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

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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
176 Alzora Mathews

A mother's letter to her children's new teacher in rural North Carolina.

Cary NC circa 1927 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
177

Catalogue of the Bluestone-Harmony Academic and Industrial School, with minutes of the Bluestone Baptist Association.

Various places 1910-1962 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,063.00
178 Evelyn V. Ross

The Atlanta University scrapbook of Evelyn V. Ross.

Atlanta GA circa 1927-1936 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 813.00
179

Minutes and other papers of the Maryland State Colored Teachers' Association.

Maryland 1933-1951 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 688.00
180

Oddly upbeat photo album from the last years of West Kentucky Industrial College.

Paducah KY 1936-1939 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 406.00
181

Photos of a segregated school parade in eastern Texas.

Gilmer TX 1958 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
182

The Brother Needs You: VISTA, Volunteers in Service to America.

No place 1968 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
183

Pinback button for the Malcolm-King Harlem College Extension.

New York circa early 1970s? USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 688.00
184

Look! Look! Big Juneteenth Celebration . . . Hear Colored Blues Singers . . . Hottest and Fastest Baseball Game.

Huntsville TX 1936 or 1942? USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,875.00
185

Barnum's American Museum advertisement for "The Latest Novelty . . . the Celebrated African United Twins."

New York 1854 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 813.00
186

Carte-de-visite and advertising cards of the conjoined twin performers Millie and Christine.

No place circa 1883 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 875.00
187

Promotional flier for the Smart Set, a popular touring revue.

New York 1908? USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 938.00
188 Katherine Dunham

Four photographs of Katherine Dunham performing one of her early compositions; with a later program.

New York circa 1938 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 875.00
189 Vandamm Studio, Katherine Dunham

Group of 3 promotional shots of Katherine Dunham's Bal Negre.

New York circa 1946 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
190

Promotional pamphlet for "The Birth of a Race," produced in response to "Birth of a Nation."

Chicago 1917 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 5,500.00
191

The Lure of a Woman, Featuring . . . a Notable Cast of Colored Players.

Kansas City 1921 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 406.00
192

Poster for the French film Zouzou, featuring its star Josephine Baker

Paris 1934 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,250.00
193 Pearl Bowser

Research files and other papers of film scholar Pearl Bowser.

Various places circa 1972-2001 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 813.00
194 Francis Johnson

The American Boy: A New Patriotic Song, from the American Sentinel.

Philadelphia circa 1835 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 688.00
195

Slave Songs of the South, by the Hampton Colored Students.

No place 1873 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 875.00
196

The Greater Black Patti Troubadours. Black Patti, Greatest Singer of Her Race (Mme. Sissiereta Jones.)

Chicago circa 1900 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 18,750.00
197

Songs as Sung by the Black Patti Troubadours, the Greatest Colored Show on Earth.

New York and Chicago 1900 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,000.00
198 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Collection of 4 autographs by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.

London and elsewhere circa 1903-1911 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 563.00
199 Scott Joplin

Wall Street Rag.

New York 1909 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,875.00
200

Street view of San Francisco's famous Black-owned early jazz hotspot, the So Different Club.

San Francisco CA circa - USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 500.00
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  • Ketterer Rare Books
    Auction May 27th
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    K. Marx, Das Kapital,1867. Dedication copy. Est: € 120,000
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    Latin and French Book of Hours, around 1380. Est: € 25,000
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    Theodor de Bry, Indiae Orientalis, 1598-1625. Est: € 80,000
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    Auction May 27th
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    Breviary, Latin manuscript, around 1450-75. Est: € 10,000
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    G. B. Piranesi, Vedute di Roma, 1748-69. Est: € 60,000
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    K. Schmidt-Rottluff, Arbeiter, 1921. Orig. watercolour on postcard. Est: € 18,000
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    Auction May 27th
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    Breviarium Romanum, Latin manuscript, 1474. Est: € 20,000
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    C. J. Trew, Plantae selectae, 1750-73. Est: € 28,000
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    M. Beckmann, Apokalypse, 1943. Est: € 50,000
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    Auction May 27th
    Ketterer Rare Books, May 27:
    Ulrich von Richenthal, Das Concilium, 1536. Est: € 9,000
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    I. Kant, Critik der reinen Vernunft, 1781. Est: €12,000
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    Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung (AIZ) / Die Volks-Illustrierte (VI), 1932-38. Est: €8,000
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