherRiaditelstvo Statnych Lesov a StatkovDate Published[1929] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #595 Album of European views Heading(Europe)HeadlineEuropean photo album 1920sDate Publishedc.1920s View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #596 Family Photo Album of an officer as part of the Occupation Force in Germany Heading(Europe)HeadlineEuropean photo album 1940sDate Published1940s View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$60StatusSold Lot #608 Group photograph from the "Balloon Route Excursion" Heading(Los Angeles County)HeadlineGroup photograph the "Balloon Route Excursion"Date Published1909 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #618 Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Water Department of the City of Philadelphia, 1871 [&] 1878 Heading(Philadelphia)HeadlineTwo reports of the Philadelphia Water DepartmentPublisherMarkley & SonDate Published1871 & 1879 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #620 Two photographs of Oakland from the Estate of Wyland Stanley Heading(Photography)AuthorWatkins, CarletonHeadline2 photos of Oakland by Carleton WatkinsDate PublishedPrints published c.1955 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next