Sale 751: Americana - Travel & Exploration - Maps & Views (#751) 12/16/2021 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 12/16/2021 11:00 AM PST Auction Info PDF Prices RealizedPDF Catalog View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)RelevanceAuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 1-12 of 12. Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Letter detailing the value of slaves who were to be sold View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Africa-American)AuthorCalder, GeorgeHeadlinePlanning a large slave sale in antebellum South CarolinaDate PublishedJuly 27, 1859 Lot #2 Letter with news about captured fugitive slave committing suicide in his jail cell View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(African-American)AuthorBethune, AmandaHeadlineLetter mentioning a runaway slave who hung himself in jailDate PublishedNovember 6-13, 1851 Lot #3 Letter, possibly written by an emancipated, slave in antebellum South Carolina View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(African-American)AuthorBill, HenryHeadlineLetter possibly written by a freed slave in South CarolinaDate PublishedMay 10, 1849 Lot #4 First publication of “When The Saints Are Marching In” View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(African-American)AuthorBlack, J. M. and Katharine E. PurvisHeadlineFirst publication of “When the Saints Go Marching In”PublisherCurtis & Jennings; Eaton & MainsDate Published1897 Lot #5 Letter from a South Carolina slave-owner View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(African-American)AuthorBrooks, SamuelHeadlineConnecticut native writes about slavesDate PublishedFeb. 6, 1847 Lot #6 Autograph Letter Signed from a Black missionary to Liberia, freed from slavery as a child in Tennessee View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(African-American)AuthorErskine, H. W.HeadlineAntebellum Letter from an ex-slave American missionaryDate Published[1850] Lot #7 Autograph Letter Signed by John Quincy Adams' in-law inquiring about her ex-slave View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(African-American)AuthorMasters, Mrs. AnnHeadlineJohn Adams in-law inquires about jailed ex-slaveDate PublishedFeb. 23, 1832 Lot #8 Letter about Union Army sent to suppress KKK violence View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(African-American)AuthorNesbitt, JamesHeadlineLetter about Ku Klux Klan violence in South CarolinaDate PublishedApril 27, 1872 Lot #9 Letter by Female Anti-slavery Poet about her Black housekeeper View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(African-American)AuthorSigourney, Lydia M.HeadlineBlack housekeeper honored by early American woman poetDate PublishedJune 18, 1849 Lot #10 Engraved Portrait of the first African-American Congressmen View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(African-American)AuthorWellstood, William (engraver)HeadlinePortrait of first African Americana congressmenDate Publishedca. 1885 Lot #16 Unpublished letter by the housekeeper of Ralph Waldo Emerson, describing the Emerson boarding house View details Estimate$800 - $1,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorGoodwin, Mrs. E.C. (Emeline Conor Philleo)HeadlineAnti-slavery letter by Prudence Crandall’s step-daughter and poet Emerson’s housekeeperDate PublishedOct. 26, 1848 Lot #190 Songs Poems of "Black Hawk" the Poet Ranger View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Poetry)HeadlineSongs and poetry from "Black Hawk"PublisherGeorge H. ConnorDate Published1929 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next