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 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(African American)HeadlineColor lithographs of racist Black stereotypesDate Published19th century Lot #3 Legal deposition in a suit over ownership of a female slave View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(African American, 1824)AuthorWatkins, Dr. Thomas GassawayHeadlineThomas Jefferson’s Doctor, Andrew Jackson’s Slave BrokerDate PublishedMarch 15, 1824 Lot #4 Report No. 209, Calvin Mickle, Executor of Nagle & De Frias: account of a slave-trading ship captured by U.S. authorities View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1836)AuthorU.S. House Committee on Foreign AffairsHeadlineCapture of a ship illegally carrying slaves for importDate PublishedJanuary 26, 1836 Lot #5 Manuscript Document To Edmund Molyneux, His Majesty’s Consul, Savannah, Georgia, from the Superintendent of Consular Officers, British Foreign Office View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(African American, 1841)AuthorBidwell, Jr., JohnHeadlineBritish Consul chided on slave trade reportingDate PublishedOctober 6, 1841 Lot #6 Court document ordering the sale of two slaves View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1852)AuthorHarrison, T.B. and Daniel MortonHeadline2 Kentucky slaves auctioned to satisfy owner's debtDate PublishedDec. 1851 - March 1852 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. View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1859)AuthorTegener, Frederick and John P. StroopeHeadlineAnti-slavery German-American in Confederate TexasDate PublishedJune 16, 1859 Lot #8 Maritime manuscript ledger of Baker, Wells & Co. Lumber Yard, New York View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1863)Author[Getty, Captain]HeadlineCivil War NY employer of Blacks ledgerDate Published1862-1863, 1868-1869 Lot #9 Letter from Cuban revolutionary hero to a free Black inventor View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1866 - Cuba)AuthorGoicouria, General Domingo deHeadlineCuban revolutionary writes to African American inventorDate PublishedMarch 27, 1866 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 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1868)AuthorHagerty, ThomasHeadlineRacial conflict among Reconstruction Virginia RepublicansDate PublishedDecember 28, 1868 Lot #11 Letter to literary advisor John Owen, about correcting the text of anti-slavery speech View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1871)AuthorSumner, CharlesHeadlineAnti-slavery hero recalls a speech on the eve of Civil WarDate PublishedAugust 1871 Lot #12 Galaxy of Stars: Minstrels View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1890s - blackface portrayal)HeadlineBlackface minstrels disembark from a trainPublisherRiverside Printing CompanyDate Publishedc.1890s Lot #13 Free At Last View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1896)AuthorCollins, Mrs. Jane S.HeadlineEarly novel on Black Civil RightsPublisherMurdoch, Kerr & Co.Date Published1896 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 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1910)HeadlinePhoto of Man O' War & groom Will HarbutDate Published[c.1920s] Lot #16 The National Capital Code of Etiquette [bound with] The New Floyd's Flowers: Short Stories for Colored People Old and Young View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(African American, 1922)AuthorGreen, Edward S. and Silas X. FloydHeadlineAfrican American etiquette guide 1922PublisherAustin Jenkins Co.Date Published[1922] 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1927-1944)AuthorFaust, Arthur Huff; et alHeadlineAfrican American scholarly studiesDate Published1927 & 1944 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. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1929)Author[Purcell, Eleanor]HeadlineRecipes from Aunt Priscilla's Kitchen, 1926PublisherAunt Priscilla PublishingDate Published[1929] Lot #19 The Negro and his Music [Bronze Booklet No. 2] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(African American, 1936)AuthorLocke, AlainHeadlineDean of the Harlem Renaissance on African American musicPublisherAssociates in Negro Folk EducationDate Published1936 Lot #20 Manuscript Roll Book for a government-sponsored Depression era Black Adult School in Texas View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1937)AuthorBryant, Mattie LeeHeadlineRoll Book, WPA Black Adult School, San Antonio, TXDate Published1937 Lot #21 Three programs for notable African American music concerts View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1941-1957)Headline3 noteworthy African American music concertsDate Published1941-1957 Lot #22 March Up Market Street for FREEDOM IN BIRMINGHAM View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(African American, 1963)HeadlineSan Francisco marches to support Black Civil RightsDate PublishedMay 26, 1963 Lot #24 Four works by Derrick A. Bell, Jr. relating to what is now "Critical Race Theory" View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1975-1998 - Critical Race Theory)AuthorBell, DerrickHeadlineDerrick Bell on Critical Race Theory, signedDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #36 Say Hey: The Autobiography of Willie Mays View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Baseball)AuthorMays, Willie & Lou SahadiHeadlineSigned by Willie Mays, first editionPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published1988 Lot #37 A View from Above View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Basketball)AuthorChamberlain, WiltHeadlineSigned by Wilt Chamberlain, first editionPublisherVillard BooksDate Published1991 Lot #68 Four pieces of San Francisco and California sheet music View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineSongs of Sutro and S.F. in the 19th c.Date Published1869-1899 Lot #100 British Navy Captain writes Spanish Governor of Cuba about American Naval deserters View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlinePuerto Rican boy sold into Cuban slaveryDate Publishedc.1878 Lot #103 Manuscript listing Asian and African rebel slaves in Cuba (Cimarrones), and descriptions of three who were caught View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineManuscript list of rebel slaves in Cuba 1857Date Published1857 Lot #104 Manuscript listings of slaves sold in Cuba, both of African and Asian origin View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineChinese & Black slaves sold in CubaDate Published1856-57 Lot #125 Letter from a white Haitian refugee View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Haiti)AuthorBelin de Villeneuve, PaulHeadlineLetter by Haitian master of famous “Faithful Slave”Date PublishedMay 24, 1799 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next