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Previous|1|Next Image Lot Item Title Time Left Your Bids 1 Statement of reimbursed expenses paid in May 1780 to Ruggles, Constable of New Milford for transporting a Mulatto girl to Dover Heading(African American, 1779)AuthorRuggles, Samuel; Noble Fine, Jeremiah Boardman, et alHeadlineRevolutionary War document about a mulatto womanDate PublishedDecember 9 -31, 1779, and January 20, 1780 Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,500StatusSold View details 2 Early letter from mother of important Union spy Heading(African American, 1834)AuthorVan Lew, ElizaHeadlineMother of famed Civil War spy meets rich free Black in FloridaDate PublishedFebruary 26,1834 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold View details 3 Letter from Moravian missionary to Jamaica revealing racist prejudices he brought from America Heading(African American, 1842)AuthorHolland, Rev. Francis RaymondHeadlineSouthern racist missionary among freed Blacks in JamaicaDate PublishedJan. 22, 1842 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold View details 4 Letter from a whaling ship seaman, a free Black leader of the African American community of New Bedford Heading(African American, 1845)AuthorBrown, William H.HeadlineFree Blacks among the whalers of New BedfordDate PublishedNovember 11, 1845 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,125StatusSold View details 5 Letter of a wealthy family of Virginia Quakers who intended to free their slaves Heading(African American, 1846)AuthorCrenshaw, Nathaniel C.; and Margaret M. Crew;HeadlineVirginia Quakers as benevolent slave-ownersDate PublishedAugust 13-14, 1846 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 6 Letter to Scottish business partner about getting rid of a mentally ill slave woman in an asylum Heading(African American, 1857)AuthorGilmour, JohnHeadlineSlave woman committed to a Virginia asylumDate PublishedMarch 7, 1857 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 7 Letter about an escaped slave recaptured by his master and a near-rescue by indignant soldiers Heading(African American, 1862)AuthorCarter, Zeno AllenHeadlineEscaped slave seized by his master in Civil War WashingtonDate PublishedJuly 19, 1862 Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,000StatusSold View details 8 Letter from a young teacher about a cousin and an Abolitionist neighbor who had enlisted in the Union Army. Heading(African American, 1862)AuthorEmmons, Fanny M. [Francis Matilda]HeadlineMassachusetts Abolitionist enlists in Union ArmyDate PublishedOct. 12, [1862] Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 9 Letter from slave-owning heiress about legal problems with newly-emancipated slaves in Washington, D.C. Heading(African American, 1862)AuthorHilleary, Eleanor B.M.HeadlineLetter about slaves freed during the Civil WarDate PublishedJuly 21, 1862 Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$562.50StatusSold View details 10 Aunt Sally; Or, The Cross the Way of Freedom Heading(African American, 1863)AuthorWilliams, SallyHeadlineThe slave narrative of Sally WilliamsPublisherAmerican Reform Tract and Book SocietyDate Published1863 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold View details 11 Letter admiring John Rogers’ “Wounded Scout” sculpture depicting ex-slave supporting wounded Union soldier Heading(African American, 1864)AuthorFanny [Cooper?]HeadlineMost popular slave sculpture of Civil WarDate PublishedJuly 15, 1864 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 12 Manuscript record of court proceedings regarding a free Black in Texas who petitioned to be bound as a slave to an “owner and mistress”, one Sephrony Kerr, only to be stymied by a former owner who claimed he was never free Heading(African American, 1864)HeadlineTexas slave case during the Civil WarDate Published1864 Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold View details 13 Manuscript Quartermaster Report and printed document relating to "Colored Troops" of the Union Army during the Civil War. Heading(African American, 1864-1865)HeadlineTwo items relating to Black troops in the Civil WarDate Publishedca.1864 and 1865 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 14 Postwar letter from a Doctor and ex-Confederate Cavalry Captain, writes of property taken over by ex-slaves and the general state of depressed spirits in the “old Virginia” which was “no more” Heading(African American, 1866)AuthorWinfield, John QuincyHeadlineConfederate writes about the end to “Old Virginia”Date PublishedJune 3, 1866 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold View details 15 The Money of the United States / Equal Rights / Speeches of David B. Mellish of New York…in the House of Representatives, January 10, 1874 Heading(African American, 1874)AuthorMellish, David B.HeadlineNY Congressman pleads for Black Civil RightsPublisherUS Government Printing OfficeDate Published1874 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 16 Galaxy of Stars: Minstrels Heading(African American, 1890s - blackface portrayal)HeadlineBlackface minstrels disembark from a trainPublisherRiverside Printing CompanyDate Publishedc.1890s Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold View details 17 Three non-fiction magazine articles by poet Paul Laurence Dunbar Heading(African American, 1900)AuthorDunbar, Paul LaurenceHeadlineBlack Poet’s rare magazine non-fictionDate Published1900-1901 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold View details 18 Two early volumes on Black economic gains and difficulties Heading(African American, 1912-1936)Headline1st two economic classics by Black scholarsPublisherColumbia University PressDate Published1912-1936 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold View details 19 Letter from clergyman who headed an early Civil Rights organization Heading(African American, 1916)AuthorGunner, Rev. ByronHeadlineEarly Civil Rights pioneer among the 1900s Black eliteDate PublishedNovember 7, 1916 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold View details 20 Women of Achievement. Written for the Fireside Schools Under the auspices of the Woman's American Baptist Home Mission Society Heading(African American, 1919AuthorBrawley, BenjaminHeadlineHistory of prominent African American womenPublisher[Woman's American Baptist Home Mission Society]Date Published[1919] Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold View details 21 Three early magazine articles by the Father of the Harlem Renaissance Heading(African American, 1926-1931)AuthorLocke, AlainHeadlineDean of the Harlem Renaissance on Art and DramaDate Published1926-1931 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 22 Selections from The Poetic Mediations of Marcus Garvey Heading(African American, 1927)AuthorGarvey, MarcusHeadlineRare prison poetry by Marcus GarveyPublisherAmy Jacques GarveyDate Publishedca. 1927 Estimate$900 - $1,200Sold for$875StatusSold View details 23 Broadway Program for Run Little Chillun, a Negro Folk Drama Heading(African American, 1933)AuthorJohnson, HallHeadlineNew York premier program for Negro Folk DramaPublisherLyric TheaterDate PublishedMarch 1933 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 24 National Urban League promotion for its magazine Opportunity, with supporting letter from the largest Black-owned business in America Heading(African American, 1934)HeadlineLargest Black business promotes Urban League magazineDate Published1934 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold View details 25 The Legal Status of the Negro Heading(African American, 1940)AuthorMangum, Charles S., Jr.HeadlineClassic 1940 book on legal discrimination against BlacksPublisherUniversity of North Carolina PressDate Published1940 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold View details 26 War, Racism, the Movement: As We See It Heading(African American, 1968)AuthorTyner, JarvisHeadlineJarvis Tyner anti-Vietnam war speechPublisherW.E.B Du Bois Clubs of AmericaDate Published1968 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold View details 27 The Mother Waddles Cook Book Heading(African American, 1970)AuthorWaddles, CharleszettaHeadlineFirst Edition of Waddles' Soul Food Cook BookPublisherPerpetual Soul Saving Mission For All Nations, Inc.Date Published1970 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold View details 28 Muhammad Speaks Presents People's Questions to Angela Davis Heading(African American, 1972)AuthorDavis, AngelaHeadlineInterview w/ imprisoned Angela Davis c. 1970PublisherNew York Committee to Free Angela DavisDate Published[1972] Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold View details 29 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 Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold View details 38 Six Tucker Company engine blueprints Heading(Automotive - Tucker)HeadlineDesigning the '48 Tucker EngineDate Published1947-1948 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold View details 50 Archive of Clara W. Burnett AuthorBurnett, Clara W.HeadlineEarly woman architect & art teacherDate Published1905-1916 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold View details 97 Handwritten letter from Eduardo Behn in San Francisco to his wife in Germany Heading(California)AuthorBehn, EduardoHeadlineGerman settler in NorCal brings wife to join himDate PublishedDecember 4, 1851 Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold View details 99 Letter presenting a donation to a library fund Heading(California)HeadlineLetter with donation to library fund, 1853Date Published1853 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 102 Letter from Banking House of D.O. Mills to Leland Stanford Heading(California)AuthorMiller, HenryHeadlineLetter to Leland Stanford, 1862Date Published1862 Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold View details 108 Letter by a Vermont farmer extolling the Canadian rebellion for liberty Heading(Canada - 1837 Rebellion)AuthorHenry, Rufus C.HeadlineAmerican's letter about 1837 Upper Canada rebellionDate PublishedDecember 9, 1837 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold View details 114 Receipt Signed by first President of the Illinois Conference Female Academy Heading(Civil War - Lincoln association)AuthorJaquess, James FrazierHeadlineAutograph of Lincoln secret peace envoy to Jefferson DavisDate PublishedMarch 27, 1849 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 115 Letter from a Tennessee lawyer to an Arkansas Judge hailing Tennessee’s imminent secession Heading(Civil War - Secession)AuthorMcEwen, Jr., Robert HoustonHeadlineNashville lawyer lauds Tennessee SecessionDate PublishedJune 4, 1861 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold View details 131 Manifest listing a shipload of Chinese laborers bound for Havana, headed "Emigracion China para la Isla de Cuba" Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese coolies bound for Cuba, 1866Date PublishedJanuary 16, 1866 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold View details 132 Manifest listing Chinese laborers bound for Havana Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese laborers bound for Cuba in 1867Date PublishedFebruary 15, 1867 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold View details 133 Report on the importation of Chinese indentured labor, or slaves, and its effects Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineSpanish report on Chinese labor in Cuba, 1855Date Published1855 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold View details 134 Two registration forms for Chinese immigrant indentured laborers in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineRegistration forms for Chinese labor in CubaDate Publishedc.1860 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold View details 136 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 Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold View details 137 Renewal contract for a Chinese indentured servant in Cuba, signed in Chinese Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineContract for Chinese servant in Cuba 1877Date Published1877 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 140 Two documents describing the attack on Jaruco, Cuba by the independence forces led by General Antonio Maceo Heading(Cuba)HeadlineBattle in Cuban War for Independence 1896 MS.Date PublishedFebruary 19, 1896 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 166 Labor Contract -- Olelo Aelike Heading(Hawaii)HeadlineJapanese laborer at Hawaiian sugar plantationDate PublishedDec. 6, 1897 Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold View details 177 Letter from Idaho pioneer about mining and political troubles Heading(Idaho)AuthorHyndman, WilliamHeadlineIdaho pioneer letter about mining and politicsPublisherPhiladelphia and Idaho CompanyDate PublishedAugust 23, 1896 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 204 Letter of thanks for two annual subscriptions to the Lady’s Book Heading(Melville, Herman)AuthorChristy, William H.HeadlineForgotten figure in a Herman Melville literary disputeDate PublishedNovember 27, 1839 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 208 Manuscript broadside regarding naval recruitment to execute the war against the Texas colonists Heading(Mexico - Texas War)HeadlineManuscript from Texas-Mexico war 1836Date PublishedMay 25, 1836 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold View details 210 Trading With Mexico Heading(Mexico and the FBI)AuthorThompson, WallaceHeadlineAssociation copy to World War I FBI spymasterPublisherDodd, MeadDate Published1921 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 223 Escrituras de la casa No 137 de la Calle de San Jeronimo Heading(Mexico)AuthorMaya, RamónHeadlineAbstract of title for a Mexico City propertyDate Published1705-1908 Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold View details 254 Eight Presidential Memoirs signed by First Ladies Heading(Presidential)HeadlineAll signed by American First LadiesDate PublishedVarious dates Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold View details 255 Four signed memoirs by U.S. Presidential candidates Heading(Presidential)HeadlineAll signed by U.S. Presidential candidatesDate PublishedVarious dates Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 256 Six signed volumes from the Bush Family Heading(Presidential)HeadlineAll signed by members of the Bush familyDate PublishedVarious dates Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold View details 257 Three signed memoirs Jean and Edward M. Kennedy Heading(Presidential)HeadlineSigned by Jean Kennedy Smith and Edward M. KennedyDate Published2006-2016 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 259 Land grant signed by John Quincy Adams Heading(Presidents, 1825)AuthorAdams, John QuincyHeadlineLand grant signed by President John Q. AdamsDate Published1826 Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold View details 264 Signed Appointment of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., as Representative to the United Nations Heading(Presidents, 1953)AuthorEisenhower, Dwight D.HeadlineEisenhower appoints Lodge Ambassador to UNDate Published1953 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold View details 265 Photograph of John F. Kennedy by Yousuf Karsh, inscribed signed by Kennedy in ink on the image Heading(Presidents, 1961)AuthorKennedy, John F.HeadlineInscribed Kennedy portrait by Yousuf KarshDate Published1960 Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold View details 266 A White House Diary Heading(Presidents, 1963)AuthorJohnson, Lady BirdHeadlineBookplate signed by Lady Bird and initialed LBJPublisherHolt, Rinehart and WinstonDate Published1970 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 267 The Thirty-eighth President Heading(Presidents, 1974)AuthorFord, Gerald R.HeadlineSigned by U.S. President Gerald R. FordPublisherJack Bacon & CompanyDate Published2001 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 268 Five works signed by Jimmy Carter Heading(Presidents, 1977)AuthorCarter, JimmyHeadlineAll signed by President Jimmy CarterPublisherVarious publishers Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 269 Jimmy Carter seven volume set from Easton Press Heading(Presidents, 1977)AuthorCarter, JimmyHeadlineJimmy Carter Easton Press setPublisherThe Easton PressDate Published1995 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold View details 270 Where's the Rest of Me Heading(Presidents, 1981)AuthorReagan, RonaldHeadlineSigned by Ronald ReaganPublisherDuell, Sloan & PearceDate Published[1965] Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold View details 271 Signed memoirs from Bill and Hillary Clinton Heading(Presidents, 1993)HeadlineSigned memoirs from Bill and Hillary ClintonPublisherAlfred A. Knopf; Simon & Schuster Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 272 Three works by George W. Bush Heading(Presidents, 2001)AuthorBush, George W.HeadlineAll signed by President George W. BushPublisherCrown PublishersDate Published2010-2021 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 273 Three works signed by George W. Bush Heading(Presidents, 2001)HeadlineThree works signed by President George W. BushPublisherVarious publishers Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold View details 278 An Ocean Cruise and Deep Water Regatta of the Pacific Yacht Club July, 1884 AuthorSanderson, J.HeadlineWith 8 color lithographs by Gideon DennyPublisherH.S. Crocker & CoDate Published1884 Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold View details 282 The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 AuthorShirley, Dame [Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith]HeadlineShirley Letters signed by Thomas C. RussellPublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1922 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 289 Three signed Apollo 13 Memoirs Heading(Space - NASA)HeadlineThree signed Apollo 13 MemoirsPublisherVarious publishers Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 290 Three signed Memoirs from Apollo Astronauts Heading(Space - NASA)HeadlineThree signed memoirs from Apollo AstronautsDate PublishedVarious dates Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 291 Three signed memoirs from NASA astronauts Heading(Space - NASA)HeadlineThree signed NASA MemoirsPublisherVarious publishers Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold View details 300 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(Texas)AuthorTegener, Frederick and John P. StroopeHeadlineGerman-American Abolitionist in Confederate TexasDate PublishedJune 16, 1859 Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold View details 301 How the Coreys Went West AuthorThomson, Permelia CoreyHeadlineHow the Coreys Went West with signed letterPublisherPress of Frye & SmithDate Published1908 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold View details 304 Collection of early materials about Grand Coulee Dam Heading(Washington - Grand Coulee Dam)HeadlineSandblasting at the Grand Coulee DamDate Publishedc.1945 Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold View details 323 Letter about conditions on slave ships in Brazil Heading(Brazil - Slavery)AuthorMacedo, Constantino Tavares deHeadlineOvercrowding on Brazilian slave ships, 1829Date Published1829 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 325 Four signed Memoirs by British Prime Ministers Heading(British Prime Ministers)HeadlineAll signed by British Prime MinistersPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1974-2019 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 326 Four volumes of Harold Macmillan's Memoirs Heading(British Prime Ministers)AuthorMacmillan, HaroldHeadlineFour volumes by Harold Macmillan, one signedPublisherMacmillan London Ltd.Date Published1966-1973 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 339 Two signed works by Václav Havel Heading(Czechoslovakia)AuthorHavel, VáclavHeadlineTwo signed works by Václav HavelPublisherVarious publishers Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold View details 348 Two signed works from Nicolas Sarkozy Heading(French Presidents)AuthorSarkozy, NicolasHeadlineTwo works signed by Nicolas SarkozyPublisherAlbin Michael; PlonDate Published1995; 2016 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 349 Mémoires: Venu de ma Montagne Heading(French Prime Ministers)AuthorReynaud, PaulHeadlineSigned by French Prime Minister Paul ReynaudPublisherFlammarionDate Published[1960] Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 352 Six memoirs signed by Helmut Schmidt and Helmut Kohl Heading(German Chancellors)HeadlineSigned memoirs from two German ChancellorsPublisherVarious publishers Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 376 Oh My Past... Memoirs of a Child AuthorLe Roux, HuguesHeadlineUnique English translation of Le Roux's memoirsDate Published[c.1910s] Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 391 Physiologie des Nègres dans leur pays: Précédee d'un aperçu de l'état des Noirs en esclavage dans les colonies; d'un exposé de la traite et de considérations sur l'Affranchissement AuthorPluchonneau aîné et Hippolyte MaillardHeadlineFrench examination of Africans & slavery 1842Publisher[Imprimerie de Maulde et Renou]Date Published1842 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 392 A Way of Hope: An Autobiography Heading(Poland)AuthorWałęsa, LechHeadlineSigned by Polish President Lech WalesaPublisherHenry Holt and CompanyDate Published1987 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$125StatusSold View details 433 Map of the South San Francisco Homestead and R.R. Association prepared for final division and distribution among the shareholders... Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorHoadley, William H. & James H. BryanHeadlineMS. real estate map of southeast S.F. 1867Date Published12 February 1867 Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold View details 442 Storming Fort Wagner Heading(Civil War)AuthorKurz & AllisonHeadlineBlack regiment storming Confederate fortPublisherKurz & Allison, Art PublishersDate Published1890 Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,625StatusSold View details Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next