Sale 518: Fine Americana - African American History - Travel & Exploration - Maps & Views (#518) 10/24/2013 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 10/24/2013 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViewsAuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 201-300 of 557. Previous|123456|Next Lot #201 Celebration by the Colored People's Educational Monument Association in Memory of Abraham Lincoln, on the Fourth of July, 1865, in the Presidential Grounds, Washington, D.C. Heading(1865 Colored People's Educational Monument Association)HeadlineColored People's Educational Monument 1865PublisherMcGill & Witherow, printersDate Published1865 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #202 Army Life in a Black Regiment Heading(1870 Army Life In A Black Regiment, 1st Edition of Civil War Classic)AuthorHigginson, Thomas Wentworth, Late Colonel 1st South Carolina VolunteersHeadlineArmy Life in a Black Regiment 1870 1st editionPublisherFields, OsgoodDate Published1870 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #203 Carte-de-visite photograph of the first Black voter in Illinois town Heading(1870 Illinois photograph of first Black voter)HeadlineCarte-de-visite photograph of 1st Black voter, ILPublisherBowman, PhotographerDate Published[1870] View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #204 Printed and handwritten Marriage License and (attached) Marriage Certificate for Benjamin Petty and Mary Robinson, "Colored", "legally solemnized" and signed by (white) Minister Benjamin Tiller, Warsaw, Kentucky, November 7, 1871 Heading(1871 Kentucky 'Colored' Marriage Certificate)Headline1871 Kentucky ‘Colored’ Marriage CertificateDate PublishedNovember 7, 1871 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #205 Two volumes from the Virginia Hampton Institute for Negro and Indian Youth Heading(1874-1896 Virginia's Hampton Institute for Black Youth and its Jubilee Singers)Headline1874-96 Virginia's Hampton Institute and its Jubilee SingersDate Published1874 & 1896 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #206 Printed and handwritten business receipt from San Francisco’s First Black Printer and Artist Heading(1876 San Francisco’s First Black Printer and Artist)Author[Grafton Tyler Brown]HeadlineHandwritten & litho'd receipt from SF's first Black printerPublisherLithographed by G.T. Brown & Co. for J. & P.N. Hanna, Cotton Importers, 308-310 Davis Street, SFDate PublishedOctober 12, 1876 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #207 Telephone & Jubilee Concert / The Marvelous Singing Telephone and Uncle Tom and his Jubilee Singers. June 19, 1878 - leaflet Heading(1878 Black Jubilee Singers and the ‘Singing Telephone’)HeadlineRare leaflet for 1878 Black Jubilee SingersDate Published1878 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #208 Argument In behalf of appropriating unpaid bounties of United States colored soldiers to certain Institutions Heading(1880 Negro Soldiers Civil War Bounties to fund Black Colleges)AuthorPainter, C.C. and S.C. ArmstrongHeadlineWork on Civil War Bounties for Colored SoldiersDate Published[c.1880] View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Lot #209 Great Ethiopian Songs. In the Evening by the Moonlight Heading(1880 First famed African-American composer’s sheet music, with related “Negro” Minstrel Songster)AuthorBland, James A.Headline2 sets of sheet music by African American songsterPublisherHitchcock PublishingDate Published[1880] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #210 Cabinet-size photograph of a well-dressed Black musician holding a Cornet Heading(1880s Photograph of Black musician with cornet)HeadlineCabinet card photograph of an African American musicianDate Publishedc.1880s View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #211 Small group of works comprised of sheet music, a menu, disbound chromolithographed children's book from the 1880s, and more, all pertaining to African Americans Heading(1880s-1965 - African Americans in Popular Culture)Headline9 items of African American's depicted in popular culture 1880s-1965Date Published1880s-1965 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #212 Card signed by Frederick Douglass, 1884 Heading(1884 autograph)AuthorDouglass, FrederickHeadlineCard signed by Frederick Douglass.Date Published1884 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #213 Rare printed letter from Black teenages in Philadelphia, 1887 Heading(1887 Extraordinary proposal by Black teenagers for Philadelphia inter-racial youth group)AuthorAlston, Samuel A.; John W. Harris; and Isaiah NusumeHeadlineRare printed letter from Black teens in Philadelphia 1887Date PublishedMay 7, 1887 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #214 Autograph letter Signed from the New York photographer of Harriet Tubman Heading(Photographer of Harriet Tubman, 1889)AuthorLindsley, H[arvey] B.HeadlinePhotography, African-American, Harriet TubmanPublisherSunbeam GalleryDate PublishedSeptember 24, 1889 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #215 Two racist novels, one by Theodore Dreiser’s “other self” Heading(1890-1904 - Two racist novels, one by Theodore Dreiser’s “other self”)HeadlineTwo racist novels, one by Theodore Dreiser’s “other self”Date Published1890 & 1904 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #216 Photograph archive of African American entertainers, and everyday folks spanning from the 1890s to 2000s Heading(1890s - 2000s archive)HeadlineArchive of photographs of Black entertainers, and regular folkDate Published1890s-2000s View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #217 From the Darkness of Africa to the Light of America. The Story of an African Prince Heading(1891)AuthorBesolow, Thomas E.HeadlineAn African Prince in AmericaPublisherFrank WoodDate Published1891 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$137.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #218 Two volumes by White missionary teachers of “Freedmen” in Mississippi, Florida and Georgia Heading(1893-1915 White missionary teachers of “Freedmen” in Mississippi, Florida and Georgia)Headline2 volumes by White missionary teachers of FreedmenDate Published1893-1915 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$75StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #219 Autograph letter, signed on pictorial stationery, with photograph of William Davis in black-face Heading(1895 "Black-Face" Entertainment)AuthorHall, William DavisHeadlineALs from Wm Davis w/photo of "black-face" 1895Date PublishedAugust 20, 1895 View details Estimate$60 - $90StatusUnsold Lot #220 Lyrics of Lowly Life - with two laid in autograph poems by Dunbar, signed Heading(1896-1898 Autograph Poems by first African American Poet to garner national critical acclaim)AuthorDunbar, Paul LaurenceHeadline2 autograph poems, signed by Paul L. Dunbar, Black poetPublisherDodd, MeadDate Published1896 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$3,750StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #221 Chas. K. Harris’ Latest Popular Songster Heading(1899 Ironic racist music: “When a Coon Sits in the Presidential Chair”)HeadlineChas K Harris' latest Songster racist lyricsPublisherChas K. HarrisDate Publishedc.1899 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #222 Blue & White. Los Angeles High School [Year Book] - with Senior photograph of Frederick Roberts, the school's first black student (later the first California Black legislator) Heading(1900 Los Angeles High School Graduates 1st Black California Legislator)HeadlineLA high school year book winter 1902Date Published1902 [1900] View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #223 Thirteen Pieces of Sheet Music of Black Composers and Singers, all with pictorial covers Heading(1900-1918 Early Sheet Music of Black Composers and Singers)Headline13 pieces of early African American sheet musicDate Published1900-1918 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #224 Large needlepoint or embroidery from the early 20th century - illustrating four "polite society" African Americans Heading(1900-20 Framed Black Embroidery or Needlepoint)HeadlineLarge needlepoint or embroidery of African AmericansDate Published1900-1920 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #225 Under Fire With The Tenth U.S. Cavalry, Being a Brief, Comprehensive Review of the Negro’s Participation in the Wars of the United States. Especially Showing the Valor and Heroism of the Negro Soldiers of the Ninth and Tenth Cavalries, and the Twenty-Fourth and Twenty-Fifth Infantries of the Regular Army; As Demonstrated in the Decisive Campaign around Santiago de Cuba, 1898, when These Soldiers Crowned Themselves with a Halo of Unfaded Glory Heading(1902 African-American Regiments in Spanish-American War)AuthorCashin, Herschel; Charles Alexander; William T. Anderson; Arthur M. Brown; and Horace W. BivinsHeadline1902 African-American Regiments Span-Amer WarPublisherAmerican Publishing HouseDate Published[1902] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #226 Twentieth Century Negro Literature, A Cyclopedia of Thought. Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro. By One Hundred of America’s Greatest Negroes Heading(1902 First Twentieth Century Negro Cyclopedia)AuthorCulp, D.W. editorHeadline1902 First Twentieth Century Negro CyclopediaPublisherJ.L. Nichols & Co.Date Published[c.1902] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #227 The Underground Railway (From the Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, Second Series, Volume VIII, Pp. 49-77) Heading(1902 Rare Canadian Account Of The Underground Railroad)AuthorWithrow, W.H.HeadlineThe Underground Railway 1902PublisherFor Sale by J. Hope & Sons, Ottawa; The Copp-Clark Co., Toronto; Bernard Quaritch, London, EnglandDate Published1902 View details Estimate$60 - $90StatusUnsold Lot #228 Mortality Among Negroes in Cities / Proceedings of the Conference for Investigation of City Problems held at Atlanta University, May 26-27, 1896 Heading(1903 Mortality among urban Blacks, W.E.B.DuBois sponsored Atlanta study)AuthorBradford, George; R.R.Wright; et al.HeadlineStudy of Mortality Among Negroes in Cities, 1903PublisherAtlanta University PressDate Published1903 View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Lot #229 $5.00 Reward for the arrest and dentention of Henry Hill or Henry Belcher...black negro Heading(1904 Wanted Postcard for "arrest and detention of... a black negro")HeadlineWanted postcard for "black negro" 1904Date Published1904 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #230 Twenty-Four Negro Melodies, Transcribed for the Piano by S. Coleridge-Taylor Heading(1905 Distinguished Black composer’s “Negro Melodies”)AuthorColeridge-Taylor, S[amuel]Headline24 Negro Melodies sheet music bookPublisherOliver DitsonDate Published1905 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$87.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #231 Lynch-Law: An Investigation into the History of Lynching in the United States Heading(1905 First scholar’s study of Lynching in America)AuthorCutler, James ElbertHeadlineFirst study of lynching in AmericaPublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1905 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #232 Letter by Hampton Institute student who became Madame C.J. Walker's legal confidante Heading(1906 Madame C.J.Walker's confidante as Hampton Institute student)AuthorBrokenburr, Robert L[ee]Headline2 pp. letter from Robert Lee BrokenburrDate PublishedApril 20, 1906 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #233 The Progression of the Race In the United States and Canada. Treating of the Great Advancement of the Colored Race Heading(1907 Great Advancement of the Colored Race, Black business biographies)AuthorBuck, Rev. D.D.Headline1907 Great Advancement of the Colored RacePublisher[Atwell PRinting and Binding Co.]Date Published[1907] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #234 The Brownsville Affray. Senate Report No. 355 Heading(1908 Dishonored Buffalo Soldiers of Brownsville, Texas)Author[Foraker, Joseph and Morgan Bulkeley]HeadlineBrownsville Affray. Senate Report No. 355PublisherU.S. Senate Committee on Military AffairsDate PublishedMarch 11, 1908 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$562.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #235 Two rare leaflets promoting the Ethiopian Black Birds, a New York Black Quartette Heading(1908 New York Black Quartette)Headline2 rare leaflets for a Black Quartett performing in NYCDate Publishedc.1908-09 View details Estimate$60 - $90StatusUnsoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #236 “Reverend London Ferrill” [in] Lore of the Meadowland: Short Studies in Kentuckiana Heading(1911 First Kentucky Black Preacher)AuthorTownsend, John WilsonHeadline“Reverend London Ferrill” 1911PublisherJ.L. Richardson & Co.Date Published1911 View details Estimate$60 - $90StatusUnsold Lot #237 Small Harry Burleigh collection, including 1 book inscribed to him Heading(1911-1927 Harry Burleigh, first famed African-American classical composer)HeadlineSmall group of sheet music + books by HE KrehbielDate Published1911-1927 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #238 First Annual Meeting of the Association of Colleges for Negro Youth at Knoxville College, November 7-8, 1913 - Knoxville College Bulletin Number 1, Series 12 Heading(1913 Prelude to the United Negro College Fund)HeadlineBulletin for the pre-cursor to the United Negro College FundPublisherKnoxville College Printing Dept.Date Published1913 View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Lot #239 Out of the House of Bondage Heading(1914 Essays by Howard University Dean, eminent Black scholar Kelly Miller)AuthorMiller, KellyHeadlineFirst Edition of Out of the House of Bondage 1914PublisherNeale Publishing CompanyDate Published1914 View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold Lot #240 Darkey Ditties - inscribed by the author Heading(1915 Inscribed Black author’s "Darkey Ditties")AuthorHenderson, Elliott B.HeadlineDarkey Ditties - inscribed by the author 1915Date Published1915 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #241 1915 "Injustice of African Exclusion" and "Protection of Negro Womanhood" - Two offprints of speeches by Illinois Congressman Martin B. Madden Heading(1915 Offprints)AuthorMadden, Hon. Martin B[arnaby]Headline2 Govt offprints of Martin Madden speechesPublisherGPODate Published1915 View details Estimate$60 - $90StatusUnsold Lot #242 "Negro Nurses march in great Red Cross Parade on Fifth Avenue, New York" - Original photographic postcard of Black Red Cross Nurses marching in N.Y. World War I parade Heading(1917 Black Red Cross Nurses march in N.Y. World War I parade)HeadlineUnderwood photo postcard of Black Nurse March in NYC 1917PublisherUnderwoodDate Published[1917] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #243 Stock certificate for shares in the Birth of a Race Photoplay Corporation Heading(1918 Black Answer to Racist Epic Film "Birth of a Nation")Headlinestock certificate for birth of a race movie co.PublisherBirth of a Race Photoplay CorporationDate PublishedSeptember 27, 1918 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #244 Rare original postcard and sheet music of James Reese Europe Heading(1919 James Reese Europe, “Martin Luther King Of Music”)HeadlineRare original postcard of James Reese EuropePublisherArt Publishing Co.Date Publishedc.1919 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #245 Rare original snapshot photograph, captioned "Negro Jazz Band, USS Antigone 1919" Heading(1919 Photograph of an Army Jazz Band on the USS Antigone)HeadlinePhoto of Jazz Army Band, Black troops USS Antigone 1919Date Published1919 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #246 Songs and Spirituals of Negro Composition for Revivals and Congregational Singing Heading(1921 - 1st Black cosmetics company Negro Spirituals Ad Book)AuthorOverton-Hygienic Co.HeadlineSongs and Spirituals of Negro Composition for RevDate Published1921 View details Estimate$60 - $90StatusUnsold Lot #247 “Jazz Problem” debated in classical music magazine - two volumes Heading(1924 “Jazz Problem” debated in classical music magazine)Headline2 magazines discussing "The Jazz Problem" in 1924Date Published1924 View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #248 Five small items featuring "Jazz Age" Art Deco Black caricatures Heading(African American - 1924-1934 “Jazz Age” Art Deco Black caricatures)Headline5 Art Deco "Jazz Age" Black caricaturesDate Published1924-1934 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #249 Broadside advertising a theater performance of "A Gala Revival of Uncle Tom's Cabin. A Drama in Six Acts and Eighteen Scenes" at the President Theater in San Francisco, c.1925 Heading(1925 Uncle Tom's Cabin Theater Broadside)HeadlineRare broadside for c1925 play Uncle Tom's Cabin SFDate Published[c.1925] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #250 Two classic studies of contemporary Negro Folk Music Heading(1925-1926 Negro Folk Music Classics)Headline2 volumes about Nego Folk SongsDate Published1925-26 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$187.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #251 Cincinnati’s Colored Citizens: Historical, Sociological and Biographical Heading(1926 Cincinnati’s Colored Citizens)AuthorDabney, Wendell P.HeadlineCincinnati’s Colored Citizens by WP DabneyPublisherDabney Publishing CompanyDate Published[1926] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #252 Maggie L. Walker and The I.O. of Saint Luke: The Woman and Her Work Heading(1927 Inscribed biography of the Black woman who was the first female bank president in America)AuthorDabney, Wendell P.HeadlineInscribed book about the first female bank presidentPublisherDabney Publishing Co.Date Published[1927] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #253 Photograph album containing 119 family photographs of a young Black woman in Alabama Heading(African American)Headline119 photographs of a young Black woman's family in 1928Date Published1928 View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold Lot #254 The Negro In Our History Heading(1928 Carter Woodson’s classic Black History)AuthorWoodson, Carter GodwinHeadlineThe Negro In Our History and Negro History WeekPublisherAssociated PublishersDate Published[1928] View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #255 I [Heart] Benny - plush doll celebrating Jazz saxophonist "Benny" Carter Heading(1930s - Bennet Lester "Benny" Carter)HeadlineI love Bernie plush doll c.1930sDate Publishedc.1930s View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #256 Lynchings and What They Mean, General Findings of the Southern Commission on the Study of Lynching Heading(1931 Lynchings and What They Mean, Southern Commission on Lynching)AuthorMilton, George Fort, et al.HeadlineLynchings and What they Mean, 1931 studyPublisherThe CommissionDate Published[1931] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #257 Four issues of Judge Magazine with cover art by E. Simms Campbell Heading(1931-32 First Nationally Recognized Black Cartoonist)AuthorCampbell, E. SimmsHeadline4 issues of Judge w/art by E. Simms CampbellPublisherJudgeDate Published1931-1932 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #258 The Mob Murder of S.S.Mincey. With the Added Story of a Threatened Lynching Foiled Heading(1932 Georgia Mob Murder – and a foiled lynching)AuthorSouthern Commission on the Study of LynchingHeadline1932 Georgia Mob Murder - case study of lynchingPublisherSouthern Commission on the Study of LynchingDate Published[c.1932] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$437.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #259 Collection of fourteen volumes of modern literature and non-fiction by African American authors Heading(1933-2000 Modern African American Literature)Headline14 volumes by African American authorsDate Published1933-2000 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #260 1934 First Broadway Play About the Scottsboro Boys - original photographic still Heading(African-American - 1934 Scottsboro Boys)Headlineoriginal photographic still 1934 Scottsboro BoysPublisherVandamm StudioDate Published[1934] View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #261 For Freedom: A Biographical Story of the American Negro Heading(1934 For Freedom, Black youth history by Harlem Renaissance activist)AuthorFauset, Arthur HuffHeadlineFine copy of For FreedomPublisherFranklin Publishing and Supply Co.Date Published[1927] View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$75StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #262 Program inscribed by Paul Robeson and Lawrence Brown in London, with Robeson’s 1937 London Song Book Heading(1934 Paul Robeson & Lawrence Brown in London)HeadlineInscribed from Paul Robeson & Lawrence BrownDate Published[1934] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #263 The Negro and His Music Heading(1936 By The ‘Father’ Of The Harlem Renaissance)AuthorLocke, AlainHeadlineNegro and His Music 1936 first edition in wrappersPublisherThe Associates in Negro Folk EducationDate Published1936 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$137.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #264 Carter Woodson’s African Studies - two volumes Heading(1936-39 Two African Studies by Carter Woodson)AuthorWoodson, Carter GodwinHeadlineTwo African Studies by Carter Woodson 1936-39PublisherAssociated PublishersDate Published[1936-1939] View details Estimate$60 - $90StatusUnsold Lot #265 Five musical volumes, each inscribed to singer Marian Anderson Heading(1937-1958 - Five books inscribed to famed Diva Marian Anderson)Author(Anderson, Marian)Headline5 volumes inscribed to singer Marion AndersonDate Published1937-1958 View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold Lot #266 1937–53 Collection of Marian Anderson Ephemera Heading(1937–53 Marian Anderson Ephemera)HeadlineMarian Anderson epheemra, including a signed itemDate Published1937-1953 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #267 The Child's Story of the Negro Heading(1938 First popular Black childrens’ history book, Inscribed)AuthorShackelford, Jane DabneyHeadlineChild's Story of the Negro, inscribed by authorPublisherAssociated PublishersDate Published[1938] View details Estimate$60 - $90StatusUnsold Lot #268 1938-39 Black Cartoonist's First Black Themes - within the pages of Esquire magazine Heading(1938-39 First Black Cartoonist's Black Themes)AuthorCampbell, E. SimmsHeadlineE Simms Campbell illus from Esquire mag 1938PublisherEsquireDate Published1938-39 View details Estimate$60 - $90StatusUnsold Lot #269 Negro History Bulletin - Nearly complete set of this seminal Black periodical from its inception during the Depression era until the start of the modern Civil Rights movement Heading(1938-59 Set of Carter Woodson’s Negro History Bulletin)AuthorWoodson, Carter, et al, editorHeadlineNearly complete run of Negro History Bulletin.PublisherAssociation for the Study of Negro Life and HistoryDate Published1938-1959 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #270 "Me and My Captain" (Chain Ganges). Negro Songs of Protest From the collection of Lawrence Gellert arranged for voice and piano by Lan Adomian Heading(1939 Negro Chain Gang Songs Of left-wing Protest)HeadlineMe & My Captain , Chain Gang Negro Songs of ProtestPublisherHours PressDate Published[1939] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #271 Two items published by early Georgia civil rights organizations Heading(1939-1946 Early Georgia Civil Rights Organizations)Headline2 ephemeral items from early civil rights orgsDate Published1939 View details Estimate$60 - $90StatusUnsold Lot #272 Printed letter from "Father of the Blues" W.C. Handy at the New York World's Fair Heading(1939-40 Printed Letter from 'Father of the Blues')AuthorHandy, W.C.HeadlineTL from WC Handy "Father of the Blues" 1939-40Date Published[c.1939-1940] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #273 Committee of Racial Equality (CORE) - early membership leaflet/application Heading(1940s Early CORE membership leaflet)HeadlineCORE leaflet / unused membership form c.1945Date Publishedc.1945 View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold Lot #274 Dedication by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, South Side Community Art Center, May 7, 1941 Heading(1941 Eleanor Roosevelt Dedicates 1st African-American Art Museum in Chicago)AuthorRoosevelt, Mrs. Franklin D.HeadlineDedication by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, South SPublisherSouth Side Community Art CenterDate PublishedMay 7, 1941 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #275 Fourth Annual Report / The Voting Status of Negroes in Virginia / 1943 / and Procedures and Requirements for Voting in Virginia Heading(1943 Black voting rights in segregated Virginia)AuthorJackson, Luther P.Headline4th annual report of voting in VA 1943PublisherVirginia Voters LeagueDate PublishedMarch, 1944 View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Lot #276 Autograph letter, signed by a liberal economist in wartime Washington, lamenting the Harlem Riots Heading(1943 letter about the Harlem Race Riots)AuthorDresher, Mrs. MelvinHeadlineALs lamenting the Harlem Riots 1943Date PublishedAugust 1-2, [1943] View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #277 Original 1943 art of Black woman, Macon, Georgia, by celebrity painter Michel Werboff Heading(African-American, 1943 Werboff drawing)AuthorWerboff, MichelHeadlineOriginal 1943 Werboff drawing of Georgia black womanDate Published1943 View details Estimate$140 - $200StatusUnsold Lot #278 Meet the Negro - signed by the author and his family Heading(1943)AuthorDowns, Karl E.HeadlineInscribed by Karl E. Downs & family.PublisherThe Login PressDate Published[1943] View details Estimate$60 - $90StatusUnsold Lot #279 13 issues of Negro College Quarterly of Wilberforce University during World War II Heading(1943-47 Negro College Quarterly of World War II)HeadlineNegro College Quarterly, Wilberforce UniversityDate Published1943-1947 View details Estimate$160 - $200StatusUnsold Lot #280 Four photographs of Black Jazz singing groups and band,1943-55 Heading(African-American music, 1943-55)HeadlineAfrican-American, music, photographsDate Published1943-1955 View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Lot #281 Souvenir Program, First Annual Motion Picture Unity Award Assembly. Staged by the Committee for Unity in Motion Pictures, Sponsored by the Youth Council of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. April 23, 1944 at Second Baptist Church Auditorium, Los Angeles, California Heading(African American)HeadlineFirst Motion Picture Unity Award, signed by actorsDate Published1944 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #282 A Brief Biography of Robert Nathaniel Dett Heading(1931-44 Rare Hampton obituary booklet on Black Composer Robert Nathaniel Dett and program for a concert by the Hampton Institute Choir)AuthorPope, MargueriteHeadlineBooklet, plus signed photo by Marguerite PopePublisher[Hampton Institute Press]Date Published[1931-43] View details Estimate$60 - $90StatusUnsold Lot #283 Petition to Mayor Finerty and School Board - 1945 Gary, Indiana Fights Over School Integration Heading(African American - 1945 Indiana fight over School Integration)HeadlinePetition to Mayor Finerty and School Board 1945PublisherPat Riley, Indiana State C.I.O. Anti-Discrimination CommitteeDate Published[October, 1945] View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #284 The Negro in America. Resource Materials prepared by the Committee for Observance of Negro History Week, San Francisco, 1945 Heading(1945 Negro History Week in San Francisco)AuthorAnderson, A.M, Chairman; and Matt N. Crawford, CoordinatorHeadlineNegro History Week in SF 1945 publicationDate Published1945 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #285 Flash Photography - 1947 Gordon Parks, 1st Photography Manual by an African-American Heading(1947 Gordon Parks. 1st Photography Manual by an African-American)AuthorParks, GordonHeadlineFlash Photography by Gordon Parks 1947PublisherFranklin WattsDate Published[1947] View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #286 The Negro Market Today Heading(1947 First Advertising guide for Negro Consumers)HeadlineRare Negro Market Today publication Assoc. Pub. 1947Publisher[Associated Publishers, Inc.]Date Published[1947] View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Lot #287 "What's his race or religion got to do with it? - He can pitch!" [and] "Our Mayor says - 'Let's keep all our kids free from prejudice.' Join the fight against racial and religious hate." - Two 1948 ink blotters with color illustrations of poster art issued by the "Friendly Relations Committee" of the Mayor of Cincinnati Heading(1948 Jackie Robinson-inspired anti-racist poster art, Cincinnati)Headline2 ink blotters that are against prejudice 1948Date Published1948 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #288 Original photograph of Josephine Baker shopping in a French resort town with one of her 12 adopted children Heading(1950s Josephine Baker, original photo of the entertainer shopping in a French resort town with one of her 12 adopted children)HeadlineOriginal 1950s photograph of Josephine Baker w/her adopted sonDate Published1950s View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold Lot #289 "Can a Dope Addict Come Back?" - in Tan (magazine) Heading(1953 Billie Holliday Black magazine 'Confession')AuthorHolliday, BillieHeadline"Can a Dope Addict Come Back?" - in Tan magazineDate PublishedFebruary 1953 View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$75StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #290 Ten issues of two would-be rivals to Jet Magazine, from 1953-1954: The Negro Review and Brown Heading(1953-54 Scarce would-be rivals to Jet Magazine)Headline10 issues of Black beauty/fashion/lifestyle magazines 1953-54Date Published1953-1954 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #291 US Magazine - February 1954 - possibly only issue Heading(1954 Black Memphis (music) magazine, only known copy of the only issue)AuthorJohnson, T.J. editor-in-chiefHeadlineFirst and only issue of US Magazine for African AmericansDate PublishedFebruary, 1954 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #292 "Personal Poster of Prayer and Protest" - small two-sided card or "personal poster" published for the National Deliverance Day of Prayer on March 28, 1956 Heading(1956 “Personal Poster” of Prayer and Protest for Martin Luther King’s Montgomery Bus Boycott)HeadlineRare "personal poster" card for Nat'l Day of Prayer Mar 28, '56Date Published1956 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #293 Nine volumes by James Baldwin, including one signed Heading(1961-1985 Modern Literature by African American Novelist)AuthorBaldwin, JamesHeadline9 volumes by African American novelist James BaldwinDate Published1961-1985 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #294 Strength to Love - signed Heading(1963 - Signed by Martin Luther King, Jr.)AuthorKing, Martin Luther, Jr.HeadlineBook signed by Martin Luther King, Jr. and Juanita WilliamsPublisherHarper & RowDate Published[1963] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #295 The Autobiography of Malcolm X Heading(1965 - First Printing of Malcolm X's Autobiography)AuthorMalcolm X with Alex HaleyHeadlineFirst Printing of Malcolm X's AutobiographyPublisherGrove PressDate Published[1965] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #296 A Bibliography of the Negro in Africa and America Heading(1965 Classic 700-page Bibliography of the Negro in Africa & America)AuthorWork, Monroe N., ed.Headline700 page classic bibliography of African AmericansPublisherArgosy-Antiquarian Ltd.Date Published1965 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #297 Hearings before the United States Commission on Civil Rights…held in Jackson, Miss., February 16-20, 1965 Heading(1965 US Civil Rights Commission probes Mississippi)HeadlineCivil Rights Hearings in 2 vols. 1965PublisherUS Government Printing OfficeDate Published1965 View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Lot #298 Two Dick Gregory Presidential campaign "dollars" Heading(1968 Dick Gregory Presidential Campaign)AuthorGregory, DickHeadlineTwo Dick Gregory Presidential campaign "dollars"Date Published1968 View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$62.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #299 The Martin Luther King, Jr. Companion - inscribed from Coretta Scott King to Greg Louganis Heading(1993 - Inscribed from Mr. Luther King, Jr.'s Widow)AuthorKing, Coretta ScottHeadlineBook inscribed from Coretta Scott King to Olympian Greg Louganis.PublisherSt. Martin's PressDate Published[1993] View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #300 The West African Herald, No. 64 Heading(Africa - 1860 First Black-owned newspaper in West Africa)AuthorCharles Bannerman, editor and proprietorHeadlineWest African Herald, 1860Date PublishedApril 2, 1860 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Items per page 102550100 Previous|123456|Next Previous 123456 Next Previous 123456 Next