Swann Galleries: Printed and Manuscript African Americana, 2732, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- March 19, 2026 - March 19, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ignatius Sancho. | Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African. |
London | 1783 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 5,080.00 |
| 2 | [Thomas Clarkson.] | An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species. |
London | 1786 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,206.00 |
| 3 | Thomas Clarkson. | An Essay on the Impolicy of the African Slave Trade. |
Philadelphia | 1788 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 4 | Personal Slavery Established, by the Suffrages of Custom and Right Reason. |
Philadelphia | 1773 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,079.00 | |
| 5 | Acts and Laws Passed by . . Massachusetts, including "An Act to Prevent the Slave-Trade." |
Boston | 1788 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | Not Sold | |
| 6 | An Abstract of the Evidence Delivered . . for the Abolition of the Slave-Trade. |
London | 1791 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 4,064.00 | |
| 7 | Reflections on Slavery; with Recent Evidence of its Inhumanity. |
Philadelphia | 1803 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 4,064.00 | |
| 8 | Abigail Mott. | Biographical Sketches and Interesting Anecdotes of Persons of Colour. |
New York | 1826 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,524.00 |
| 9 | Lydia Maria Child. | An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans. |
Boston | 1833 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 7,366.00 |
| 10 | Am I Not a Woman and a Sister glass relief seal. |
No place | circa 1830s | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 5,334.00 | |
| 11 | Letter to Andrew Jackson pleading for him to emancipate his slaves. |
Freehold, NY | 19 July 1834 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 2,794.00 | |
| 12 | Letter describing the fugitive abolitionist lecturer Moses Roper in England. |
Leeds | 2 April 1839 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 2,794.00 | |
| 13 | Petition against the admission of Florida as a slave state. |
Weymouth, MA | circa 1841 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,778.00 | |
| 14 | Pair of letters discussing the Underground Railroad. |
Auburn and Elmira, NY | 1844-1845 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 19,050.00 | |
| 15 | Autographs for Freedom. |
Boston | 1853 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,206.00 | |
| 16 | Circular letter of the Boston Vigilance Committee in response to the Fugitive Slave Act. |
Boston | 17 June 1854 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 3,556.00 | |
| 17 | Mark and Hasty: or, Slave-Life in Missouri / Aunt Judy's Story. |
Philadelphia | 1856, 1855 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,079.00 | |
| 18 | Execution of Capt. John Brown. |
Boston | [November 1859] | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 4,826.00 | |
| 19 | Helen Amelia Loguen. | Letter on finding "places . . . for colored girls." |
Syracuse, NY | 8 February 1862 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 1,397.00 |
| 20 | Urbana Citizen newspaper volume with the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. |
Urbana, IL | 1862 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,397.00 | |
| 21 | Abraham Lincoln. | Proclamation of Emancipation. |
New York | [1864] | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 22 | Abraham Lincoln. | Carte-de-visite of the Emancipation Proclamation. |
Syracuse, NY | 1866 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 508.00 |
| 23 | Learning is Wealth: Wilson, Charley, Rebecca & Rosa, Slaves from New Orleans. |
New York | 1864 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 1,079.00 | |
| 24 | Samuel Stanhope Smith. | An Essay on the Causes of the Variety of Complexion. |
New Brunswick, NJ | 1810 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 762.00 |
| 25 | Letter describing the determination of the freedmen of Savannah. |
Parris Island, SC | 7 May 1865 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 825.00 |
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ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000. -
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 AprilSotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.