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
126

An Appeal to You . . . to March on Washington.

Philadelphia 1963 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,250.00
127

"Civil Rights Now!" pennant from the March on Washington.

Washington 1963 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 2,375.00
128

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963: We Shall Overcome.

New York 1963 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 500.00
129

March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom . . . Lincoln Memorial Program.

New York 1963 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
130

Issue of the monthly Independent Citizen featuring the March on Washington.

Philadelphia 1963 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,250.00
131

Snapshots of the bomb-damaged home of activist Rev. Arthur Shores in Birmingham, AL.

Birmingham AL circa late 1963 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 531.00
132

"Birmingham Children" memorial protest armband.

New York 1963 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,063.00
133

Cracking the Color Line: Non-Violent Direct Action Methods of Eliminating Racial Discrimination.

New York 1963 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 375.00
134

Large group of Mississippi civil rights press photographs from Freedom Summer and beyond.

Mississippi 1963-1968 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,000.00
135

St. Augustine, Florida: 400 Years of Bigotry and Hate, Supported and Maintained by Northern Tourist Dollars.

No place 1964 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,125.00
136 Lane Kolker Berk

Legal notice to the owner of a segregated Maryland restaurant.

Baltimore MD 1964 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 500.00
137 Roy Wilkins, James Farmer, Martin Luther King ,Whitney Young , President Johnson.

Press photo of Roy Wilkins, James Farmer, Martin Luther King and Whitney Young meeting with President Johnson.

Washington 1964 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 625.00
138 Jackie Robinson

Audio tape of an Ohio civil rights rally featuring Jackie Robinson.

Columbus OH 1964 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,063.00
139 Roy Wilkins

Telegram to a senator, urging against last-minute amendments to the Civil Rights Act.

New York 1964 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,375.00
140 Bayard Rustin

Bayard Rustin training a room full of Freedom Riders.

Oxford OH 1964 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 938.00
141

Photographs from the investigation into the Klan killings of three Civil Rights workers in Mississippi.

Mississippi 1964-1965 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,250.00
142

Group of voting leaflets: "Don't Gripe Later"; "You've Got It, Use It!"; and "I Can't Vote Because I Am a Dog."

No place circa 1964-1968 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
143

Pay Your Poll Tax, Register to Vote, Give Them a Future in Mississippi.

No place 1964 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 625.00
144 John Lewis

John Lewis and other marchers being beaten on the approach to Selma's Pettus Bridge.

Selma AL 1965 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,750.00
145

Hear America's Greatest Entertainers at a Gigantic Pre-March Freedom Rally.

Montgomery AL 1965 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
146

News photograph of first-time voters lining up at "The Sugar Shack" in rural Alabama.

Peach Tree AL 1966 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 910.00
147 James Meredith

Group of photographs from the shooting of James Meredith in the March Against Fear.

Hernando MS 1966 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,063.00
148

To Get That Power.

New York 1967 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
149

Color snapshots of the Resurrection City anti-poverty encampment.

Washington - 1968 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
150

This Was Resurrection City.

No place 1968 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 406.00
  • 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€
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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    Modern First Editions
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
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