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