Sale 794: Americana - Travel & Exploration - China - Maps, Prints & Views (#794) 08/10/2023 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 08/10/2023 11:00 AM PDT 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)AuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 1-19 of 19. Previous|1|Next Lot #3 Handwritten bill of sale for a "negro boy” for 58 British (Colonial) Pounds. Heading(African American, 1718)AuthorPeck, Benj.HeadlineScarce early New York Colonial slave sale documentDate PublishedJune 3, 1718 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #4 Letter notifying a Maryland grandee that his brother would be legally permitted to bring his slaves into the state Heading(African American, 1821)AuthorBarney, JohnHeadlineRich man's brother allowed to bring his slaves to MarylandPublisherMaryland House of DelegatesDate PublishedFeb. 1, 1821 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #5 Letter from woman who had emigrated to the South about her loving care from an elderly Black nurse who showed her sisterly affection "like a white person" Heading(African American, 1821)AuthorMaxcy, R.[uth?]HeadlineNew England emigrant lauds Southern Black nurseDate PublishedApril 19, 1821 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #6 Letter from Pennsylvania informer about fugitive slave from Virginia Heading(African American, 1836)AuthorGriffith, Samuel HarveyHeadlineVirginia fugitive slave tracked to PennsylvaniaDate PublishedJuly 14, 1836 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #7 Letter by Senator Sumner recalling Wisconsin's stand against the Fugitive Slave Act Heading(African American, 1859)AuthorSumner, CharlesHeadlineLetter from anti-slavery Senator SumnerDate PublishedDec. 4, 1859 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #8 The Loyalty and Devotion of Colored Americans in the Revolution and War of 1812 Heading(African American, 1861)HeadlineSupport in enlisting Blacks into Union Army, 1861PublisherR.F. WallcutDate Published1861 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #9 Letter to Mississippi plantation owner after the Union occupation of Natchez Heading(African American, 1863)AuthorShaw, W.M.HeadlineFate of Natchez slave plantations after Union occupationDate PublishedAug. 20, 1863 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #10 Letter a young Oberlin Abolitionist about the politics behind White command of a Black Ohio Regiment in the Civil War Heading(African American, 1863)AuthorShurtleff, G.W.HeadlineWhite Abolitionist General of a Black Civil War RegimentDate PublishedNov. 10, 1863 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #11 Circular soliciting financial contributions to defend members of the Ku Klux Klan being prosecuted under the "Ku Klux Acts of Congress" Heading(African American, 1871)HeadlineRaising money to fight anti-KKK lawsDate Publishedc.1871 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #12 Sample ballot for Indiana election to amend the State Constitution to legalize Black suffrage Heading(African American, 1880)HeadlineRare sample ballot for Indiana legalization of Black votingDate Publishedca. January 1880 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #14 “The Negro and the White”, anthology in Quaker periodical “The World Tomorrow / A Journal Looking toward a Christian World” Heading(African American, 1922)AuthorDuBois, W.E.B.; Jessie Fauset, et alHeadlineAnthology on Black-White relations after World War IDate PublishedMarch 1922 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #15 Negro Musicians and Their Music Heading(African American, 1936)AuthorCuney-Hare, MaudHeadlineClassic book by the first African American musicologistPublisherAssociate PublishersDate Published1936 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #16 A Date with a Dish: A Cook Book of American Negro Recipes Heading(African American, 1948 - Cookery)AuthorDe Knight, FredaHeadlineSigned by radio stars Amos N' AndyPublisherHermitage PressDate Published[1948] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #18 Five items relating to African American culture and politics in the 1970s Heading(African American, 1971-1973)HeadlineBlack power movements in early 1970sDate Published1971-1973 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #23 A Glimpse at the United States and the Northern States of America, with The Canadas Comprising Their Rivers, Lakes, and Falls During the Autumn of 1852; Including Some Account of an Emigrant Ship / With illustrations sketched and zincographed by the author Heading(Anti-slavery, 1853)AuthorPatten, EdmundHeadlineAnti-slavery British artist’s American tour finely boundPublisherEffingham WilsonDate Published1853 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #24 Letter written one week after Fort Sumter from the anti-slavery, pro-Union community of Northfield, Minnesota Heading(Anti-Slavery, 1861)AuthorSmith, John A.HeadlineLetter from anti-slavery oasis in Minnesota 1861Date PublishedApril 21, 1861 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #94 Labor contract for an emancipated African slave Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineCuban contract with emancipated black slave 1871Date PublishedJanuary 1, 1871 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #95 Printed decree of the provisional rebel government in Camagüey, Cuba, announcing the abolition of slavery in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineRebel decree abolishing slavery in Cuba 1869Date PublishedFebruary 26, 1869 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #222 The Union Pacific Railway (Eastern Division) or (Kansas Pacific Railway.) Economy to the Government Author[Perry, John D. et al.]HeadlineGovernment savings with transcontinental railwayPublisherGibson Brothers, PrintersDate Published1868 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next