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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 #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 #45 Mount Diablo, California: Aeroplane View, Scenic Boulevard Heading(California - Mount Diablo)HeadlineWith bird's-eye view of Mt. Diablo & East BayPublisherR. N. Burgess CompanyDate Published[1915] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold 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 #379 Jim Baker (The Noted Scout) - The Denver Lithographing Co. Denver, Colo. Heading(Baker, Jim)HeadlineColor litho of Jim Baker, Noted ScoutDate Publishedc.1885 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #380 National Guard 7th Reg. N.Y.S.M. at Camp Worth (Kingston, July 1855) forming for Review and inspection by Inspector-General B.F. Bruce N.Y.S.M. AuthorBötticher, Otto, artistHeadlineLarge color litho of NY National Guard on paradePublisherPublished by Goupil & Co.Date Published1856 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #390 Elaborate lithographed graduation certificate for a student at the Salinas City High School Heading(California - Salinas)AuthorBaker, George HolbrookHeadlineG.H. Baker litho of Salinas H.S. diploma 1889PublisherLith. Geo. H. BakerDate Published1889 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #391 Haraszthy, Uznay & Co's. Gold & Sliver Refinery, Cor. Brannan & Harris Sts. San Francisco Cal. Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineHarasthy's gold refinery in San Francisco 1855PublisherLithd. by Kuchel & DresselDate Publishedc.1855-58 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #392 The Pride of the Pacific in San Francisco Harbor, May, 1908 Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineGreat White Fleet in San Francisco BayPublisherPublished by Wm. DiekelmannDate Published1908 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #400 Nathl. Lyon. Brig Genl. U.S.A. Killed at the Battle of Springfield, Mo Aug 10 1861 Heading(Civil War)AuthorEhrgott, Peter E. & Adolphus F. ForbrigerHeadlineGeneral killed early in Civil War - lithographPublisherLith. & published by Ergott, Forbriger & Co.Date Publishedc.1865 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #401 Battle of Gettysburg, Pa. July 3rd 1863. (The Third Day) Heading(Civil War)AuthorFuchs, F., artistHeadlineColor lithograph of Battle of Gettysburg 1863PublisherPublished by Charles MagnusDate Published1863 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold 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 Lot #403 Battle of Chattanooga Heading(Civil War)AuthorKurz & AllisonHeadlineKurz & Allison Civil War litho - ChattanoogaPublisherKurz & AllisonDate Published1888 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #404 Siege of Vicksburg Heading(Civil War)AuthorKurz & AllisonHeadlineCivil War Siege of Vicksburg - Kurz & Allison lithoPublisherKurz & Allison, Art PublishersDate Published1888 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #406 The Bombardment of Alexandria. July 11th 1882 Heading(Egypt)HeadlineBritish bombard Egypt over Suez Canal revoltPublisherC.W. Bacon & Co.Date Published1882 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #407 3rd size steam fire engine built by the Silsby Manufacturing Co. Seneca Falls, N.Y. H.C. Silsby. Horace Silsby. Frank J. Silsby. Heading(Fire Engine)AuthorSilsby, H.C., et al.HeadlineFire engine pulled toward billowing flames 1871PublisherArmstrong, McLellan & Green, lithDate Published[1871] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #409 Trogon Resplendens. Resplendent Trogon AuthorGould, John & Elizabeth GouldHeadlineGould's Resplendent Trogon, handcolored lithoPublisherPrinted by C. HullmandelDate Published1838 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #414 Heights of Monterey, From the Saltillo road looking towards the City, [from the West.] Heading(Mexico - Mexican-American War)AuthorWhiting, Daniel PowersHeadlineRare tinted litho of the Mexican War, 1847PublisherG. & W. EndicottDate Published1847 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #415 Monterey, as seen from a house-top in the main Plaza, (to the West.) October, 1846 Heading(Mexico - Mexican-American War)AuthorWhiting, Daniel PowersHeadlineRare tinted litho of the Mexican War, 1847PublisherG. & W. EndicottDate Published1847 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #416 Monterey, from Independence Hill, in the rear of the Bishop's Palace. As it appeared on 23d September, 1846. (Looking East.) Heading(Mexico - Mexican-American War)AuthorWhiting, Daniel PowersHeadlineRare tinted litho of the Mexican War, 1847PublisherG. & W. EndicottDate Published1847 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #417 Valley towards Saltillo, From near the base of Palace Hill, at Monterey (Looking to the S. West) Heading(Mexico - Mexican-American War)AuthorWhiting, Daniel PowersHeadlineRare tinted litho of the Mexican War, 1847PublisherG. & W. EndicottDate Published1847 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #418 Minnehaha Falls, Minn. Heading(Minnesota)AuthorKurz & AllisonHeadlineMinnehaha Falls in MinneapolisPublisherKurz & AllisonDate Publishedc.1885 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #419 Das Deutsche ev. luth. Concordia – Predigerseminar. Zu St. Louis, MO. Vollendet im September 1883 Heading(Missouri - St. Louis)HeadlineColor litho of Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, MOPublisherEv. Luth Concordia Verlag, M.C. Barthel, Agt.Date Publishedc.1883 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #421 Lake George Heading(New York - Lake George)AuthorHubbard, R. B.HeadlineLarge color lithograph of Lake George, NYPublisherPublished by Edward SintzenichDate Published1865 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #424 Interior view of Tammany Hall Decorated for the National Convention July 4, 1868 Heading(New York - Tammany Hall)AuthorRogers, W.C., lithographerHeadlineTammany Hall awaits convention delegates 1868Date Published1869 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #425 Art Gallery, Centennial International Exhibition. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, 1876 Heading(Pennsylvania - Philadelphia)AuthorHunter, ThomasHeadlineLitho of Art Gallery at 1876 Philadelphia expoPublisherPublished by Thos. Hunter, Lithographer View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #426 Joseph Ripka's Mills. Manayunk 21st Ward Philadelphia. Manufacturer of all descriptions of plain & fancy cottonades for men & boy's clothing Warehouse 32 So. Front St. Heading(Pennsylvania - Philadelphia)HeadlineLitho of cotton mill in Philadelphia 1856PublisherPrinted by Wagner & McGuignanDate Published1856 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #427 1776, Centennial International Exhibition, 1876 Heading(Pennsylvania - Philadelphia)AuthorSchile, HenryHeadlineExhibition Bldg. at 1876 Phila. CentennialPublisherPublished & Printed by H. SchileDate Published1875 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #428 Horticultural Hall, International Exhibition, 1876 - Fairmont Park, Philadelphia Heading(Pennsylvania - Philadelphia)AuthorSchwarzmann & Pohl, architectsHeadlineHorticultural Hall at Philadelphia Centennial 1876PublisherPublished by G. MeyerDate Published1875 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #429 Washington Mills Gloucester N.J. near Philadelphia. David S. Brown & Co. ... Philadelphia, selling agents for the following American cotton and woolen goods Heading(Pennsylvania - Philadelphia)HeadlineView of Washington Mills on Delaware River, 1856PublisherP.S. Duval & Co.'s lith.Date Published1856 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #432 Wood, Taber & Morse's Steam Engine Works. Eaton, Madison Co. N.Y. Portable & Agricultural Engines our Specialty Heading(Steam Engines)HeadlineColor litho of portable steam engines c.1880PublisherCosack & Co.Date Publishedc.1880 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #434 Panorama of Constantinople and Environs Heading(Turkey - Constantinople)AuthorBarker, Henry AstonHeadlineAquatint panorama of Constantinople 1813PublisherH.A. Barker & Thos. PalmerDate Published1813 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #439 Fortress Monroe, Old Point Comfort and Hygeia Hotel, Va. Heading(Virginia)AuthorSachse, E., & Co.HeadlineRare bird's-eye view of Fort Monroe, VA 1861PublisherPubl. & Sold by C. BohnDate Published1861 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #440 Perry's Victory on Lake Erie Heading(War of 1812)AuthorKurz & AllisonHeadlineLarge chromo view of Perry's Lake Erie victoruyPublisherKurz & Allison, Art PublishersDate Publishedc.1889 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #441 Standard Life Insurance Co. 202 Broadway... Heading(Washington, George)AuthorHart, Charles, lithographerHeadlineGeorge Washington, insurance salesman - color lithoPublisherLith. of Charles HartDate Publishedc.1865-70 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #442 George Washington Heading(Washington, George)AuthorKurz & AllisonHeadlineLitho of George Washington by Kurz & AllisonPublisher[Kurz & Allison]Date Publishedc.1880s View details Estimate$300 - $800Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #443 In Memory of the Genl. George Washington and His Lady, from the original picture painted by Trumbull, 1804, in Possession of the Washington Family Heading(Washington, George)AuthorTrumbull, John, artistHeadlineChromolithograph memorial to George WashingtonPublisherPublished by M.H. Campbell & J.R. JohnsonDate Published1859 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #445 Great Falls of the Yellow-Stone - Yellow-Stone National Park Heading(Yellowstone)AuthorKurz & AllisonHeadlineLitho of Yellowstone Falls by Kurz & AllisonPublisherKurz & AllisonDate Publishedc.1885 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next