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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Letter about American exile's business dispute Heading(African American, 1799)AuthorBelin de Villeneuve, PaulHeadlineLetter by Haitian master of famous “Faithful Slave”Date PublishedMay 24, 1799 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #2 British Navy Captain writes Spanish Governor of Cuba about American Naval deserters Heading(African American, 1833)AuthorM’Quhae, Peter [Commander of His Britannic Majesty’s Sloop Fly]HeadlineAmerican sailors seized by the British in CubaDate PublishedMay 1, 1833 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #4 Mortgage document for sale for $700 of a slave family Heading(African American, 1844)AuthorSnell, JohnHeadlineSale of entire slave family in AlabamaDate PublishedMay 29, 1844 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #5 Letter by a New York merchant on a business trip to Louisiana approves of slavery Heading(African American, 1847)AuthorEastwood, WilliamHeadlineNY merchant writes while a slave was whippedDate PublishedFeb. 24, 1847 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #6 Selections from the Writings and Speeches of William Lloyd Garrison… Heading(African American, 1852)AuthorGarrison, William LloydHeadlineInscribed by America's leading AbolitionistPublisherB. F. WallcutDate Published1852 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #7 An Examination of the Mosaic Laws of Servitude Heading(African American, 1854)AuthorJay, WilliamHeadlineNoted Abolitionist on slavery among ancient JewsPublisherM. W. DoddDate Published1854 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #8 Two imprints relating to birth of the Republican Party and anti-slavery cause of presidential nominee John Fremont Heading(African American, 1856)HeadlineThe new Republican Party embraces anti-slaveryDate Published1856 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #9 Letter from a US Navy Captain describing his voyage to the West Indies, including the strange slave island of Sombrero. Heading(African American, 1859)AuthorDove, Benjamin M., Captain, USS ReliefHeadlineSlave miners on a guano-rich West Indian islandDate PublishedSept. 17, 1859 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #10 Letter praising executed radical Abolitionist John Brown as “the Man of the Century” Heading(African American, 1860)AuthorLesley, John PeterHeadlineGeologist lauds the treasonous John BrownDate PublishedMarch 28, 1860 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #11 Officers of the National Freedman’s Relief Association, organized in New York, February 22, 1862 Heading(African American, 1862)HeadlineFirst society formed to aid freed slaves in SouthDate PublishedFebruary 22 - July 26, 1862 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #12 Legal letter about a woman slave-owner's compensation for 2 ex-slaves, emancipated in Washington Heading(African American, 1862)AuthorDuvall, George W. (for Eleanor B. Hilleary)HeadlineHeiress seeks compensation emancipated slavesDate PublishedMay 6, 1862 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #13 Maritime manuscript ledger of Baker, Wells & Co. Lumber Yard, New York Heading(African American, 1863)Author[Getty, Captain]HeadlineCivil War NY employer of Blacks ledgerDate Published1862-1863, 1868-1869 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #14 Freedmen’s Bureau officer's manuscript account of the allegation of a white man’s assault on a Black teenage girl Heading(African American, 1866)AuthorHogarty, William P. [2nd Lt., 21st Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps]HeadlineFreedmen's Bureau investigates assault on Black girlPublisherUS Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen & Abandoned LandsDate PublishedJuly 5, 1866 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #15 Letter about a northerner’s success overseeing a postwar Mississippi plantation after slavery Heading(African American, 1866)Author[Phelps, William G.?]HeadlineOhio lawyer overseer on Reconstruction plantationDate PublishedJune 26, 1866 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #16 Letter of a New York farmer while visiting President Grant’s Washington Heading(African American, 1872)AuthorWhite, J.HeadlineRacist letter by NY Democrat during 1872 electionDate PublishedJuly 22, 1872 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #17 Galaxy of Stars: Minstrels Heading(African American, 1890s - blackface portrayal)HeadlineBlackface minstrels disembark from a trainPublisherRiverside Printing CompanyDate Publishedc.1890s View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #18 Black America, A Negro Oddity, March and Two-Step. Heading(African American, 1895)AuthorZickel, Harry H.HeadlineScarce music of first Black extravaganzaPublisherW.C.BroadwellDate Published1895 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #19 Three programs for notable African American music concerts Heading(African American, 1941-1957)Headline3 noteworthy African American music concertsDate Published1941-1957 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #20 Surveyor - George Washington High School yearbook, 1944-1945 Heading(African American, 1945)Author[Angelou, Maya]HeadlineFamed Black poet as high school teenDate Published1945 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #21 Racial Aspects of Reconversion: A Memorandum Prepared for the President of the United States by the National Urban League, New York City, August 27, 1945 Heading(African American, 1945)HeadlineUrban League addresses Truman on equalityPublisherNational Urban LeagueDate Published1945 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #22 It's Fun to be Black Heading(African American, 1973)AuthorBrowning, Alice C.Headline"It's Fun to be Black" despite heartbreak & painPublisherBrowning PublicationsDate Published1973 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #23 Four works by Derrick A. Bell, Jr. relating to what is now "Critical Race Theory" Heading(African American, 1975-1998 - Critical Race Theory)AuthorBell, DerrickHeadlineDerrick Bell on Critical Race Theory, signedDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #24 Of Minnie the Moocher & Me Heading(African American, 1976)AuthorCalloway, Cab and Bryant RollinsHeadlineInscribed and signed by Cab CallowayPublisherThomas Y. CrowellDate Published1976 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #25 Magnificent Desolation: Images from the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission with the Words of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin AuthorAldrin, BuzzHeadlinePhotos of Apollo 11 mission signed by Buzz AldrinPublisherJack Bacon & CompanyDate Published2009 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #26 Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times Heading(Ali, Muhammad)AuthorHauser, Thomas with the Cooperation of Muhammad AliHeadlineSigned by Muhammad AliPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published[1991] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #48 Two letters written shortly after the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, from an American expatriate in Italy to a friend in San Francisco, inquiring about events following the catastrophe Heading(California - San Francisco Earthquake)AuthorCarr, Michael C.Headline1906 quake letters from American in ItalyDate PublishedApril 21 & May 10, 1906 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #57 Letter by future famed San Francisco journalist Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorWilliams, SamuelHeadlineLetter by a future San Francisco literary journalistDate PublishedDecember 23, 1849 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #58 Letter from Craven P. Hester, in San Jose, California, to George Grundy Dunn in Indiana, regarding Hester's financial affairs in Indiana, and events in California Heading(California - San Jose)AuthorHester, Craven P.HeadlineLetter from San Jose District Attorney 1850Date PublishedNov. 28, 1850 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #73 Chemistry notebook for W.M. Berkowitz Heading(Chemistry)AuthorBerkowitz, W.M.HeadlineStudent Chemistry notebook, w/ illustrationsDate Published1913 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #78 Manuscript Expediente regarding an inheritance and a young boy born free in Puerto Rico who was taken to Cuba where he was sold as a slave Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlinePuerto Rican boy sold into Cuban slaveryDate Publishedc.1878 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #79 Manuscript Expediente regarding permission to act as a "bounty hunter" of rebellious slaves in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineBounty hunter of rebellious slaves in Cuba 1879Date Published1879 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #80 Manuscript Expediente [legal proceeding] regarding slaves "hidden" on a plantation in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineSlaves flee Cuban plantation due to choleraDate Published1870 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #81 Manuscript listings of slaves sold in Cuba, both of African and Asian origin Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineChinese & Black slaves sold in CubaDate Published1854-1855 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #82 Modela de Cedulas para los esclavos Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineListing of Cuban slaveowners c.1850Date Publishedc.1850s View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #90 Six Years with the Texas Rangers, 1875 to 1881 AuthorGillett, James B.HeadlineSix Years with the Texas Rangers signedPublisherVon Boeckmann-JonesDate Published[1921] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #100 Experiences of a Forty-Niner, by Wm. G. Johnston, a Member of the Wagon Train First to Enter California in the Memorable Year 1849 AuthorJohnston, William GrahamHeadlineExperiences of a '49erPublisher[Privately printed]Date Published1892 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #103 N by E AuthorKent, RockwellHeadlineN by E, signed by Rockwell KentPublisherBrewer & WarrenDate Published1930 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #131 California Stock Horse AuthorOrtega, Luis B.HeadlineCalifornia Stock Horse signed by Luis Ortega 1stPublisher[News Publishing Company]Date Published[1949] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #136 To Heal and to Build: The Programs of President Lyndon B. Johnson Heading(Presidents, 1963)AuthorBurns, James MacGregor, editorHeadlineSigned by Lyndon Johnson w/sealed envelopePublisherMcGraw-Hill Book Co.Date Published1968 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #139 Extensive collection of works signed and/or inscribed by principals involved in the Richard Nixon Watergate scandal Heading(Presidents, 1969)HeadlineMammoth collection of Watergate autographsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold Lot #140 Six Crises Heading(Presidents, 1969)AuthorNixon, Richard M.HeadlineSigned and inscribed by Richard NixonPublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1962 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #147 Autograph letter from Lorenzo Sitgreaves, U.S. Army Engineer and future Colorado River explorer, to his cousin John Scott regarding a pessimistic outlook on promotion in the military AuthorSitgreaves, LorenzoHeadlineAutograph letter signed by Lorenzo SitgreavesDate PublishedMay 18, 1833 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #151 Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly AuthorStowe, Harriet BeecherHeadlineWith Handwritten Note from H.B. StowePublisherJohn P. Jewett & CompanyDate Published1852 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #157 Archive of items relating to Adolph Sutro and his business dealings in San Francisco and Nevada Heading(Sutro, Adolph)HeadlineAdolph Sutro rents property in old San FranciscoDate Published1855-c.1890s View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #172 Official copy of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender aboard the USS Missouri, signed on September 2, 1945 Heading(World War II)HeadlineRare copy of Japanese Surrender Document 1945Date Publishedc.1945 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold Lot #259 Letter from Col. George M. Barnard, serving aboard the U.S.S. Ashuelot, stationed in Yokohama, Japan and roving the China Sea, describing the people and tumultuous events in China and Japan Heading(Japan & China)AuthorBarnard, George M., Jr.HeadlineU.S. Officer in China & Japan, 1877 letterDate PublishedJune 22, 1877 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #297 Administration Bond of $300 indemnity Heading(Singapore)AuthorNeo, Tan Boey; Chang Jeun Chung; Tan Seeoo, and H. C.Cardwell (Clerk)HeadlineEarly document from the new British colony of SingaporePublisherUnited Company of Merchants of England, trading to the East IndiesDate PublishedMarch 12, 1838 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #353 Two autograph letters from Lord North, introducing balloonist Jean-Pierre Blanchard Heading(Lighter Than Air)AuthorNorth, FrederickHeadlineLord North Introduces Balloonist BlanchardDate Published1784 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #357 Signed entry ticket to the Aérodrome de la Condamine Heading(Lighter Than Air)HeadlineAerodrome de la Condamine Entry TicketDate Published1902 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #402 Battle between the Monitor and Merrimac Heading(Civil War)AuthorKurz & AllisonHeadlineMonitor & Merrimac clash in Kurz & Allison lithoPublisherKurz & AllisonDate Published1889 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next