Sale 778: Americana - Travel & Exploration - Maps, Prints & Views (#778) 12/15/2022 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 12/15/2022 11:00 AM PST Auction Info PDF Prices Realized 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 1-29 of 29. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 Two sheets with racist color lithographed cut-outs of African American stereotypes Heading(African American)HeadlineColor lithographs of racist Black stereotypesDate Published19th century View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #3 Legal deposition in a suit over ownership of a female slave Heading(African American, 1824)AuthorWatkins, Dr. Thomas GassawayHeadlineThomas Jefferson’s Doctor, Andrew Jackson’s Slave BrokerDate PublishedMarch 15, 1824 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #4 Report No. 209, Calvin Mickle, Executor of Nagle & De Frias: account of a slave-trading ship captured by U.S. authorities Heading(African American, 1836)AuthorU.S. House Committee on Foreign AffairsHeadlineCapture of a ship illegally carrying slaves for importDate PublishedJanuary 26, 1836 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #5 Manuscript Document To Edmund Molyneux, His Majesty’s Consul, Savannah, Georgia, from the Superintendent of Consular Officers, British Foreign Office Heading(African American, 1841)AuthorBidwell, Jr., JohnHeadlineBritish Consul chided on slave trade reportingDate PublishedOctober 6, 1841 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #6 Court document ordering the sale of two slaves Heading(African American, 1852)AuthorHarrison, T.B. and Daniel MortonHeadline2 Kentucky slaves auctioned to satisfy owner's debtDate PublishedDec. 1851 - March 1852 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #7 Sworn statement that a horse “estrayed” by another man, was their property, “appraised at thirty dollars Spanish”, describing the animal in detail, including a simple drawing of the brand on the Bay mare’s right hip. Heading(African American, 1859)AuthorTegener, Frederick and John P. StroopeHeadlineAnti-slavery German-American in Confederate TexasDate PublishedJune 16, 1859 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #8 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$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #9 Letter from Cuban revolutionary hero to a free Black inventor Heading(African American, 1866 - Cuba)AuthorGoicouria, General Domingo deHeadlineCuban revolutionary writes to African American inventorDate PublishedMarch 27, 1866 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #10 Conservative Virginian Republican accused of conspiring to overthrow Black influence in the state Republican Party in the third year of the Reconstruction era Heading(African American, 1868)AuthorHagerty, ThomasHeadlineRacial conflict among Reconstruction Virginia RepublicansDate PublishedDecember 28, 1868 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #11 Letter to literary advisor John Owen, about correcting the text of anti-slavery speech Heading(African American, 1871)AuthorSumner, CharlesHeadlineAnti-slavery hero recalls a speech on the eve of Civil WarDate PublishedAugust 1871 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #12 Galaxy of Stars: Minstrels Heading(African American, 1890s - blackface portrayal)HeadlineBlackface minstrels disembark from a trainPublisherRiverside Printing CompanyDate Publishedc.1890s View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #13 Free At Last Heading(African American, 1896)AuthorCollins, Mrs. Jane S.HeadlineEarly novel on Black Civil RightsPublisherMurdoch, Kerr & Co.Date Published1896 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #15 Large original photograph of a thoroughbred racehorse with a large wreath around his neck, identified as Man O' War, being tended by an African American groom, undoubtedly Will Harbut, with two white men in suits observing Heading(African American, 1910)HeadlinePhoto of Man O' War & groom Will HarbutDate Published[c.1920s] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #16 The National Capital Code of Etiquette [bound with] The New Floyd's Flowers: Short Stories for Colored People Old and Young Heading(African American, 1922)AuthorGreen, Edward S. and Silas X. FloydHeadlineAfrican American etiquette guide 1922PublisherAustin Jenkins Co.Date Published[1922] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #17 Two academic studies regarding the African American slave trade in South America, and African American folklore, original scholarly printings of landmark academic studies Heading(African American, 1927-1944)AuthorFaust, Arthur Huff; et alHeadlineAfrican American scholarly studiesDate Published1927 & 1944 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #18 Aunt Priscilla in the Kitchen: A collection of winter-time recipes, seasonable menus and suggestions for afternoon teas and special holiday parties. By Aunt Priscilla, herself. Heading(African American, 1929)Author[Purcell, Eleanor]HeadlineRecipes from Aunt Priscilla's Kitchen, 1926PublisherAunt Priscilla PublishingDate Published[1929] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #19 The Negro and his Music [Bronze Booklet No. 2] Heading(African American, 1936)AuthorLocke, AlainHeadlineDean of the Harlem Renaissance on African American musicPublisherAssociates in Negro Folk EducationDate Published1936 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #20 Manuscript Roll Book for a government-sponsored Depression era Black Adult School in Texas Heading(African American, 1937)AuthorBryant, Mattie LeeHeadlineRoll Book, WPA Black Adult School, San Antonio, TXDate Published1937 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #21 Three programs for notable African American music concerts Heading(African American, 1941-1957)Headline3 noteworthy African American music concertsDate Published1941-1957 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #22 March Up Market Street for FREEDOM IN BIRMINGHAM Heading(African American, 1963)HeadlineSan Francisco marches to support Black Civil RightsDate PublishedMay 26, 1963 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #24 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$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #36 Say Hey: The Autobiography of Willie Mays Heading(Baseball)AuthorMays, Willie & Lou SahadiHeadlineSigned by Willie Mays, first editionPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published1988 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #37 A View from Above Heading(Basketball)AuthorChamberlain, WiltHeadlineSigned by Wilt Chamberlain, first editionPublisherVillard BooksDate Published1991 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #68 Four pieces of San Francisco and California sheet music Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineSongs of Sutro and S.F. in the 19th c.Date Published1869-1899 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #100 British Navy Captain writes Spanish Governor of Cuba about American Naval deserters Heading(Cuba - Maritime)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$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #102 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$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #103 Manuscript listing Asian and African rebel slaves in Cuba (Cimarrones), and descriptions of three who were caught Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineManuscript list of rebel slaves in Cuba 1857Date Published1857 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #104 Manuscript listings of slaves sold in Cuba, both of African and Asian origin Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineChinese & Black slaves sold in CubaDate Published1856-57 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #125 Letter from a white Haitian refugee Heading(Haiti)AuthorBelin de Villeneuve, PaulHeadlineLetter by Haitian master of famous “Faithful Slave”Date PublishedMay 24, 1799 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next