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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 42 Historia de America, Desde Los Tiempos Mas Remotos Hasta Neustros Dias. AuthorBelloc, H.HeadlineBelloc's History of the Americas, 1845PublisherImprenta de A. BrusiDate Published1844-1845 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold View details 66 Three banking exchange notes dated Sacramento City, July 12, 1850, each for $1,000 Heading(California - Sacramento)HeadlineRare Gold Rush banknotes 1850PublisherHurley McKnight & Co.Date Published1850 Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold View details 68 Catalogue of Electric Light Supplies Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineSan Francisco Electric Light catalogue, 1895PublisherCalifornia Electrical WorksDate Published1895 Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold View details 75 Report of the Committee of Five to the "Thirty-Five Companies" on the San Francisco Conflagration. April 18-21, 1906 Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineWith a panoramic view of the San Francisco firePublisher[Committee of Five]Date Published1906 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 103 Pacific Bank Handbook of California Heading(California)HeadlinePacific Bank guide to California for 1888Date Published1888 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 109 Report of the Directors of the Bank of British Columbia Heading(Canada - British Columbia)Headline1864 Bank of British Columbia circularDate Published1865 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 123 Culinary Art. A Southern California Cook Book Heading(Cookery)HeadlineTurn of the 20th-century So-Cal Cook BookPublisherThe Woman's Aid Society of the First Methodist Episcopal ChurchDate Published1900 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold 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 168 Hawaiian Securities. January 1909 Heading(Hawaii)AuthorMorgan, James F.Headline1909 listing of Hawaiian securitiesPublisherJas. F. Morgan Stock and Bond BrokerDate Published1909 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 180 Three Guides to Chicago from the 1880s Heading(Illinois - Chicago)HeadlineTravel guides to Chicago from the 1880sPublisherVarious publishers Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 182 Three works on Iowa in the 19th century Heading(Iowa)HeadlineIowa, its politics and economy in the 1800sPublisherVarious publishers Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 201 The Salem Directory, 1876. No. XVI Heading(Massachusetts - Directory)AuthorSampson, Davenport, & CoHeadline1876 Salem, MA directoryPublisherA.A. Smith & Co.Date Published1876 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold View details 238 Wolfe's Omaha City Directory [with] Nebraska. A Complete and Comprehensive Descriptions... Heading(Nebraska - Omaha)HeadlineTwo 19th-century works on NebraskaPublisherVarious publishers Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 302 Keystone Buggy Co. Fallon & Armstrong, Proprietors. Wholesale Manufacturers of High Grade Vehicles For the Home and Foreign Trade. Heading(Trade Catalogs)HeadlineHorse-drawn buggy trade catalog for 1895PublisherKeystone Buggy Co.Date Published1895 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold View details 311 Five works on mid-19th-century Wisconsin Heading(Wisconsin)HeadlineMilwaukee and Madison directories and statisticsPublisherVarious publishers Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold 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 350 Methode pour etudier la geographie. Où l'on donne une description exacte de l'univers, formée sur les observations de l'Académie royale des sciences, & sur les auteurs originaux. Avec un Discours preliminaire sur l'étude de cette science, & un catalogue... AuthorFresnoy, Nicolas Lenglet duHeadlineFresnoy's Method for studying Geography, 1742PublisherChez Rollin; DebureDate Published[1741-1742] 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 398 India; or Facts Submitted to Illustrate the Character and Condition of the Native Inhabitants, with Suggestions for Reforming the Present System of Government. AuthorRickards, R.HeadlinePolitical analysis of Company rule in IndiaPublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1829 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 405 Chillingham Wild Cattle: Reminiscences of Life in the Highlands by the Earl of Tankerville AuthorTankerville, Charles Augustus Bennet, 6th earl ofHeadlineThe Wild Cattle of Chillingham, 1891Publisher"Surrey Cornet" Steam Printing WorksDate Published1891 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold 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 447 Highway Map and Guide of California & Nevada; Colorado; Arizona and New Mexico. Heading(Highway Maps)HeadlineHighway service maps for five western statesPublisherMid-West Map CompanyDate Published[c. 1930s] Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next