Sale 808: Americana - Travel & Exploration - World History - Maps, Prints & Views (#808) 03/07/2024 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 03/07/2024 11:00 AM PST Auction Info 808 678 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 1-26 of 26. Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Letter by a brutal slave owner in a legal dispute involving slave ownership View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(African American, 1832)AuthorBellinger Jr., [‘Landgrave’] EdmundHeadlineSlave owner avoids "risk" of slave stealingDate PublishedOctober 26, 1832 Lot #2 Five pamphlets of African American history and literature View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(African American, 1839-1938)Headline5 pamphlets of African American history & lit. Lot #3 Autograph Letter Signed by Underground Railroad conductor about meeting with Isaac T. Hopper View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(African American, 1842)AuthorPennypacker, Elijah F.HeadlineLetter from Underground Railroad conductorDate PublishedAug. 31, 1842 Lot #4 Letter from a New England Minister about his two years preaching in St. Augustine, Florida to Black slaves and Mexican American War soldiers View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1846)AuthorMcClure, Alexander WilsonHeadlineNew Englander preaches to Florida slavesDate PublishedJuly 25, 1846 Lot #5 Letter from New England woman visiting Southern relatives View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1850)AuthorCossitt, Emily RuthHeadlineSlaves more privileged than poor whites?Date PublishedDecember 29, 1850 Lot #6 Slave purchase document from New Orleans, 1852 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,250StatusSold Heading(African American, 1852)HeadlineFuture Confederate gen. buys 7 slaves in 1852Date Published1852 Lot #7 Letter from one Republican to another during the 1860 presidential campaign View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(African American, 1860)AuthorCurtis, N.HeadlineNY farmer hopes Lincoln will destroy slaveryDate PublishedJune 8, 1860 Lot #8 Autograph Letter Signed (with initials) from racist New York soldier View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(African American, 1861)AuthorMilmine, William S. [Private, 32nd New York Infantry]HeadlineSoldier praises Lincoln's inaction on slaveryDate PublishedDec. 23, 1861 Lot #9 National Anti-Slavery Standard View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(African American, 1861)Author[Oliver Johnson, ed.]HeadlineWorried abolitionists on the eve of Civil WarPublisherAmerican Anti-Slavery SocietyDate PublishedMarch 23, 1861 Lot #10 Letter from Union solider in Tennessee disgusted with slavery View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,125StatusSold Heading(African American, 1862)Headline"I have seene enough of slavery..."Date PublishedMay 18, 1862 Lot #12 Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive, and Rising. View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(African American, 1887)AuthorSimmons, William J.HeadlineBiographies of prominent African American menPublisherGeo. M. RewellDate Published1887 Lot #13 A School History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1890, with a short introduction as to the Origin of the Race; also a Short Sketch of Liberia View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(African American, 1897)AuthorJohnson, Edward A.HeadlineSchool History of the Negro Race in AmericaPublisherW.B. Conkey CompanyDate Published1897 Lot #14 Collection of ephemera by three African-American artists of the early 20th century View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(African American, 1905-1944)AuthorCampbell, E. Simms; Lorenzo Harris; Robert BlackburnHeadline3 early 20th c. Black artistsDate Published1905-1944 Lot #15 As We See It View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(African American, 1910)AuthorWaring, Robert LewisHeadlineBlack lawyer’s novel of African American vigilantePublisherPress of C. F. SudwarthDate Published1910 Lot #16 The Mental Capacity of the American Negro View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(African American, 1913)AuthorMayo, Marion J.Headline1st study of African-American IntelligenceDate PublishedNovember 1913 Lot #18 4 imprints on Negro Housing, racial housing segregation and discrimination View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1927-1951)AuthorWever, Robert C.; Charles S. Johnson, et al.HeadlineEarly work by 1st Black appointed the CabinetDate Published1927-1951 Lot #19 Two volumes of Who's Who in Colored America View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1928-1932)Headline2 vols. Who's Who in Colored AmericaPublisherWho's Who in Colored America Corp.Date Published1928-1932 Lot #20 The Biology of the Negro View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1942)AuthorLewis, Julian HermanHeadline1st book by a Black Doctor on African-American diseasesPublisherUniversity of Chicago PressDate Published1942 Lot #21 Freedom (newspaper), Vol. II, No. 4 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1952)AuthorRobeson, Paul; Lorraine Hansberry, et alHeadlineFamed Black women Lorraine Hansberry and Charlotta BassPublisherFreedom AssociatesDate PublishedApril 1952 Lot #22 Twelve Black Panther and related radical booklets and newspapers View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1959-1972)Headline12 radical pubs: Black Panthers, Cuba, VietnamDate Published1959-1970 Lot #63 Two papers relating to race in San Francisco View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineStudies of race in San Francisco 1960-62Date Published[c.1960-1962] Lot #100 Bound volume of documents relating to an auction of slaves in Cuba View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineDocuments for Cuba slave auction 1860sDate Publishedc.1860s Lot #101 Labor contract for an emancipated African slave View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineContract with liberated slave in Cuba 1871Date PublishedMay 25, 1871 Lot #102 Manumission document (expediante) verifying the status of two freed Cuban slaves View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineManumission document for Cuban slaves 1882Date Published1882 Lot #241 Reward document for runaway slave from Newport, East Tennessee View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Slavery)AuthorJenkins, AugustineHeadlineRunaway Slave reward document, TennesseeProvenanceJames Melikian CollectionDate PublishedEarly 19th century Lot #266 Two publications urging the freedom of Billy Dean Smith View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Vietnam War)HeadlineTwo pamphlets Urging Billy Smith's freedomProvenanceJames Melikian CollectionDate Publishedc.1972 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next