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Previous|1|Next Lot #6 1835 Quaker Lease to First African Baptist Church, Philadelphia View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1835)AuthorCollins, Isaac ; Joshua Bundick, William Stevens, David Norfleet, William ColeHeadlineFirst African Baptist Church, Philadelphia - 1835 Quaker LeaseDate Published1835 Lot #7 New Yorker admires slavery in Brazil, 1849 letter View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1849)AuthorGreen, L. C.Headline1849 New Yorker admires slavery in BrazilDate PublishedApril 11, 1849. Lot #8 Letter written by a well-connected Virginian on the eve of Secession and Civil War, possibly by the sister of Virginia's former US Senator View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1861)AuthorArcher, M[artha] J.Headline1861 Letter by a well-connected Virginian on the eve of SecessionDate Published1861 Lot #9 Personal Liberty Laws, (Statutes of Massachusetts,) and Slavery in the Territories, (Case of Dred Scott.) View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1861)AuthorParker, JoelHeadlineSlavery in the Territories 1861PublisherWright & PotterDate Published1861 Lot #10 "Little Ethiopians" - photograph of the heads and some shoulders of 21 African American babies or toddlers View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1881 - cabinet card photograph)HeadlineCabinet card of African-American babiesPublisherJoshua SmithDate Published1881 Lot #11 7 pieces of British sheet music - songs performed by the “Versatile Three”, American Black expatriate singers popular in England during and after World War I View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1915-23 - Jazz trio)Headline1915-23 Black expatriate Jazz trio in World War I England Lot #12 3 rare imprints exposing Lynching of southern Blacks during the Depression View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1933-34)Headline1933-34 Lynching of southern Blacks during the Depression, 3 exposesDate Published1933-1934 Lot #13 Negro Who’s Who in California, 1948 Edition View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(African-American, 1948 – California)AuthorCommodore Wynn, editor.Headline1948 Negro Who's Who in CaliforniaDate Published1948 Lot #14 Black Texas Minister's rare imprint: Origin and History of the Negroes and the Dark Races and Their Achievements Before and After Slavery View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1950)AuthorMerriwether, Rev. W.G.HeadlineTexas Black Minister's rare view of African rootsPublisherSelf-publishedDate Published1950 Lot #15 Letter written by the famous Black professional boxer – for ten years, Light Heavyweight Champion of the World – just after he had retired from sports. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1963 – Sport, Boxing)AuthorMoore, ArchieHeadlineArchie Moore, famous world boxing champion, 1963 letterDate Published1963 Lot #25 Photograph of the mushroom cloud over Hiroshima, signed by Enola Gay pilot Paul Tibbets View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Atomic Bomb)AuthorTibbets, PaulHeadlineSigned by atomic bomb pilot Paul TibbetsDate PublishedNo date Lot #76 George Washington Carver: An American Biography View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Carver, George Washington)AuthorHolt, RackhamHeadlineSigned by George Washington CarverPublisherDoubleday, Doran and CompanyDate Published1943 Lot #145 2 early books of tribute to Jazz music View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Jazz, 1925-1927)Headline2 early books of tribute to Jazz music, 1925-1927Date Published1925-1927 Lot #146 8 issues of early Jazz magazines, American and French, 1936-1944 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Jazz, 1936-44 – early Jazz magazines)Headline8 early Jazz magazines, 1936-1944Date Published1936-1944 Lot #147 JAM, Australia’s First Swing Annual/A Philosophical Historical and Technical Survey of Swing Music View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Jazz, 1938)AuthorJohnson, Frank and R.B.H. Wills, eds.HeadlineRare Jazz book - JAM, Australia’s First Swing Annual, 1938PublisherSydney Swing Club:Tempo PublishingDate Published1938 Lot #148 Yearbook of first Playboy Jazz Festival, 1959 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Jazz, 1959 – 1st Playboy Festival)Headline1959 Yearbook of 1st Playboy Jazz FestivalDate Published1959-1960 Lot #154 Two early letters from Martin Luther King, Jr. regarding his doctoral studies at Boston University View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$13,750StatusSold AuthorKing, Martin Luther, Jr.HeadlineTwo letters from Martin Luther King Jr at Boston UniversityDate Published1951 & 1952 Lot #220 Archive of approximately 265 letters, documents, writings, and other items from and relating to the family and descendants of U.S. President John Tyler, including manuscripts, typed material, partially printed forms, and more, plus silver cups and spoons, an engraved gold watch, and other family memorabilia View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Heading(Tyler-Goodwyn Family Archive)HeadlineArchive of President John Tyler descendantsDate Publishedc.1832-1980 Lot #235 Aunt Sally; Or, The Cross the Way of Freedom View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorWilliams, SallyHeadlineScarce 1859 Slavery NarrativePublisherAmerican Reform Tract and Book SocietyDate Published1859 Lot #377 Norris Wright Cuney: A Tribute of the Black People View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1913)AuthorHare, Maud CuneyHeadlineNorris Wright Cuney, A Tribune of the Black PeoplePublisherCrisis Publishing CompanyDate Published1913 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next