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