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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sarah H. Bradford | Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman. |
Auburn NY | 1869 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 4,750.00 |
| 2 | Warner Mifflin | His abolitionist petition to President Washington and Congress, |
Providence RI | 1792 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 3 | Injured Humanity . . . What the Unhappy Children of Africa Endure from Those Who Call Themselves Christians. |
New York | circa 1805-08 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,188.00 | |
| 4 | Notice for the first annual Boston celebration of the abolition of the slave trade, |
Boston | 1808 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 5 | The Genius of Universal Emancipation. |
Baltimore MD | 1830 to 1831 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 2,750.00 | |
| 6 | David Ruggles | The Abrogation of the Seventh Commandment, by the American Churches. |
New York | 1835 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 6,750.00 |
| 7 | Alex. Sweney, Joseph Templeton, and F. Julius LeMoyne | "The Examiner--Extra: Address of the Anti-Slavery Society of Washington County," a broadside newspaper extra. |
Washington PA | 1835 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 531.00 |
| 8 | "Am I Not a Woman & a Sister" liberty token. |
No place | 1838 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 750.00 | |
| 9 | The Liberty Bell, by Friends of Freedom. |
Boston | 1839 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 10 | Salmon P. Chase | Principles and Measures of True Democracy: The Address of the Southern and Western Liberty |
Cincinnati OH | 1845 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 813.00 |
| 11 | Thirza S. Pelton | The Grave in the Wilderness: A Poem. |
Oberlin OH | 1850 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 688.00 |
| 12 | The Fugitive Slaves' Appeal!! To the Clergy of Massachusetts. |
Boston | 1850 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 10,625.00 | |
| 13 | Autographs for Freedom. |
London | 1853 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 625.00 | |
| 14 | Council Documents--No. 2. An Act Prohibiting Slavery. |
Omaha NE | 1861 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,000.00 | |
| 15 | Louis Prang & Co | The American Declaration of Independence Illustrated. |
Boston | 1861 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
| 16 | Bound volume of "The Liberator" spanning the five Civil War years. |
Boston | 1861 to 1865 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 6,500.00 | |
| 17 | Truth, Douglass, Phillips, Garrison, and other abolitionists | Carte-de-visite album including portraits of Truth, Douglass, Phillips, Garrison, and other abolitionists. |
Various places | circa 1860s, with one 1902 photo | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 21,250.00 |
| 18 | The preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, on the front page of the New York Semi-Weekly Tribune. |
New York | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 19 | Three letters to abolitionist General Clinton Fisk regarding the impact of the Emancipation Proclamation. |
Various places | 1862-1863 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 688.00 | |
| 20 | Abraham Lincoln | Carte-de-visite rendering of the Emancipation Proclamation. |
Syracuse NY | 1866 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 688.00 |
| 21 | James W. Watts, engraver; after Herrick | Reading the Emancipation Proclamation. |
Hartford CT | 1864 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 281.00 |
| 22 | Blank petition circulated by the Women's Loyal National League, seeking full emancipation. |
No place | circa late 1863 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,125.00 | |
| 23 | Pennsylvania soldier's letter regarding the 40-acre plots being distributed to freedmen. |
South Carolina | 1865 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 406.00 | |
| 24 | Front-page headline on the passage of the 13th Amendment, |
Boston | 1865 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 25 | Charles Terry Collins | A Yale student's essay titled "The Amendment of the Constitution Abolishing Slavery." |
New Haven CT? | 1865 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,500.00 |
