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)AuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 1-28 of 28. Previous|1|Next 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 #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 #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 #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 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next