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