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Previous|1|Next Lot #4 Program for the first major US exhibition of Black master painter and American emigre Henry Ossawa Tanner Heading(African-American Art, 1908)Headline1908 1st US exhibition of Black master painter Henry Ossawa TannerDate Published1908 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #5 Original signed 1941 cartoon art by the first nationally-acclaimed Black cartoonist Heading(African-American art, 1941)Headline1941 original cartoon art, 1st famed African-American cartoonistDate Published1941 View details Estimate$200 - $400Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #6 Rare Civil Rights-era Chicago Black Art Calendar in the WPA woodcut style Heading(African-American Art, 1963)AuthorMargaret T. Burroughs and Charles G. Burroughs, compilersHeadlineRare WPA-style 1963 Chicago Black Art CalendarPublisherEbony Museum of Negro HistoryDate Published1963 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #7 Images of Dignity, The Drawings of Charles White Heading(African-American Art, 1968, inscribed)HeadlineMaster artist Charles White, inscribed book, 1967PublisherWard Ritchie PressDate Published1967 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #8 Manuscript receipt/bill for services rendered by Dr. William Van Buren, including an injection to a slave Heading(African-American, 1802)HeadlineReceipt for injecting a slaveDate PublishedJune 1, 1802 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #9 Massachusetts teacher letter as Maryland Slave overseer Heading(African-American, 1842)HeadlineYankee teacher to Maryland Slave overseer, 1842 letterDate Published1842 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #10 Kentucky legal documents in a suit over ownership of a young female slave and her infant daughter Heading(African-American, 1850)Headline1850 Kentucky legal documents about ownership of a female slave and her babyDate Published1850 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #11 Payment to a Confederate General for his slave's labor on "military fortifications" in South Carolina Heading(African-American, 1864 Civil War)Headline1864 Civil War Document, Confederate General's slave in military laborDate Published1864 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #12 Black prisoner in Massachusetts protests racist injusticd during the Reconstruction days Heading(African-American, 1869)Headline1859 Black prisoner in Massachusetts protests racist injusticdDate Published1869 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #13 ‘Colored Printer’ proposes a Black Republican newspaper in Florida during the 1884 presidential election Heading(African-American, 1884)Headline1884 Florida 'Colored Printer' proposes Black Republican newspaperDate Published1884 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #14 Letter, Boston ‘Colored Voters’ Republican club in the 1884 presidential election Heading(African-American, 1884)Headline1884 Boston 'Colored Voters' Republican Club in the presidential electionDate PublishedSept. 20, 1884 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #15 Baltimore Blacks fight racist voter discrimination Heading(African-American, 1909)AuthorW.M. AlexanderHeadline1909 letter, Baltimore Blacks fight racist voter discriminationDate Published1909 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #16 Norris Wright Cuney, A Tribune of the Black People Heading(African-American, 1913)AuthorHare, Maud CuneyHeadlineTexas Black political “boss”, 1913 biographyPublisherCrisis Publishing CompanyDate Published1913 View details Estimate$100 - $200Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #17 'Father of Black History'Carter Woodson on Black History Week, 1928 letter Heading(African-American, 1928)AuthorWoodson, C[arter] G.Headline1928 'Father of Black History' Carter WoodsonDate PublishedJanuary 4, 1929 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #18 Who's Who in Colored America: a Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Persons of African Descent in America, 1928-1929 HeadingAfrican-American, 1929)AuthorBoris, Joseph J, editorHeadlineWho's Who in Colored America, 1928-1929PublisherWho's Who in Colored America Corp.Date Published1929 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #19 Service Men’s Map of Washington / Full Information on Service Clubs, entertainment and Sightseeing... Heading(African-American, 1944 Map)Headline1944 GI Map of segregated World War II Washington, DCPublisherWar Hospitality Committee, Civilian War Service, courtesy of the Pepsi Cola Co.Date PublishedMay 15, 1944 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #20 Influential Black New York publisher warns, during World War II, of the "danger" to Blacks demanding their civil rights Heading(African-American, 1944)AuthorC.B.PowellHeadline1944 Black publisher warns of "danger" to Blacks seeking civil rightsDate Published1944 View details Estimate$200 - $400Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #21 Early ephemera of a Black folk singer at San Francisco's famous "hungry i" Club Heading(African-American, 1953 San Francisco)HeadlineEphemera from famous SF "hungry i" ClubDate Publishedca. 1952 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #24 Letter linking anti-slavery cause to prophecy of the United Nations Heading(American Peace Movement, 1849)Headline1840 Anti=slavery cause and the first American Peace MovementrDate Published1849 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #26 The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Margaret Chandler with a memoir of her life and character by Benjamin Lundy Heading(Anti-slavery woman poet, 1836AuthorChandler, Elizabeth MargaretHeadline1836 Firstanti-slavery woman poet in AmericaDate Published1836 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #27 Letter, women's anti-slavery political demonstration in New York during the 1856 presidential election Heading(Anti-Slavery women, 1856 election)AuthorH.E. [Putel?]Headline1856 letter, anti-slavery women political demonstrationDate Published1856 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #28 Women Abolitionists of Philadelphia before the Mexican-American War Heading(Anti-Slavery, Women Abolitionists, 1845)HeadlineAnti-slavery women of Philadelphia in 1945Date Published1845 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #39 American Scenery; or, Land, Lake, and River. Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature Heading(Bartlett, William Henry)AuthorWillis, N[athaniel] P[arker]HeadlineAmerican Scenery, 1840PublisherGeorge VirtueDate Published1840 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #46 Joe Louis vs Billy Conn, Polo Grounds, New York. June 18, 1941 Heading(Boxing)HeadlineProgram for Joe Louis vs Billy ConnPublisherHarry M. StevensDate Published1941 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #53 Three works on California and New Mexico from the Biblioteca Aportacion Historica Heading(California & New Mexico)HeadlineEarly exploration of Caiifornia & New MexicoPublisherBiblioteca Aportacion HistoricaDate Published1944 & 1947 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #93 Roster of Officers & Civil Agents on duty in the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands [with] two circular letters relating to the Bureau - all framed together Heading(Civil War - Reconstruction)HeadlineRoster of agents in Georgia Freedman's Bureau 1868Date Published1868 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #124 Lives and Portraits of the Presidents of the United States. With Declaration of Independence and Constitution of the United States. AuthorDuyckinck, Evert A. and Alonzo ChappelHeadlineLives and Portraits of the Presidents, Alonzo ChappelPublisherHenry J. Johnson / Johnson & GittensDate Published[c. 1881] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #128 Eine Sammlung Musterblätter, enthaltend die anwendbarsten Jagdstücke im verjüngten Maassstabe, nach den Werken von Riedinger und andern berühmten Künstlern: Gezeichnet und in Kupfer gestochen von Gustav Ernst AuthorErnst, Gustav.HeadlineErnst, Gustav. Eine Sammlung Musterblätter...1839Date Published1839 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #158 Proclamation of Emancipation - lithographed portrait within the text Heading(Lincoln, Abraham)AuthorPratt, W. H.HeadlineLincoln in Emancipation Proclamation textPublisherW. H. PrattDate Published1865 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #201 Journey to the Gold Diggins AuthorSaddlebags, JerimiahHeadlineJourney to the Gold Diggins, 1849, scarce.PublisherStringer & TownsendDate Published[1849] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #216 The United States Army and Navy: Their Histories, from the Era of the Revolution to the Close of the Spanish-American War; with Accounts of Their Organization, Administration and Duties Heading(United States Army & Navy)AuthorWagner, Arthur L. and Commander J.D. Jerrold KelleyHeadlineThe United States Army and Navy, 1899PublisherThe Werner CompanyDate Published1899 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #217 The Army of the United States: An Historical Sketch from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, with an Account of its Organization and Administration, a Synopsis of the Achievements of the Army in the Spanish War, and Some Remarks on Our Military Necessities. Heading(United States Army)AuthorWagner, Arthur L., Lieut.-Col.HeadlineWagner, the Army of the United States, 1899.Publisher[The Werner Company]Date Published[1899] View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #231 Synchronological Chart of Universal History AuthorAdams, [Sebastian C.]HeadlineSynchronological Chart of Universal HistoryPublisherColby & Co.Date Published1880 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #260 Letter from Samuel Wetmore Jr. in Canton, to William S. Wetmore in London, relaying information about the market in China and ongoing trade and commercial enterprises Heading(China Trade - Opium)AuthorWetmore, Samuel, Jr.HeadlineChina Opium Trade Letter 1837Date PublishedJune 8th, 1837 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #350 Views in the Holy Land, Egypt, Syria, etc. from Drawings Made on the Spot by David Roberts, R.A. With Historical Descriptions by the Rev. George Croly, D.D AuthorRoberts, DavidHeadlineDavid Roberts, Views in the Holy Land, 49 plates.PublisherPublished for the ProprietorsDate Published1867 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #374 The Chinese Empire Illustrated: Being a Series of Views from Original Sketches, Displaying the Scenery, Architecture, Social Habits, &c., of that Ancient and Exclusive Nation... AuthorWright, G[eorge] N[ewenham]HeadlineThomas Allom Chinese Empire engraved platesPublisherLondon Printing & Publishing Co.Date Published[1858-59] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #493 Framed color photograph of Lake Tahoe Heading(Lake Tahoe)HeadlineFramed color photograph of Lake TahoeDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #502 On the Way to Base Camp from Camp II - original oil on board Heading(Mountaineering)AuthorJain, M.HeadlineOn the Way to Base Camp, original oilDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #503 Mountain Scene - original watercolor Heading(Mountaineering)HeadlineMountain Scene, original watercolorDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #531 Miscellaneous art books Heading(Art)HeadlineMisc. Art BooksDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next