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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 226 | I Am a Man, Memphis. |
San Francisco, CA | 1968 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 15,240.00 | |
| 227 | Archive of Joan Daves as literary agent for Coretta Scott King, 1958-1985 (bulk 1968-1985) |
N/A | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 55,880.00 | ||
| 228 | Yale photograph album with five photographs of Black campus workers. |
New Haven, CT | 1872 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,397.00 | |
| 229 | Cabinet card portrait of John King, "The Chimney Sweep." |
Poughkeepsie, NY | circa 1890 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 495.00 | |
| 230 | Constitution and By Laws of the N.C.F.P. Union of America. |
Helena, AR | 1908 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,206.00 | |
| 231 | Patriotic photograph of Virginia shipyard workers. |
Newport News, VA | circa 1920s | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 476.00 | |
| 232 | Labor agreement between Pittsburgh Courier and the Typographical Union, 1943 |
1943 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 412.00 | ||
| 233 | Lawsuit discussing the right of a "colored man" to claim property by settlement. |
[Pennsylvania | 1851] | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 3,048.00 | |
| 234 | William Wells Brown. | My Southern Home: or, The South and Its People. |
Boston | 1880 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 429.00 |
| 235 | Langston Hughes. | Three of his early poems in an issue of Central High School Monthly. |
Cleveland | 1918 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 236 | Claude McKay. | Banjo: A Story without a Plot. |
New York | 1929 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,143.00 |
| 237 | William Hunter Maxwell's correspondence file from the publication of his poetry volume, 1936-1940 |
1936-1940 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 238 | Henry Dumas. | Poetry for My People / Ark of Bones. |
Carbondale, IL | [1970] | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 239 | Charles Bible, artist. | 8 prints featuring works by noted poets, illustrated by Bible. |
New York | 1970 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 2,794.00 |
| 240 | Curtiss E. Porter, editor. | Connection, a Black Arts quarterly. |
Pittsburgh, PA | 1970 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 762.00 |
| 241 | Leon Forrest. | Divine Days, signed and inscribed. |
Chicago | 1992 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 698.00 |
| 242 | Don Charles Hogan. | Photographs of Malcolm X taken for an Ebony feature. |
[New York | 1964] | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 10,795.00 |
| 243 | Photographs showing Malcolm X, Elijah Muhammad, Muhammad Ali, and more, 1961-1972 |
1961-1972 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 244 | Photograph of Malcolm X with two associates. |
No place | circa 1964 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 297.00 | |
| 245 | Staff and Internes, '25 '26, Freedmen's Hospital. |
Washington | 1925 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 952.00 | |
| 246 | Photograph of an operation at Meharry Medical College. |
Nashville,TN | 1941-03-31 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 539.00 | |
| 247 | Caesar Ferrit. | Deed signed by soldier who had fought at Lexington, 1786 |
1786 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 20,320.00 | |
| 248 | Letter describing the kidnappings of free Blacks from a boarding house. |
Washington | 1862 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 571.00 | |
| 249 | Letter by an Indiana woman hoping Black troops could soon take the field, 1862 |
1862 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 476.00 | ||
| 250 | Letter describing Confederates captured by the South Carolina Colored Infantry, 2 April 1863 |
1863 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 889.00 |
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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.