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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 #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 Lot #225 Three chromolithographed promotional pieces for the Singer Manufacturing Co. produced for the Pan-American Exposition held in Buffalo, New York View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Singer Manufacturing Co.)HeadlineSinger promo with chromo view of Niagara FallsDate Published1901 Lot #344 [Views of the Adirondack Mountain Region] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Heading(Adirondack Mountains)HeadlineBufford's Views of the Adirondack MountainsPublisher[Bufford's Lithography]Date Published1838 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. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorBötticher, Otto, artistHeadlineLarge color litho of NY National Guard on paradePublisherGoupil & Cie.Date Published1856 Lot #357 Official Bird's-Eye View of the California Midwinter International Exposition: San Francisco, California, the Land of Sunshine, Fruit and Flowers View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(California - Midwinter Fair)AuthorGraham, Charles, artistHeadlineRare color litho of S.F. Midwinter FairPublisherThe Winters Art Litho Co.Date Published1893 Lot #363 Bird's-eye view of San Francisco on a stock certificate for a real estate company View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineView of San Francisco on 1877 stock certificateDate Published1877 Lot #364 Birds Eye View of the City of San Francisco View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineRare bird's-eye view of San Francisco, 1868PublisherPublished by Snow & RoosDate Published1868 Lot #365 San Francisco in 1849. San Francisco in July 1849. From Present Site of S.F. Stock Exchange View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorBurgess, Geo. H.HeadlineBird's-eye view of gold rush San FranciscoPublisherH.S. Crocker CompanyDate Published1894 Lot #367 Lone Mountain Cemetery, San Francisco View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorGifford, Charles B., artistHeadlineLone Mtn. Cemetery & the dunes beyond 1866PublisherLouis Nagel, lithographerDate Published1866 Lot #368 Mission Dolores, San Francisco - 1860, from the Potrero Nuevo View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorGifford, Charles B., artistHeadlineView of Mission Dolores S.F. by C.B. GiffordPublisherPrinted & published by L. NagelDate Published1866 Lot #370 San Francisco at the Fair View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorJump, EdwardHeadlineEdward Jump caricature lithograph 1864Date Published[c.1864] Lot #371 San-Francisco, Vue prise d'un point elevé du côté Sud (Californie) View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorLe Breton, LouisHeadlineView of Gold Rush San Francisco by Le BretonPublisherWild, EditeurDate Published1850 Lot #376 At the Play: Respectfully inscribed to the wealth, enterprise & beauty of California by their faithful friend View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorMarriott, FrederickHeadlineSan Franciscans "At the Play", 1879 lithographPublisherSan Francisco News Letter California AdvertiserDate Published1879 Lot #378 City of San Francisco from Rincon Point View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorOtis, Fessenden N.HeadlineSpectacular color lithograph of San Francisco 1855PublisherPrinted by Endicott & Co.Date Published1855 Lot #379 The Pride of the Pacific in San Francisco Harbor, May, 1908 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineGreat White Fleet in San Francisco BayPublisherPublished by Wm. DiekelmannDate Published1908 Lot #385 San Francisco. 1851. Published for the History of the World by Henry Bill, New York View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineColor bird's-eye view of San Francisco in 1851Date Published1851 Lot #386 San Francisco. 1854. Published for the History of the World by Henry Bill, New York View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineLithographed view of San Francisco, 1854Date Published1854 Lot #387 San Francisco. 1856. Published for the History of the World by Henry Bill, New York View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineColor view of San Francisco, 1856Date Published1856 Lot #388 San Francisco in 1854 from the Head of Sacramento St. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorSarony, NapoleonHeadlineSarony view of San Francisco in 1854PublisherLith. of Sarony & Co.Date Published[1854] Lot #393 In memory of Wm. C. Ralston late president of the Bank of California View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(California - William C. Ralston)HeadlineLithographic tribute to Wm. C. Ralston 1875PublisherLith. & Steamprint by F. Korbel & Bros.Date Published[1875] Lot #395 Panorama of Progress: 87th Annual 1941 California State Fair - America's Largest Ten Day State Fair View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California)AuthorLenoir, artistHeadlinePictorial map of California & its produce 1941PublisherCalifornia State Printing OfficeDate Published1941 Lot #399 San Francisco historical lithograph, “Kealney Must Go” View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Chinese in California)HeadlineChinese conflict in San Francisco c.1877PublisherPubl. by I.N. Choynski, AntiquarianDate Publishedc.1877 Lot #401 Battle of Gettysburg, Pa. July 3rd 1863. (The Third Day) View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Civil War)AuthorFuchs, F., artistHeadlineColor lithograph of Battle of Gettysburg 1863PublisherPublished by Charles MagnusDate Published1863 Lot #402 Siege of Vicksburg View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Civil War)AuthorKurz & AllisonHeadlineCivil War Siege of Vicksburg - Kurz & Allison lithoPublisherKurz & Allison, Art PublishersDate Published1888 Lot #404 Through to the Pacific View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorCurrier & IvesHeadlineCurrier & Ives litho of westward crossing 1870Date Published1870 Lot #406 Collection of 28 plates from Robert Hay's Illustrations of Cairo View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Egypt)AuthorCarter, Owen Browne, artistHeadline28 folio lithographs of Egypt, 1840Date Published1840 Lot #408 Four color lithographs from Das Illustrirte Mississippithal... vom Wasserfalle zu St. Anthony an bis zum Golf von Mexico View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Henry, Lewis, artist)HeadlineFour color lithographs after Henry LewisDate Published1854-58 Lot #413 Heights of Monterey, From the Saltillo road looking towards the City, [from the West.] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(Mexico - Mexican-American War)AuthorWhiting, Daniel PowersHeadlineRare tinted litho of the Mexican War, 1847PublisherG. & W. EndicottDate Published1847 Lot #414 Monterey, as seen from a house-top in the main Plaza, (to the West.) October, 1846 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Mexico - Mexican-American War)AuthorWhiting, Daniel PowersHeadlineRare tinted litho of the Mexican War, 1847PublisherG. & W. EndicottDate Published1847 Lot #415 Monterey, from Independence Hill, in the rear of the Bishop's Palace. As it appeared on 23d September, 1846. (Looking East.) View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Mexico - Mexican-American War)AuthorWhiting, Daniel PowersHeadlineRare tinted litho of the Mexican War, 1847PublisherG. & W. EndicottDate Published1847 Lot #416 Valley towards Saltillo, From near the base of Palace Hill, at Monterey (Looking to the S. West) View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(Mexico - Mexican-American War)AuthorWhiting, Daniel PowersHeadlineRare tinted litho of the Mexican War, 1847PublisherG. & W. EndicottDate Published1847 Lot #417 Minnehaha Falls, Minn. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Minnesota)AuthorKurz & AllisonHeadlineMinnehaha Falls in MinneapolisPublisherKurz & AllisonDate Publishedc.1885 Lot #418 Keyport, New Jersey, 1894 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(New Jersey - Keyport)HeadlineRare view of Keyport, New Jersey, 1894PublisherNational View Co.Date Published1864 Lot #420 Lake George View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(New York - Lake George)AuthorHubbard, R. B.HeadlineLarge color lithograph of Lake George, NYPublisherPublished by Edward SintzenichDate Published1865 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. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Pennsylvania - Philadelphia)HeadlineLitho of cotton mill in Philadelphia 1856PublisherPrinted by Wagner & McGuignanDate Published1856 Lot #425 1776, Centennial International Exhibition, 1876 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Pennsylvania - Philadelphia)AuthorSchile, HenryHeadlineExhibition Bldg. at 1876 Phila. CentennialPublisherPublished & Printed by H. SchileDate Published1875 Lot #426 Washington Mills Gloucester N.J. near Philadelphia. David S. Brown & Co. ... Philadelphia, selling agents for the following American cotton and woolen goods View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Pennsylvania - Philadelphia)HeadlineView of Washington Mills on Delaware River, 1856PublisherP.S. Duval & Co.'s lith.Date Published1856 Lot #429 Encampment of the New England Guards, Smith's Hill Providence, July 1844 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Rhode Island - Providence)HeadlineNew England Guard, view of Providence litho, 1844PublisherWm. H. OakesDate Published1844 Lot #432 The Battle of Manila View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Spanish-American War)HeadlineBattle of Manila chromolithography, 1898PublisherMuller Luchsinger & Co.Date Published1898 Lot #438 Fortress Monroe, Old Point Comfort and Hygeia Hotel, Va. View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Virginia)AuthorSachse, E., & Co.HeadlineRare bird's-eye view of Fort Monroe, VA 1861PublisherPubl. & Sold by C. BohnDate Published1861 Lot #441 The Coming Wave View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Chromolithography - Charles Armstrong)HeadlineThe Coming Wave chromolithograph advertisementPublisherLee & Shepard, PublishersDate Published1873 Lot #442 Two untrimmed chromolithograph cigarette signs View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Chromolithography - Cigarettes)HeadlineTwo chromolitho advertisements for smokesDate PublishedNo date Lot #443 The Blacksmith [with] The Tinsmith - two chromolithographs from Prang's Aids for Object Teaching View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Chromolithography - Louis Prang)HeadlineTwo chromolithos from Prangs' Aids...PublisherL. Prang & Co.Date Published1874-75 Lot #447 The Prize Babies View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Chromolithography - Louis Prang)AuthorWaugh, IdaHeadlinePrang's The Prize Babies in hand-colored matPublisherL. Prang & Co.Date Published1888 Lot #448 Illustrated Chart of our American Republic View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(Chromolithography - Temperance Movement)HeadlinePost Civil War Temperance movement lithographDate Published1873 Lot #450 Derrick Oil Co. / Elite Works / Titusville PA View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$218.75StatusSold Heading(Chromolithography)HeadlineDerrick Oil Company chromolithograph adDate PublishedNo date Lot #451 The Hinkley and Williams Works View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Chromolithography)AuthorFrizell, Samuel S.HeadlineS.S. Frizell chromolithograph of trainPublisherNew England Lithograph CompanyDate Publishedc.1870's Lot #452 Five 19th century proof sheets and advertising samples for cigar labels View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Cigar Box Labels)HeadlineFive cigar label proof sheets and samplesDate PublishedLate 19th century Lot #464 John F. Sheridan View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Sheridan, John F.)HeadlineColor litho of actor John F. Sheridan c.1890PublisherThe Strobridge Lith CoDate Published[c.1890] Lot #465 Wood, Taber & Morse's Steam Engine Works. Eaton, Madison Co. N.Y. Portable & Agricultural Engines our Specialty View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Steam Engines)HeadlineColor litho of portable steam engines c.1880PublisherCosack & Co.Date Publishedc.1880 Lot #468 In Remembrance of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Independence of the United States View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(United States Centennial)HeadlineU.S. Presidents surround Columbia, 1876PublisherGeorge Stinson & Co.Date Published1876 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 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Washington, George)AuthorTrumbull, John, artistHeadlineChromolithograph memorial to George WashingtonPublisherPublished by M.H. Campbell & J.R. JohnsonDate Published1859 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next