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Previous|12|Next Lot #7 Fairbanks' Dog Derby and Ice Carnival, March 6, 7, 8, 9, 1941: souvenir booklet (wrapper title) View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Alaska)Author**HeadlineFairbanks' Dog Derby and Ice Carnival, 1941Date Published1941 Lot #9 Autograph Note Signed giving notice that Minuteman Peter Philips has secured a substitute to serve in his place View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(American Revolution)AuthorPitkin, Ashbel and Joseph ChurchHeadlineANs securing a minuteman substitute 1780Date PublishedAugust 18, 1780 Lot #22 Autograph letter, signed from American fur trader John Jacob Astor to Dolley Madison View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorAstor, John JacobHeadlineALs from JJ Astor to Dolley MadisonDate PublishedJune 4, 1839 Lot #32 Prairie Land - an autograph poem, signed by William Bausman View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorBausman, W[illiam]HeadlineMSS poem signed by Wm Bausman 1849Date Published1849 Lot #38 Autograph Letter Signed from Thomas Ewing to American banker and financier Nicholas Biddle View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(Biddle, Nicholas)AuthorEwing, ThomasHeadlineALs from Thos Ewing to Nicholas Biddle 1855Date PublishedMarch 16, 1855 Lot #72 Coachella Valley Date Grower's Association, Coachella, California View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(California - Coachella)Author**HeadlineCoachella Valley Date Grower's Association 1915Publisher[Neuner Co.]Date Published[c.1915] Lot #74 Autograph Letter, signed, from a gold rush miner in San Francisco View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(California - Gold Rush)AuthorHarrington, GeorgeHeadlineAutograph Letter from a Forty-ninerDate PublishedSeptember, 14, 1851 Lot #76 Autograph letter, signed from a woman describing California "flooded with emigrants" View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorRider, H[arriet] C.HeadlineALs from woman describing CA emigrants 1852Date PublishedFeb. 29, 1852 Lot #79 Six menus from the Hotel del Monte of the Pebble Beach Lodge View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(California - Hotel del Monte)Author**Headline6 menus from Hotel del MonteDate Published1930s Lot #109 Chinese certificate of entry into the United States 1896, plus a table for converting Chinese dates of birth into their English equivalents View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(1896 Chinese certificate of entry into the United States)Author**HeadlineChinese immigration document to US in 1896Date Published1896 Lot #111 Autograph Letter, Signed B.H., to a brother, discussing the election of 1864 among other matters View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(Civil War)AuthorB., H.HeadlineLetter on election of 1864Date PublishedOct. 14, 1864 Lot #112 Autograph Letter, signed from Harry Thornton to his mother View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Civil War)AuthorThornton, Harry I.HeadlineALs from Harry Thornton to his mother Civil WarDate PublishedJanuary 14, 1865 Lot #113 Four patriot envelopes for the Confederacy View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Civil War)Author**HeadlineFour patriot envelopes for the ConfederacyDate Publishedc.1862 Lot #114 Three patriotic envelopes for the Union View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Civil War)Author**HeadlineThree patriotic envelopes for the UnionPublisherChas. MagnusDate Publishedc.1862 Lot #115 My Life - Signed on day of issue View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorClinton, BillHeadlineBill Clinton's My Life signed on first day of issPublisherKnopfDate Published2004 Lot #145 Circular - broadside advertising a meeting of the "Democratic Republicans of Newburgh [NY]" View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Democratic Republicans of New York)Author**Headlinecircular broadside ad for Democratic RepublicansDate PublishedFeb. 29, 1848 Lot #198 Two volumes by Herbert Hoover - Both Inscribed View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorHoover, HerbertHeadlineTwo volumes by Herbert Hoover - Both InscribedPublisherScribner'sDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #205 Manuscript Ledger from Mozart Lodge No. 143, International Order of Odd Fellows, Madison, Wisconsin, 1877 through 1879 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(International Order of Odd Fellows)Author**HeadlineI.O.O.F. Mozart Lodge No. 143 Madison WIDate Published1877-1879 Lot #212 Letter written and signed by citizens of Coxakie, NY to Governor John Jay, complaining about a neighbor who is illegally running a tavern View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Jay, John)Author[Citizens of Coxakie, New York]Headline3 pp letter to NY Governor about illegal tavernDate PublishedFebruary 26, 1798 Lot #246 America Line. Southampton-New York Service... Schedule of First Cabin Fares... View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(Maritime)Author**HeadlineRare Atlantic cruise ephemeraDate PublishedAug. 31st, 1897 Lot #254 Fourteen menus from the 1930s View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Menus)Author**Headline14 menus from the 1930sDate Published1910s-1930s Lot #261 Broadside: "Administrator's Sale of Valuable Lands in St. Charles, Mo... George R.H. Clark, Administrator of Wm. P. Clark, deceased... Peter Ferguson, Judge of Probate" View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Missouri))Author**HeadlineBroadside sale of Wm. P. Clark land 1842 MO.Date PublishedFeb. 13, 1842 Lot #269 Yankee Notion March & Two-Step - sheet music View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Music)AuthorArcher, John (Jack) B.HeadlineYankee Notion March & 2step- sheet music 1898PublisherM. Witmark & SonsDate Published1898 Lot #272 Real Peace: A Strategy for the West - Signed by Nixon View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(1969)AuthorNixon, RichardHeadlineReal Peace by Richard Nixon - SignedPublisher[Privately Published]Date Published[1983] Lot #288 Two autograph letters signed by photographer Joseph Keiley, Stieglitz friend and collaborator View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Heading(Photography - 1901-02 letters, Stieglitz collaborator)AuthorKeiley, Joseph T.HeadlineStieglitz photography collaborator, 2 signed letters, 1901-1902Date Published1901-1902 Lot #303 Abstract of Title to All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the City of Sacramento, County of Sacramento, State of California, described as the West fifty-five (55) feet of the South half (½) of Lot No. Eight (8) in the block bounded by N and O and 20th and 21st streets of said City View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Sacramento - Land Title Abstract)Author**HeadlineLand title abstact 1919 Sacramento, CaliforniaDate Published1919 Lot #319 1933 Scrapbook of travels through the Midwest and Southwest View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Southwest)Author**Headline1933 scrapbook of travels thru mid & southwestDate Published1933 Lot #321 Spring Valley Water Company Specimen Gold Bond View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(Spring Valley Water Company)Author**HeadlineSpring Valley Water Company Specimen Gold BondPublisherAmerican Bank Note CompanyDate Published1927 Lot #331 Autograph letter about 4th of July celebrations in El Paso, Texas in 1898 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Texas)AuthorPedroHeadlineALs about July 4th 1898 celebrations in El PasoDate PublishedJuly 7th, 1898 Lot #340 Signature of Henry Vane, on indentured receipt form View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorVane, Henry, the elderHeadlineFather of colonial governor of MassachusettsDate PublishedNo date Lot #351 Warrant signed by West Virginia Governor William E. Stevenson ordering the arrest of Ohio resident James Giddy, who is suspected of committing murder in that state and then fleeing to West Virginia View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(West Virginia)AuthorStevenson, Wiliam E.HeadlineWarrant signed by West Virginia GovernorDate PublishedDec. 16, 1869 Lot #352 Western Pennsylvania Rail Road Company stock certificate View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Western Pennsylvania Rail Road Company)Author**HeadlineWestern Pennsylvania RR Co stock certificate 1863Date Published1863 Lot #357 Five commissions for career Navy officer Edward A. Mitchell, one signed by Woodrow Wilson as President View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Wilson, Woodrow, etc.)Author**HeadlineCommissions forNavy officer Edward A. MitchellDate Published1917-1942 Lot #364 My Trip to Yosemite: From the Journal of Emilie Sussman, 1872 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Yosemite)AuthorSussman, EmilieHeadlineMy Trip to Yosemite signed by Emilie SussmanPublisher[Grabhorn Press]Date Published1939 Lot #370 Manuscript Letter Signed by Brigham Young, to beekeeper Hiram Hamilton in Bantas, Cal. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorYoung, BrighamHeadlineLetter from Brigham Young, to a beekeeperDate PublishedFeb. 21, 1872 Lot #372 1795 Betsy Ross' Husband: "Black Girl for Sale" - Receipt for a newspaper advertisement for a "black girl for sale" View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorClaypoole, JohnHeadlinenewspaper ad for a "Black Girl for Sale" 1795Date Published1795 Lot #373 Autograph Letter, signed, regarding Henri Christophe's revolution View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Haiti)AuthorLewis, J[ohn]HeadlineALS re Christophe's revolution in Haiti in 1807Date PublishedMarch 8, 1807 Lot #375 Autograph Letter Signed - 1817 Washington, D.C. "Slavery Cherished in the Same Cradle with Liberty" View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Headingzzfac(1817 Slavery in Washington, D.C.)AuthorLivermore, Ar[thur]HeadlineALs from member of congress, describing slaveryDate PublishedDec. 1, 1817 Lot #376 Document calling for the end to the "great national evil" of slavery View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorWolcott, Oliver and Thomas DayHeadlinedocument to end slavery in ConnecticutDate Published1825 Lot #377 Autograph letter, signed from the Secretary of the American Colonization Society to Daniel Webster, making a case for African "colonization" View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorGurley, R[alph] R[andolph]HeadlineALs from RR Gurley to Daniel Webster 1826Date PublishedFeb. 6, 1826 Lot #378 Autograph letter, signed from a South Carolina patrician woman who opposes slavery View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorPaterson, Mrs. J.E.HeadlineALs from SC woman opposing slavery 1837Date PublishedDecember 30, 1837 Lot #379 Abigail Mott's anti-slavery manuscript for the Quaker catechism View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorMott, Abigail FieldHeadlineAbigail Mott's anti-slavery manuscript 1837Date PublishedJan. 30, 1837 Lot #380 1837 Anti-Slavery Movement Muffled in New Hampshire - Manuscript article submitted to an anti-slavery newsletter View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Author**HeadlineMss article submitted to antislavery pub 1837Date PublishedJanuary 4, 1837 Lot #381 Autograph letter, signed - written after slavery was abolished in British Guiana View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorWatson, Peter M.HeadlineALs written after slavery abolished 1838Date PublishedJuly 10-15, 1838 Lot #382 Maryland ex-slave's certificate of freedom View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Emancipated Slave)AuthorDadyman, EzraHeadlineMaryland ex-slave's certificate of freedom 1840Date PublishedJanuary 28, 1840 Lot #384 Autograph letter, signed with her initial, from the first woman doctor in America, and a teacher to slave children in North Carolina View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold AuthorBlackwell, ElizabethHeadlineALs from Elizabeth Blackwell 1845 1st lady dr.Date PublishedAugust 2, [1845] Lot #385 Autograph Letter Signed - Maine Yankee in Mississippi defends Slavery View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Slavery)AuthorSweetser, A.P.Headlineletter defending slavery 1845Date PublishedFebruary 21, 1845 Lot #386 Autograph letter, signed from a Kentucky ex-slave, an outspoken missionary in Liberia View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorPriest, Rev. James M.HeadlineALs from Kentucky ex-slave, missionary 1845Date PublishedJanuary 17, 1845 Lot #387 Autograph Letter Signed - 1846 Violence Against Bi-Racial Family in New York View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorFisher, Rev. W.W.HeadlineALs from Rev describing hate crime in 1846Date PublishedMay 25, 1846 Lot #389 Autograph letter, signed from a New England teacher in Alabama who opposes slavery View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorM[oore], LevinaHeadlineALs from New England teacher who opposes slaveryDate PublishedDecember 1, 1848 Lot #390 Autograph Letter Signed - 1849 Virginia Fugitive Slaves Escape on the Underground Railroad View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorShrewsbury, JoelHeadlineALs discussing fugitive slaves in VirginiaDate PublishedJuly 30, 1849 Lot #391 Autobiographic Autograph Letter - 1849 Famed Anti-Slavery Minister Persecuted in Kentucky View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorFee, Rev. John G.HeadlineALs from leading Kentucky abolitionist 1849Date PublishedOctober 30, 1849 Lot #392 Autograph letter, signed giving a first-hand account of Christiana "Slave Riot" View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorFogle, David H. and Elizabeth A. FogleHeadlineALs about Christiana slave riot 1851Date PublishedOctober 27, 1851 Lot #393 Autograph Letter Signed - 1852 "Too Many Freed Negroes" in North Carolina View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorCastin, MilesHeadlineALs about too many freed negroes in N.C. 1852Date PublishedNov. 15, 1852 Lot #394 Printed Circular on Enforcement of Negro Exclusion (Article 13 of state Constitution) and State promotion of African Colonization, with integral attached form for Applicants For A Passage To Liberia View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorMitchell, James, Secretary, Indiana Colonization OfficeHeadlinePrinted Circular on Enforcement of Negro ExclusioDate PublishedMarch 10, 1853 Lot #395 1853 Auction of a Slave Child and Later Ku Klux Klan Cover-Up View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorGraham, Walter C. / Anthony, Graham H.Headlinedocument recording sale of a slave child, ku kluxDate PublishedSeptember 29, 1853 / December 28, 1917 Lot #396 Autograph Letter Signed - 1857 Virginia Slave Owner on Negro Rebellion View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorBurwell, H.B.HeadlineALs from Virginia slave owner about slaves 1857Date PublishedJanuary 12, 1857 Lot #399 Autograph letter, signed from a future Governor prosecuted in Illinois in 1859 for feeding a hungry black View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorSt. John, John P.HeadlineALs from a man prosecuted for feeding blackDate PublishedNovember 10, 1884 Lot #400 Autograph Letter Signed - 1860 Future Union Army Railroad Chief Protects Black Workers in Kentucky View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Headingzzfaq(1860 Black Workers in Kentucky)AuthorAnderson, A[dna]HeadlineALs from Kentucky railroad black workerDate PublishedDecember 24, 1860 Lot #401 Slave Caricatures on four Civil War Patriotic Envelopes View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold Heading(1861-64 Slave Caricatures)Headline4 envelopes with slave caricatures c.1861PublisherD. Murphy's Son / King & BairdDate Published[c.1861] Lot #402 General Orders, No. 109. War Department, Adjutant General's Office - printed war document from President Lincoln, ordering Union Army to employ ex-slaves View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorLincoln, AbrahamHeadlineLincoln war document employing ex-slaves in armyDate PublishedAugust 16, 1862 Lot #403 Autograph letter, signed enlisting mistreated slaves as Union soldiers in Louisiana View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorCarter, William S.HeadlineALs recruiting mistreated slaves to Union 1863Date PublishedMay 13, 1863 Lot #404 Autograph letter, signed from a man with "great faith" in black soldiers View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorMcFarland, DavidHeadlineALs from a man praising black soldiers 1863Date PublishedJune 8, 1863 Lot #405 Autograph Letter Signed - 1863 Confederate Soldier Jokes About Sex with Slave Women View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorRendleman, A.H.HeadlineALs from a Confederate soldier in 1863Date PublishedJune 8th 1863 Lot #407 Autograph letter, signed from a naval officer calling for "able-bodies negroes" View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorSelfridge (Jr.), Lt. Commander Thomas O.HeadlineALs from a naval officer calling for negroesDate PublishedAug. 8, 1864 Lot #408 Autograph letter, signed from an Ohio soldier in Tennessee hailing abolition of slavery View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Headingzzfau(1865 An Ohio Soldier on Abolition)Author"Charley" [Atkin, Charles]HeadlineALs from Ohio soldier hailing abolition of slaverDate PublishedFebruary 22, 1865 Lot #409 Autograph letter, signed from a South Carolina resident who fears the arrival of black troops View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Author“Cousin Lou”.HeadlineALs from SC woman who fears black troops 1865Date PublishedAugust 13, 1865 Lot #410 Printed and handwritten document signed, as Chief Medical Officer, War Department Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorEdwards, Colonel L.W. Surgeon, US ArmyHeadlinearmy dr to ex-slaves at Freedman's villageDate PublishedJune 11, 1867 Lot #411 1868 America's First Racist Newspaper - Printed letter and subscription form for The New York Weekly Day-Book View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorVan Enrie, Horton & Co.Headlinesubscription form for NY Weekly Day Book 1868PublisherOffice of the Day-BookDate Published1868 Lot #412 Autograph Letter Signed - 1868 Historic Court Decision Integrating Iowa Public Schools View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorRichman, J. ScottHeadlineALs from a judge, ordering racial integ in IowaDate PublishedJanuary 21, 1868 Lot #413 Call for a State Convention: To the Colored Men of the State of New York - printed broadside View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorMolson, H.C., Frederick Douglass, et al.HeadlineCall for a State Convention 1869 broadsideDate Published[1869] Lot #414 Autograph Letter - 1869 Helping Blacks Fight the KKK in Tennessee View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Headingzzfaaa(1869 Fighting the Klan in Tennessee)Author[Hunter, Rev. Leander]HeadlineALs from a man helping fight the KKK 1869Date PublishedMarch 31, 1869 Lot #415 Autograph Letter Signed - 1871 Negro Joke by Future Supreme Court Justice View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(African American)AuthorBlatchford, SamuelHeadlineSam Blatchford ALs w/racist joke 1871Date PublishedDecember 22, 1871 Lot #417 Autograph Note Signed - 1880s 1st College for Black Women in America View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorPackard, S[ophia]HeadlineANs from founder of 1st college for black womenDate Published[c.1885] Lot #419 1887 Deed document, signed by James Monroe Trotter - a patriarch of the Boston "Black Elite" View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(African American - 1887 Boston "Black Elite" patriarch)AuthorTrotter, James M[onroe], RecorderHeadlinedeed signed by James Monroe Trotter 1887Date PublishedMay 11, 1887 Lot #423 Typed Letter Signed - 1892 Heroic "Glory" Officer Stoops to Racist Politics in West Virginia View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorAppleton, John W.M.HeadlineTLs from racist republican politician, 1892Date PublishedNovember 6, 1892 Lot #424 Printed letter from the Department of the Interior, Census Office - with problems of black census-taking in the rural south View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorPorter, Robert P.HeadlineCensus letter 1891 by Robert PorterPublisherDepartment of Interior, Census OfficeDate PublishedJanuary 31, 1891 Lot #425 Typed letter, signed from Joel Chandler Harris - after "Uncle Remus" View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold HeadingzzcAuthorHarris, Joel ChandlerHeadlineTLs from Joel Chandler Harris 1893Date PublishedFebruary 23, 1893 Lot #426 Autograph letter, signed on pictorial stationery, with photograph of William Davis in black-face View details Estimate$60 - $90StatusUnsold Heading(1895 "Black-Face" Entertainment)AuthorHall, William DavisHeadlineALs from Wm Davis w/photo of "black-face" 1895Date PublishedAugust 20, 1895 Lot #427 1887-1907 Black Political Elite After Frederick Douglass - Documents signed by 3 African Americans who, following in the footsteps of Frederick Douglass, received Presidential appointments to federal office after the Civil War View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Heading(African American)AuthorTaylor, C.H.J. and J.W. LyonsHeadlinedocs signed by 2 Presidential "Black Elite"Date Published1896-1907 Lot #428 Autograph Letter Signed - 1897 Rumors of Lynching in West Virginia View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorWyatt, C.R., AttorneyHeadlineALs from lawyer about a lynchin in W. Va. 1897Date PublishedApril 29, 1897 Lot #437 Typed letter with autograph note, signed by the first black woman missionary to Africa View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorD[elany], E[mma] B.HeadlineTLs from 1st black woman missionary to AfricaDate PublishedJanuary 5, 1912 Lot #438 Praise for DuBois and NAACP Crisis from famed Abolitionist's son on the anniversary of Negro Emancipation, 1913 letter View details Estimate$140 - $200StatusUnsold Heading(1913 In praise of W.E.B. DuBois and NAACP Crisis magazine)AuthorGarrison, Francis J.HeadlineNAACP, W.E.B. DuBois, William Lloyd Garrison, anti-slavery, Emancipation ProclamationDate PublishedJanuary 4, 1913 Lot #440 Autograph letter, signed by the first black general of the U.S. Army - now a widower View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorDavis, Captain B[enjamin] O.HeadlineALs from 1st black general of US army 1916Date PublishedAugust 13, 1916 Lot #441 Stock certificate for shares in the Birth of a Race Photoplay Corporation View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(1918 Black Answer to Racist Epic Film "Birth of a Nation")Headlinestock certificate for birth of a race movie co.PublisherBirth of a Race Photoplay CorporationDate PublishedSeptember 27, 1918 Lot #446 1920s Black Group Offers Reward for Arrest of "Lynchers" View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorLewis, Edward, President; F.W. Dixon, Vice-President, et. al.Headlineanti-mob violence group Wash, D.C. 1920sDate Published[c.1920s] Lot #458 Typed letter, signed from poet and novelist Claude McKay, negotiating a sale of the banned book of German art by George Grosz View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorMcKay, ClaudeHeadlineTLs from Claude McKay selling a banned book 1937Date PublishedFebruary 25, 1937 Lot #459 Photograph of Marian Anderson, performing at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939 - signed by Anderson - with typed letter, signed from Anderson's sister View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Anderson, Marian)AuthorStafford, Mr. Allison John, photographerHeadlinephoto of Marian Anderson performing in 1939Date Published1939-1940 Lot #460 Photograph signed by Marian Anderson View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorAnderson, MarianHeadlinePhotograph signed by Marian AndersonDate Publishedc.1940 Lot #461 Typed letter, signed from the "Black Eagle of Harlem" planning hospital plane service in World War II View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Black Aviator)AuthorJulian, Colonel Hubert FauntleroyHeadlineTLs from black aviator 1939Date PublishedNovember 4, 1939 Lot #462 Printed letter from "Father of the Blues" W.C. Handy at the New York World's Fair View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(1939-40 Printed Letter from 'Father of the Blues')AuthorHandy, W.C.HeadlineTL from WC Handy "Father of the Blues" 1939-40Date Published[c.1939-1940] Lot #467 Autograph letter, signed by a liberal economist in wartime Washington, lamenting the Harlem Riots View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Heading(1943 letter about the Harlem Race Riots)AuthorDresher, Mrs. MelvinHeadlineALs lamenting the Harlem Riots 1943Date PublishedAugust 1-2, [1943] Lot #468 Petition to Mayor Finerty and School Board - 1945 Gary, Indiana Fights Over School Integration View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(African American - 1945 Indiana fight over School Integration)HeadlinePetition to Mayor Finerty and School Board 1945PublisherPat Riley, Indiana State C.I.O. Anti-Discrimination CommitteeDate Published[October, 1945] Lot #469 Typed letter, signed from Tuskegee Airman on European combat duty View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Tuskegee Airmen, World War II)Author"Jeff" (likely fighter pilot Lt. Alexander Jefferson)HeadlineTLs Tuskegee Airman on European combat dutyPublisher301st Fighter SquadronDate PublishedMarch 19, 1944 Lot #471 Typed note, signed - written while sailing to Gertrude Stein's Paris View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorWright, RichardHeadlineRichard Wright TNs while sailing to Paris 1946Date PublishedMay, 1946 (in pencil) Lot #474 Typed letter, signed from arctic explorer Matthew Henson at age 82 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Black Arctic Explorer)AuthorHenson, Matthew A[lexander]HeadlineTLs from arctic explorer Matthew Henson at age 82Date PublishedJuly 5, 1948 Lot #475 For Peace in Korea Now! Vote Independent Progressive / For President, Vincent Hallinan / Charlotta Bass for Vice President / Reuben Borough for U.S. Senate - original campaign poster View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Political Campaign Poster)Author(Bass, Charlotta A.)Headlinecampaign poster for 1st black woman politicalDate Published1952 Lot #478 Poster advertising Mrs. Martin Luther King, Jr. singing at New Hope Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado 1958 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(King, Mrs. Martin Luther, Jr.)Author**Headlineposter Mrs. Martin Luther King singingDate PublishedSunday, March 9, 1958 Lot #479 Typed Letter Signed - 1964 Poet Langston Hughes Aids New Harlem Dance Troupe View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorHughes, LangstonHeadlineTLs from Langston Hughes 1964Date PublishedAugust 15, 1964 Lot #480 Two Dick Gregory Presidential campaign "dollars" View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Heading(1968 Dick Gregory Presidential Campaign)AuthorGregory, DickHeadlineTwo Dick Gregory Presidential campaign "dollars"Date Published1968 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next