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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | General Gordon Granger | Carte-de-visite portrait of General Gordon Granger, the man who proclaimed the end of slavery on Juneteenth. |
No place | circa 1862-1865 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 406.00 |
| 27 | Horace Heath, calligrapher | Miniature printing of the 15th Amendment guaranteeing the right to vote. |
Hartford CT | 1870 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 813.00 |
| 28 | Issue of the scarce Liberian missionary newspaper, "Africa's Luminary." |
Liberia | 1840 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,188.00 | |
| 29 | Nelson Mandela | Long Walk to Freedom. |
London | 1994 copyright, undated later edition | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 938.00 |
| 30 | Masood Ali Wilbert Warren | Early sketchbook and later sketches by Masood Ali Wilbert Warren. |
New York | 1932-1981 and undated | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 500.00 |
| 31 | Exhibition, 37 Negro Artists. |
Fort Huachuca AZ | 1943 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 3,000.00 | |
| 32 | Charles White | Two portfolios: "Six Drawings" (incomplete) and "I Have a Dream Portfolio." |
New York and Los Angeles | 1953 and 1969 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,750.00 |
| 33 | Richard Hunt | Pair of posters for exhibitions by sculptor Richard Hunt. |
Chicago | 1963 and 1968 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 34 | Resolution of the Black Arts Kultural Alliance. |
Detroit MI | circa 1969 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 531.00 | |
| 35 | Dana Chandler Jr. | The Black Revolutionary Family. |
Boston | 1967 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,500.00 |
| 36 | Dana Chandler Jr. | Pair of prints: "Together Brothers" and "Lil Junkies." |
Boston | 1970 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 1,625.00 |
| 37 | Charles Bible, artist | Group of 9 prints, most of them accompanied by poetry. |
New York | 1970 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 10,000.00 |
| 38 | Poster for the 1971 De Luxe Show. |
Houston TX | 1971 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,000.00 | |
| 39 | AfriCOBRA II exhibition catalog. |
New York | 1971 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 3,750.00 | |
| 40 | Noah Purifoy, et al. | Junk [Art: 66 Signs of Neon]. |
Los Angeles CA | circa 1971 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 750.00 |
| 41 | Lois Mailou Jones, designer | Howard University Art Faculty, Studio Museum in Harlem. |
New York | 1972 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,875.00 |
| 42 | Elizabeth Catlett | Portfolio of 5 offset lithograph prints. |
Mexico | circa 1973 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 1,625.00 |
| 43 | Romare Bearden, artis | 50: The Golden Anniversary of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. |
New York | 1975 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 5,500.00 |
| 44 | John T. Riddle, Jr | Civil Rights. |
No place | 1984 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 531.00 |
| 45 | James McHenry. | "An Account of Benjamin Banneker, a Free Negro," |
Philadelphia | 1791 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,860.00 |
| 46 | BENJAMIN BANNEKER | His famous correspondence with Thomas Jefferson, as published in an issue of the Universal Asylum |
Philadelphia | 1792 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 4,500.00 |
| 47 | Move On Over or We'll Move On Over You. |
No place | circa 1966 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 6,250.00 | |
| 48 | Emory Douglas, artist | [Panther Mother and Child.] |
San Francisco | 1967 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 3,500.00 |
| 49 | Eldridge Cleaver | Stage I poster for a reading of Eldridge Cleaver's "Soul on Ice." |
Boston | 1970 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 4,000.00 |
| 50 | Huey Newton | Group of 11 news photographs relating to Huey Newton and his trials. |
Various places | 1968-1970 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold |
