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 1-38 of 38. 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 #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 #407 Brown Waters View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorBlake, W.H.HeadlineW.H. Blake Brown Waters one of 1000 copiesPublisherMacmillan CompanyDate Published1940 Lot #408 Feathered Game, From a Sporting Journal View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorConnett, Eugene V.HeadlineEugene V. Connett Feathered Game from a Sporting JournalPublisherDerrydale PressDate Published1929 Lot #410 The Practical Angler View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Author[Hughes, William] "Piscator"HeadlineThe Practical Angler. By Piscator 1842PublisherSimpkin, Marshall, & Co.Date Published1842 Lot #415 Right Royal - With an original sketch by the author View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorMasefield, JohnHeadlineRight Royal - With an original sketch by the authPublisherHeinemannDate Published1920 Lot #416 Sport with Gun and Rod in the American Woods and Waters View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold AuthorMayer, Alfred M., ed.HeadlineMayer: Sport with Gun and RodPublisherDavid DouglasDate Published1884 Lot #417 The Complete Sportsman; A Compendious View of Ancient and Modern Chase. A concise History of the various Kinds of Dogs used in the Sports of the Field... View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorNeedham, T.H. [pseud., Thomas B. Johnson]HeadlineT.H. Needham The Complete Sportsman 1817PublisherW. Simpkin and R. MarshallDate Published1817 Lot #418 Fencing, Boxing, Wrestling View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorPollock, Walter, et alHeadlineBadminton Library Fencing Boxing Wrestling.PublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1889 Lot #419 Riding [&] Polo View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorWeir, Robert & J. Moray BrownHeadlineRiding & Polo Badminton Library Large Paper EdnPublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1891 Lot #423 The Complete Angler, or The Contemplative Man's Recreation - Two copies, in variant cloth bindings View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorWalton, Izaak & Charles CottonHeadlineWalton's Complete Angler 1844 2 variant bindingsPublisherD. Bogue & H. Wix.Date Published1844 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 #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 #635 1842 Illinois wolf scalp document View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Heading(Sport – Hunting – Illinois Wolf scalp bounty, 1842)Headline1842 Illinois wolf scalp documentDate Published1842 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next