Swann Galleries: Printed and Manuscript African Americana, 2663, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- March 21, 2024 - March 21, 2024
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 251 | W.E.B. Du Bois | What the Negro Has Done for the United States and Texas. |
Washington? | circa 1936 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 5,250.00 |
| 252 | H.H. McCray, artist | Group of 8 historical portraits by a Black educator and poet. |
No place | circa 1930s | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 531.00 |
| 253 | M. [Morgan?] Smith, photographer | Mammoth portrait of the historian Carter G. Woodson, founder of Black History Month. |
New York | circa 1940s | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 625.00 |
| 254 | Robert D. Twiggs | "The House of Moses: A Play in Three Acts," an unpublished play on George Washington Carver's youth. |
No place | 1955 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
| 255 | Austin R. Martin | Famous Negroes of Alabama. |
No place | 1971 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 750.00 |
| 256 | William Nille | Papers of William Nille, an Afro-Dutch immigrant from Suriname. |
Various places | circa 1924-1973 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 375.00 |
| 257 | Theodore O. Asare Sr. | Papers of Ghanaian-American lawyer Theodore O. Asare Sr. of Harlem. |
New York and elsewhere | 1950-1961 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 258 | Martin Luther King, Jr., Ralph Abernathy and Rosa Parks | Associated Press photographs from the Montgomery bus boycott showing King, Ralph Abernathy and Rosa Parks. |
Montgomery AL | 1956 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,000.00 |
| 259 | Martin Luther King, Jr., Charles Moore, photographer | Wire photo of King's arrest in Montgomery. |
Montgomery AL | 1958 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 938.00 |
| 260 | Martin Luther King, Jr., Calvin Littlejohn, photographer | Photograph of King's visit to Fort Worth, Texas. |
Fort Worth TX | 1959 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 406.00 |
| 261 | Martin Luther King, Jr. | Two photographs of King speaking at civil rights events. |
Various places | 1962 and 1964 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,000.00 |
| 262 | Martin Luther King, Jr. | Letter from Birmingham City Jail. |
Philadelphia | 1963 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 4,000.00 |
| 263 | Martin Luther King, Jr. | Group of 4 King-related news photographs. |
Various places | 1963-1966 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,063.00 |
| 264 | Martin Luther King, Jr. | Press photograph of King being attacked at a Selma hotel. |
Selma AL | 1965 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 265 | Martin Luther King, Jr. | "Obsequies" funeral program, signed by several politicians and civil rights leaders. |
Atlanta GA | 1968 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 4,750.00 |
| 266 | Martin Luther King, Jr. | Mrs. Coretta Scott King and her daughter Bernice at the funeral of Martin Luther King. |
Atlanta GA | 1968,1969 print | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,375.00 |
| 267 | Martin Luther King, Jr. | I Am a Man, Memphis. |
San Francisco CA | 1968 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
| 268 | Martin Luther King, Jr. | Tribute banner which begins "And his dream lives on: Brotherhood, Equality, Justice." |
No place | circa 1969? | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 531.00 |
| 269 | Photographs of a crew of lumbermen operating deep in the Alabama woods. |
Lee Station AL | circa 1896-1900 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 585.00 | |
| 270 | Wanted! Colored Women for Rag Sorting. . . . Apply in Person to Colored-Department. |
Dayton OH | circa 1919 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 5,000.00 | |
| 271 | Amsterdam News Strike Bulletin. |
New York | 1935 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 272 | John Carter Robinson | Papers of John Carter Robinson, head of the Colored Department of the Bureau of Employment in Pittsburgh. |
Pittsburgh PA and elsewhere | 1920-1941 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 688.00 |
| 273 | Phillis Wheatley | The first magazine printing of her patriotic poem "His Excellency Gen. Washington," |
Philadelphia | 1776 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 8,125.00 |
| 274 | Phillis Wheatley | Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, |
Walpole NH | 1802 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,375.00 |
| 275 | Michael Fortune | New Year's Anthem, for 1808, |
Boston | 1808 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
