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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 151 | James Del Rio | Legislative report issued by a Detroit state representative, calling for a march to honor Dr. King. |
Detroit MI | 1968 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | Not Sold |
| 152 | Training manual for the SEADOC Civil Disturbance Orientation Course, including an exercise in "Riotsville." |
Fort Gordon GA | 1968 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 938.00 | |
| 153 | Black Response to (Camb.) Killings: Police Attacks! We Say No, Racist Cops Have Gotta Go. |
Cambridge MA | 1974 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 938.00 | |
| 154 | Poster from the 1983 March on Washington, signed by John Lewis. |
Washington | 1983 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 4,500.00 | |
| 155 | Scrapbook of snapshots from the Million Man March. |
Washington | 1995 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 938.00 | |
| 156 | Hand-painted protest sign reading "Enough is Enough!! Why 41 Times! Amadou Diallo!" |
Washington | circa 1999 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 688.00 | |
| 157 | Frederick Douglass | Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. |
Boston | 1845 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 16,250.00 |
| 158 | Frederick Douglass | My Bondage and My Freedom. |
New York and Auburn NY | 1857 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 594.00 |
| 159 | Frederick Douglass | Issue of "Frederick Douglass' Paper." |
Rochester NY | 1855 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 875.00 |
| 160 | Frederick Douglass | Selections from his speech on "Self-Made Men," as reported in The Liberator. |
Boston | 1860 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 750.00 |
| 161 | Frederick Douglass | Three Addresses on the Relations Subsisting between the White and Colored People of the United States. |
Washington | 1886 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 2,000.00 |
| 162 | Frederick Douglass | Letter discussing the role of Quakers in the abolitionist movement. |
Washington | 1885 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 9,375.00 |
| 163 | Frederick Douglass | His letter on the controversial "Colored American Day" at the 1893 World's Fair, enclosing a pair of tickets. |
No place | 1893 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 12,500.00 |
| 164 | Frederick Douglass | The Frederick Douglass Souvenir. |
Anacostia DC | 1896 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 8,750.00 |
| 165 | Thurlow J. Wright | Letter describing the overcrowded school at the Memphis contraband camp during wartime. |
Memphis TN | 1863 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 531.00 |
| 166 | Circular from the founding of what became Missouri's Lincoln University. |
Jefferson City MO | 1866 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,375.00 | |
| 167 | Hoen & Co., after G.C. Doud | Garfield Memorial University. |
Baltimore MD | 1882 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,500.00 |
| 168 | Booker T. Washington | Up from Slavery, inscribed. |
New York | 1914 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,625.00 |
| 169 | Arthur P. Bedou, photographer | Three photographs of the Tuskegee Institute. |
Tuskegee AL | 1907, 1911 and undated | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 438.00 |
| 170 | Booker T. Washington | Real Photo postcard of Booker T. Washington. |
No place | circa 1904-1915 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 875.00 |
| 171 | Booker T. Washington | Photographs of Booker T. Washington's funeral. |
Tuskegee AL | 1915 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 938.00 |
| 172 | Pair of photographs of staff and students at the Strong Academy in Georgia. |
Augusta GA | 1910 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,188.00 | |
| 173 | Bessie Emanuel | Papers of Hampton Institute student and trailblazing elementary school teacher Bessie Emanuel. |
Various places | 1914-1979 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 6,750.00 |
| 174 | Scrapbook kept by a Fisk University student in 1920. |
Chicago IL | circa 1920-1922 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 531.00 | |
| 175 | Autograph album kept at the Kentucky Normal Industrial Institute. |
Frankfort KY | circa 1925 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
