Swann Galleries: Printed and Manuscript African Americana, 2663, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
March 21, 2024 - March 21, 2024
Page Size: 470 items in 19 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51 Huey Newton

Free Huey Celebration . . . at the Plaza.

. 1970 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 438.00
52 Earl, artist. Angela Davis

Angela Davis.

Los Angeles CA circa early 1970s USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 500.00
53 Kenneth Mosley, artist; Angela Davis

Poster featuring three portraits of Angela Davis.

Detroit MI 1970 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
54 Ericka Huggins

A flier and a song in support of Ericka Huggins at her New Haven trial.

No place 1969 and 1971 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,375.00
55

Free All Political Prisoners, Free Bobby, Free Ericka, March in New Haven.

New Haven CT 1971 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,875.00
56

Power to the People, Dhoruba N.Y. Panther 21 Arm.

New York? circa 1969-1971 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 500.00
57

Free the Soledad Brothers.

Oakland CA circa 1970-71 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,250.00
58

Group of pinbacks, decorated electrical outlets, and a flier from the Detroit branch of the Panthers.

Detroit MI circa 1968-1970 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
59

Pair of Detroit Black Panther signs printed on cardboard.

Detroit MI circa 1972 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
60

Pair of wooden signs and a doormat from the Detroit Black Panthers.

Detroit MI circa 1970s USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 688.00
61 Steve Starr, photographer

"Campus Guns," showing Cornell activists ending their occupation of a school building.

Ithaca NY 1969 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,125.00
62

4 issues of "The Afro American Journal: The Northwest Voice of the Black Community Blacks."

Seattle WA 1970 to 1971 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
63

Pair of documents on the founding of the Republic of New Afrika.

Detroit MI 1968-1969 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,000.00
64

Free the Land!! And the RNA 11 Will Follow.

No place 1972 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
65

Group of ephemera from the Republic of New Afrika.

Washington and elsewhere 1978-1979 and undated USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 563.00
66

Support Black Liberation--Free Assata Shakur--Free Sundiata Acoli. Break the Chains.

New York? circa 1974-1979 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 406.00
67 Aquito T. Varner, artist

By Any Means Necessary.

Detroit MI 1973 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 688.00
68

Poster of the Statue of Liberty giving the raised-fist Black Power salute.

New York 1969 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
69 R. Baker, artist

Unity Now!

Topanga CA circa 1969 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 469.00
70

Group of 6 posters.

Various places 1970-1972 and undated USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 688.00
71 Elijah H. Holmes

Letters of a Texas college professor who dreams of becoming an blacksmith in booming Boley, Oklahoma.

Wisconsin and Texas 1902-1906 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 375.00
72 Paul E. Johnson

A Black inventor writes in support of the immigration status of his German employee.

Chicago 1924 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
73 Clilan B. Powell

Photographs of Harlem physician and business leader Clilan B. Powell.

Various places 1944-1960 and undated USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 375.00
74

Pin-up wall thermometer advertising W.B. Johnson Motorcycles, the first Black-owned Harley Davidson dealer.

Somers NY circa 1950 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 469.00
75

Archive of stockholder material from the Harlem River Consumers Cooperative supermarket.

New York 1968-1969 and undated USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,125.00
  • Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: ORWELL, George. ANIMAL FARM. London, Secker & Warburg, 1945. $8,000 to $12,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: MILNE, A.A. THE HOUSE AT POOH CORNER With decorations by Ernest H. Shepard. London, Methuen, 1928. Deluxe limited edition. $3,000 to $4,000 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: TWAIN, Mark. THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN, (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade). New York, 1885. $1,000 to $1,500 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions
    Books, Maps, Modern Literature
    May 14 (US) / May 15 (Australia)
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: RAND, Ayn. ATLAS SHRUGGED. Random House, New York, 1957. First edition. $800 to $1,200 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: [BAUM, L. Frank]. PICTURES FROM THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ By W.W. Denslow… Chicago, [1903]. $400 to $800 AUD.
    Australian Book Auctions, May 14/15: HELLER, Joseph. CATCH-22. London, Jonathan Cape, 1962. $400 to $600 AUD.
  • Gonnelli
    Auction 51
    Antique prints, paintings and maps
    May 14st 2024
    Gonnelli: Leonard Bramer, The descent from the cross, 1634. Starting price 3200€
    Gonnelli: Gustav Hjalmar de Morner Karel, Rome’s Carnival, 1820. Starting price 1000€
    Gonnelli: Various Authors, Mater Dolorosa, 1700. Starting price 200€
    Gonnelli: Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Carcere Oscura, 1790. Starting price 180€
    Gonnelli: Jan Brueghel, Marine fauna view, 1620 ca. Starting price 28000€
    Gonnelli: Ippolito Scarsella, Mary and Christ with Sant Rocco and Arch-Angel Michele,1615. Starting price 8000€
    Gonnelli: Hans Sebald Beham, Adam and Eve, 1543. Starting price 600€
    Gonnelli: Francesco Burani, Baccanale, 1630. Starting Price 280€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Plance from Ventiquattr’ore, 1675. Starting price 800€
    Gonnelli: Giuseppe Angeli, Livorno’s Plan, 1793. Starting price 240€
    Gonnelli: XIV Century Artist, Capital “N” letter, 1350 ca. Starting price 340€
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