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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 #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 Lot #225 Three chromolithographed promotional pieces for the Singer Manufacturing Co. produced for the Pan-American Exposition held in Buffalo, New York Heading(Singer Manufacturing Co.)HeadlineSinger promo with chromo view of Niagara FallsDate Published1901 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #344 [Views of the Adirondack Mountain Region] Heading(Adirondack Mountains)HeadlineBufford's Views of the Adirondack MountainsPublisher[Bufford's Lithography]Date Published1838 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #352 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 paradePublisherGoupil & Cie.Date Published1856 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #357 Official Bird's-Eye View of the California Midwinter International Exposition: San Francisco, California, the Land of Sunshine, Fruit and Flowers Heading(California - Midwinter Fair)AuthorGraham, Charles, artistHeadlineRare color litho of S.F. Midwinter FairPublisherThe Winters Art Litho Co.Date Published1893 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #363 Bird's-eye view of San Francisco on a stock certificate for a real estate company Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineView of San Francisco on 1877 stock certificateDate Published1877 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #364 Birds Eye View of the City of San Francisco Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineRare bird's-eye view of San Francisco, 1868PublisherPublished by Snow & RoosDate Published1868 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold Lot #365 San Francisco in 1849. San Francisco in July 1849. From Present Site of S.F. Stock Exchange Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorBurgess, Geo. H.HeadlineBird's-eye view of gold rush San FranciscoPublisherH.S. Crocker CompanyDate Published1894 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #367 Lone Mountain Cemetery, San Francisco Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorGifford, Charles B., artistHeadlineLone Mtn. Cemetery & the dunes beyond 1866PublisherLouis Nagel, lithographerDate Published1866 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #368 Mission Dolores, San Francisco - 1860, from the Potrero Nuevo Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorGifford, Charles B., artistHeadlineView of Mission Dolores S.F. by C.B. GiffordPublisherPrinted & published by L. NagelDate Published1866 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #370 San Francisco at the Fair Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorJump, EdwardHeadlineEdward Jump caricature lithograph 1864Date Published[c.1864] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #371 San-Francisco, Vue prise d'un point elevé du côté Sud (Californie) Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorLe Breton, LouisHeadlineView of Gold Rush San Francisco by Le BretonPublisherWild, EditeurDate Published1850 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #376 At the Play: Respectfully inscribed to the wealth, enterprise & beauty of California by their faithful friend Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorMarriott, FrederickHeadlineSan Franciscans "At the Play", 1879 lithographPublisherSan Francisco News Letter California AdvertiserDate Published1879 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #378 City of San Francisco from Rincon Point Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorOtis, Fessenden N.HeadlineSpectacular color lithograph of San Francisco 1855PublisherPrinted by Endicott & Co.Date Published1855 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #379 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$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #385 San Francisco. 1851. Published for the History of the World by Henry Bill, New York Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineColor bird's-eye view of San Francisco in 1851Date Published1851 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #386 San Francisco. 1854. Published for the History of the World by Henry Bill, New York Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineLithographed view of San Francisco, 1854Date Published1854 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #387 San Francisco. 1856. Published for the History of the World by Henry Bill, New York Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineColor view of San Francisco, 1856Date Published1856 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #388 San Francisco in 1854 from the Head of Sacramento St. Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorSarony, NapoleonHeadlineSarony view of San Francisco in 1854PublisherLith. of Sarony & Co.Date Published[1854] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #393 In memory of Wm. C. Ralston late president of the Bank of California Heading(California - William C. Ralston)HeadlineLithographic tribute to Wm. C. Ralston 1875PublisherLith. & Steamprint by F. Korbel & Bros.Date Published[1875] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #395 Panorama of Progress: 87th Annual 1941 California State Fair - America's Largest Ten Day State Fair Heading(California)AuthorLenoir, artistHeadlinePictorial map of California & its produce 1941PublisherCalifornia State Printing OfficeDate Published1941 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #399 San Francisco historical lithograph, “Kealney Must Go” Heading(Chinese in California)HeadlineChinese conflict in San Francisco c.1877PublisherPubl. by I.N. Choynski, AntiquarianDate Publishedc.1877 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #402 Siege of Vicksburg Heading(Civil War)AuthorKurz & AllisonHeadlineCivil War Siege of Vicksburg - Kurz & Allison lithoPublisherKurz & Allison, Art PublishersDate Published1888 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #404 Through to the Pacific AuthorCurrier & IvesHeadlineCurrier & Ives litho of westward crossing 1870Date Published1870 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #406 Collection of 28 plates from Robert Hay's Illustrations of Cairo Heading(Egypt)AuthorCarter, Owen Browne, artistHeadline28 folio lithographs of Egypt, 1840Date Published1840 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #408 Four color lithographs from Das Illustrirte Mississippithal... vom Wasserfalle zu St. Anthony an bis zum Golf von Mexico Heading(Henry, Lewis, artist)HeadlineFour color lithographs after Henry LewisDate Published1854-58 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #413 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$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #414 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$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #415 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$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #416 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$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #417 Minnehaha Falls, Minn. Heading(Minnesota)AuthorKurz & AllisonHeadlineMinnehaha Falls in MinneapolisPublisherKurz & AllisonDate Publishedc.1885 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #418 Keyport, New Jersey, 1894 Heading(New Jersey - Keyport)HeadlineRare view of Keyport, New Jersey, 1894PublisherNational View Co.Date Published1864 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #420 Lake George Heading(New York - Lake George)AuthorHubbard, R. B.HeadlineLarge color lithograph of Lake George, NYPublisherPublished by Edward SintzenichDate Published1865 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #424 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$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #425 1776, Centennial International Exhibition, 1876 Heading(Pennsylvania - Philadelphia)AuthorSchile, HenryHeadlineExhibition Bldg. at 1876 Phila. CentennialPublisherPublished & Printed by H. SchileDate Published1875 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #426 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$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #429 Encampment of the New England Guards, Smith's Hill Providence, July 1844 Heading(Rhode Island - Providence)HeadlineNew England Guard, view of Providence litho, 1844PublisherWm. H. OakesDate Published1844 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #432 The Battle of Manila Heading(Spanish-American War)HeadlineBattle of Manila chromolithography, 1898PublisherMuller Luchsinger & Co.Date Published1898 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #438 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$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #441 The Coming Wave Heading(Chromolithography - Charles Armstrong)HeadlineThe Coming Wave chromolithograph advertisementPublisherLee & Shepard, PublishersDate Published1873 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #442 Two untrimmed chromolithograph cigarette signs Heading(Chromolithography - Cigarettes)HeadlineTwo chromolitho advertisements for smokesDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #443 The Blacksmith [with] The Tinsmith - two chromolithographs from Prang's Aids for Object Teaching Heading(Chromolithography - Louis Prang)HeadlineTwo chromolithos from Prangs' Aids...PublisherL. Prang & Co.Date Published1874-75 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #447 The Prize Babies Heading(Chromolithography - Louis Prang)AuthorWaugh, IdaHeadlinePrang's The Prize Babies in hand-colored matPublisherL. Prang & Co.Date Published1888 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #448 Illustrated Chart of our American Republic Heading(Chromolithography - Temperance Movement)HeadlinePost Civil War Temperance movement lithographDate Published1873 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #450 Derrick Oil Co. / Elite Works / Titusville PA Heading(Chromolithography)HeadlineDerrick Oil Company chromolithograph adDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$218.75StatusSold Lot #451 The Hinkley and Williams Works Heading(Chromolithography)AuthorFrizell, Samuel S.HeadlineS.S. Frizell chromolithograph of trainPublisherNew England Lithograph CompanyDate Publishedc.1870's View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #452 Five 19th century proof sheets and advertising samples for cigar labels Heading(Cigar Box Labels)HeadlineFive cigar label proof sheets and samplesDate PublishedLate 19th century View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #464 John F. Sheridan Heading(Sheridan, John F.)HeadlineColor litho of actor John F. Sheridan c.1890PublisherThe Strobridge Lith CoDate Published[c.1890] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #465 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$812.50StatusSold Lot #468 In Remembrance of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Independence of the United States Heading(United States Centennial)HeadlineU.S. Presidents surround Columbia, 1876PublisherGeorge Stinson & Co.Date Published1876 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #469 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$600 - $900StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next