Swann Galleries: Printed and Manuscript African Americana, 2732, New York

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 19, 2026 - March 19, 2026

Page Size: 366 items in 15 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
326		Letters discussing an "effort . . to force the mother and children into endless slavery" in Maryland, 1841		1841	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 539.00
327		Order to auction 25 named enslaved people from a Louisiana plantation..	Madison Parish, LA	1843	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 952.00
328		Detailed list of "Negro clothing" bought for a South Carolina plantation.	South Carolina	circa 1844	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 1,079.00
329		Deed naming 50 enslaved people on a plantation in Lowndes County, Alabama, 1845		1845	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 5,334.00
330		Report on the auction of "Henry, a Negro boy about ten years."	Pike County, GA	1850	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 571.00
331		Letter describing a shipment of 25 enslaved people from Richmond to New Orleans, 1852		1852	USD 500.00 - 750.00	USD 9,525.00
332	Edward P. Hall.	Letter describing the shooting of an alleged escaped slave.	Chicago	1854	USD 500.00 - 750.00	USD 2,032.00
333	Bolton, Dickins & Co.	Receipt for "two Negroes" sold by infamous slave traders.	Vicksburg, MS	1857	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,016.00
334		Leaf from an overseer's diary and work log at Hardscrabble Plantation.	Near Simmesport, LA	1859	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 1,905.00
335		Letter about an aged enslaved woman who is "ancious to stay with her daughter."	Cumming, GA	1860	USD 500.00 - 750.00	USD 1,270.00
336		Estate in Madison County, Alabama including 26 named enslaved people, 1860		1860	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 952.00
337		Will dividing the 46 enslaved people of a Georgia planter, adding a bequest to Emory College, 1861		1861	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 1,270.00
338		Receipt for an enslaved man named Jerry from Crawford, Frazer & Co.	Atlanta, GA	1863	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 4,064.00
339		Receipt for a Confederate slave impressment.	Tallahassee, FL	1865	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,905.00
340		Medal issued by the National Ex-Slave Mutual Relief Bounty & Pension Association.	Attleboro, MA	undated	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 4,064.00
341		Signed photographs and other memorabilia of space shuttle astronaut Winston Scott, 1995-2005		1995-2005	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 381.00
342		A Salute to Black Olympians program, signed by 27 attendees including Muhammad Ali, 1988		1988	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 889.00
343		1947 World Series program signed by Jackie Robinson.	New York	1947-10-01	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 1,584.00
344		Celebrate Jackie Robinson Day at Phoenix Giants' Ball Game.	Phoenix, AZ	[1958]	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 571.00
345	Effa Manley.	Letter signed by the famed owner of the Newark Eagles.	San Francisco, CA	1978	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,320.00
346		3 volumes of corporate records of Ernie Banks, Inc.	Chicago and elsewhere	1990-2007	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,079.00
347		Pair of Jack Johnson posters.	[New York]	1904 and 1910	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 635.00
348		Champion of the World, Jack Johnson.	No place	1909	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,905.00
349		Harlem Bicycle Championship . . Mt. Morris Park.	[New York]	1973-08-19	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 952.00
350		First Annual Ascent Magazine Championship Rodeo Festival.	Harlem, NY	1984	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	USD 762.00

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 April

Sotheby’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.