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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Records of the J.H. Williams & Son funeral home. |
Selma, AL | 1938-1948 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,143.00 | |
| 102 | Poster for the Chowan Beach riverside resort in North Carolina. |
Winton, NC | circa 1940s | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 889.00 | |
| 103 | Postcards of the La France Hotel and Biltmore Hotel. |
Delray Beach, FL and Durham, NC | circa 1950s | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 349.00 | |
| 104 | Photographs and ephemera relating to publisher Robert Vann, circa 1910-1972 |
circa 1910-1972 | circa 1910-1972 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 105 | Free Excursions to Metropolitan Park, Rahway, N.J., 1908 |
1908 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 539.00 | ||
| 106 | Postcard of the Highland Beach cottages in Maryland, 27 August 1926 |
1926 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 476.00 | ||
| 107 | Group of Real Photo postcards from the Springfield race riot. |
Springfield, IL | 1908-08-01 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 698.00 | |
| 108 | Don't Spend Where You Can't Work newsprint broadside issued by the Los Angeles Sentinel, 1934 |
1934 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 109 | They Shall Not Die! Stop the Legal Lynching! The Story of Scottsboro in Pictures. |
New York | 1932 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 4,064.00 | |
| 110 | John Howard Lawson. | A Southern Welcome (in Georgia and Alabama). |
New York | 1934 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 412.00 |
| 111 | Haywood Patterson. | Scottsboro Boy, signed by three defendants. |
Garden City, NY | 1950 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 2,794.00 |
| 112 | Edward Schwartz. | Photograph of Paul Robeson before his riot-interrupted Peekskill concert, 1949 |
1949 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 635.00 | |
| 113 | Audley Moore. | Why Reparations? |
[Los Angeles | 1963] | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 8,255.00 |
| 114 | Pennant from the March on Washington. |
Washington | 1963-08-28 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,905.00 | |
| 115 | Dick Gregory. | SNCC Freedom Rally pamphlet, signed by Gregory. |
Atlanta | circa 1963 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 952.00 |
| 116 | Ernest Crichlow, artist. | We Shall Overcome. Register--Vote. |
Washington | 1963 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 698.00 |
| 117 | Southern Christian Leadership Conference Newsletter. |
Atlanta, GA | November-December 1963 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 222.00 | |
| 118 | Southern Christian Leadership Conference Newsletter. |
Atlanta, GA | April-May [1965] | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 5,588.00 | |
| 119 | Danny Lyon; photographer. | Variant version of the famous "Now!" poster. |
Atlanta | circa January 1964 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 3,302.00 |
| 120 | Photograph of John Lewis and Jackie Robinson marching at a San Francisco rally. |
[San Francisco | 1964] | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 121 | Photographs of the SCLC staff planning the Poor People's March. |
[Frogmore, SC | 1967] | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 412.00 | |
| 122 | List of Negro Churches and Church Buildings Burned or Bombed in Mississippi, 1965 |
1965 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 539.00 | ||
| 123 | LeRoy Henderson, photographer. |
Portrait of Fannie Lou Hamer | circa 1970s | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 1,397.00 | |
| 124 | James Meredith Speaks on Racial Peace in America. |
San Francisco | 25 September [1966] | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 571.00 | |
| 125 | Freedom Now, Register Now. |
Washington | circa 1966 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,397.00 |
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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.