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 1-58 of 58. Previous|1|Next 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 #43 Famed educator’s memoir of “thrilling adventures” in John Brown’s Kansas View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Anti-Slavery - memoir of ‘Bleeding’ Kansas in 1856)HeadlineMemoir of 1856 adventures in ‘Bleeding’ KansasDate Published1856 Lot #72 Manuscript Quitclaim Deed signed by Franklin N. Billings, for some 53 lots of land in Butte City, in what is now Glenn County, California, on the upper Sacramento River View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(California - Butte City)HeadlineLand deed for Butte City, Cal., 1850Date PublishedApril 11, 1850 Lot #87 1848 First inquiries in St. Louis from would-be Forty-Niners about travel to California View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(California Gold Rush begins, 1848)AuthorHenry StaggHeadlineCalifornia Gold Rush begins, 1848Date PublishedDec. 19, 1848 Lot #102 Letter inviting the recipient to the Grand Opening Ball at the Summit Springs House in Woodside, California, on printed, embossed form View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(California)AuthorSanders, James A.HeadlineInvitation to Ball in Woodside, Cal. c.1865Date PublishedNo date 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 #110 1865 Scouting for Gen. Custer in Virginia, 1865 letter View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Civil War - General Custer scout, 1865 letter)HeadlineCivil War - General Custer scout, 1865 letterDate Published1865 Lot #111 Envelope aimed at Connecticut, castigating the state and its abolitionist tendencies View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Civil War - pro-South envelope)HeadlineCivil War envelope from Southern sideDate Publishedc,1861-65 Lot #112 Envelope aimed at Massachusetts, castigating the state for breaking up the United States View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Civil War - pro-South envelope)HeadlineCivil War envelope from Southern sideDate Publishedc,1861-65 Lot #113 New York aid to Union Army wounded, 1864 Letter View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$50StatusSold Heading(Civil War – 1864 letter about care for Union Army wounded)HeadlineCivil War – 1864 letter about care for Union Army woundedDate Published1864 Lot #114 1862 Army order for Union soldiers conduct in New Orleans View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Civil War – New Orleans, 1862)HeadlineCivil War, Union Army orders, New Orleans, 1862 Lot #115 From Manassas to Appomattox. Memoirs of the Civil War in America View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Civil War)AuthorLongstreet, JamesHeadlineLongstreet: From Manassas to AppomattoxPublisherJ.B. LippincottDate Published1896 Lot #116 New York widow wishes Lincoln would "call out the women" to end "this unholy and wicked rebellion", 1862 letter View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Civil War, 1862 – “Call out the women…”)HeadlineNew York widow's 1862 letter , wishes LIncoln would "call out the women" to end the RebellionDate PublishedOct. 5, 1862 Lot #122 Manuscript document containing testimony by one Margaret Pierpoint regarding a "French Indian" at Fort George View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Colonial Document)HeadlineFrench & Indian Conflict in North Americca 1747Date Published1747 Lot #123 Six of letters from a soldier in Colorado to the sister of a fellow soldier, whom he is trying to woo View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(Colorado)AuthorLogan, ThomasHeadlineLetters from Colorado soldier 1884Date Published1884 Lot #146 Edison Storage Battery Co. check signed by Thomas A. Edison View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Edison, Thomas A.)HeadlineCheck signed by Thomas A. EdisonPublisherUnion National Bank of Newark, N. J.Date PublishedSep. 26, 1913 Lot #218 Abstract of title for land in Los Angeles County, California View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Los Angeles County)HeadlineAbstract of title for land in Los Angeles CountyDate Published1890 Lot #227 Manuscript account book and journal of the Sloop Polly, based in Connecticut, detailing expenses, pay to sailors, etc., with some account of voyages View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Maritime - Ship's Account Book)HeadlineShip's log & account book 1801Date Publishedc.1801-2 Lot #229 Manuscript account book of John Humphry, a cooper based in Franklin, Massachusetts, from 1784 to 1786 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Massachusetts)AuthorHumphry, JohnHeadlineMassachusetts Cooper's Account Book 1784Date Published1764-1786 Lot #235 Marcy's draft of a letter, during the Mexican-American War, about a future, ill-fated Civil War General View details Estimate$300 - $400StatusUnsold Heading(Mexican-American War)AuthorWilliam Marcy, Secretary of WarHeadlineSecretary of War Marcy, during the Mexican-American War, writes about a future Civil War GeneralDate Published1847 Lot #248 Ledger book used by New York real estate magnate L. Mortimer Thorn, for identifying people, businesses and other resources, with business cards and clippings mounted to leaves View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(New York City)AuthorThorn, L. MortimerHeadlineNew York business ledger 19th centuryDate Published19th to early 20th centuries Lot #282 Signed photograph of Barack Obama View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Presidential)AuthorObama, BarackHeadlinePresident Barack Obama signed photographDate PublishedNo date Lot #283 Photograph of the five living Presidents of the United States and the First Ladies at the Funeral of Richard Nixon, signed by all ten View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(Presidential)HeadlineSigned by 5 Presidents and 5 First LadiesDate Published1994 Lot #284 Letter from W.C. Ralston to F.D. Atherton, inviting him to dinner View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(Ralston, William C. & Faxon Dean Atherton)AuthorRalston, William C.HeadlineLetter from W.C. Ralston to F.D. AthertonDate PublishedThursday Morning [August 1874] Lot #298 Minute book of the Stockholders and Directors Meetings for Raphael Weill & Company, 1959-1964 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(San Francisco)HeadlineRaphael Weill & Co. Stockholders Mtg Minute BookDate Published1959-1964 Lot #333 Original manuscript leaf from the logbook of the U.S.S. Constitution, with passage relating a flogging that was instrumental in the court-martial of her then-commander, Captain Jesse Duncan Elliott View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(U.S.S. Constitution)AuthorElliott, Jesse DuncanHeadlineLeaf from Log of USS Constitution 1838Date PublishedAboard the U.S.S. Constitution Lot #425 Letter from missionary H.W. Ellis, in Monrovia, Liberia, to Mission House in New York City, reporting on events View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Africa - Liberia)AuthorEllis, Rev. H.W.HeadlineLetter from missionary in Liberia 1850Date PublishedMarch 18, 1850 Lot #427 Letter from Black missionary Washington McDonough in Liberia to Mission House in New York City, reporting on events View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Africa - Liberia)AuthorMcDonough, Washington W.HeadlineLetter from Black missionary in Liberia 1844Date PublishedDecember 11th, 1844 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 #455 Holograph Journal of the ocean voyage of Dr. John Plimpton Green from New York to Hong Kong, his arrival in China, and his early experiences as a physician in China View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Heading(China – Journal of Doctor’s Voyage and Reception)AuthorGreen, Dr. John PlimptonDate Published1843 Lot #474 Letter from Samuel Wetmore in Canton, China, to his cousin William Wetmore, regarding trade and commercial matters View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(China)AuthorWetmore, SamuelHeadlineOpium in the China Trade 1838 letterDate PublishedJanuary 22nd, 1838 Lot #475 Letter from Samuel Wetmore in Canton, China, to his cousin William Wetmore, regarding trade and commercial matters, with mention of opium smuggling View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(China)AuthorWetmore, SamuelHeadlineOpium smuggling in the China Trade 1837 letterDate PublishedOct. 27th, 1827 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 #632 Abstract of Title and Certificate of Search, to 70.58 acres on North Line of Narvaez Rancho known as the Coe Hop Yard View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Heading(Santa Clara County)AuthorCox, E.J., searcher of recordsHeadlineAbstract of title for land in Santa Clara CountyDate Published1874 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next