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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 126 | 1968 SNCC Engagement Calendar. |
1968 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 2,794.00 | ||
| 127 | Lorraine Hansberry. | A Matter of Colour, signed by Martin Luther King and others. |
[England | 1965] | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 8,255.00 |
| 128 | Records of the San Fernando Valley Branch of the NAACP. |
Pacoima, CA | 1969-1970 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 603.00 | |
| 129 | Vote for Thomas E. |
Gilmore for Sheriff of Greene County AL | circa 1970 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 698.00 | |
| 130 | Stop the Michael Stewart Murder-Cover-Up. |
New York | 7 November [1983] | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 635.00 | |
| 131 | Lewis Putnam. | A Sketch of Hamilton County . . . Coloured People in the City of New-York, 1847 |
1847 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 8,255.00 | |
| 132 | Negro Heroes: True Stories Told in Full Color. |
New York | 1947 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 1,079.00 | |
| 133 | Group of Brother Voodoo and Black Lightning comics. |
New York | 1973-1978 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 698.00 | |
| 134 | Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. |
Boston | 1846 [1847] | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,016.00 | |
| 135 | William Emory Bowman. | Carte-de-visite portrait of Frederick Douglass. |
Ottawa, IL | [April 1866] | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 5,588.00 |
| 136 | Deed signed as District of Columbia Recorder of Deeds. |
[Washington] | docketed on 14 October 1885 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 792.00 | |
| 137 | Three Addresses on the Relations Subsisting Between the White and Colored People, 1886 |
1886 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 4,064.00 | ||
| 138 | Admission card to the funeral of Frederick Douglass. |
[Washington] | 25 February 1895 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 1,651.00 | |
| 139 | Souvenir spoon commemorating the life of Frederick Douglass. |
[Chicago, IL | 1896] | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,016.00 | |
| 140 | The Souls of Black Folk: Essays and Sketches, first edition, first printing. |
Chicago | 1903 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 12,700.00 | |
| 141 | The Negro Artisan / The Negro American Artisan. |
Atlanta | 1902 and 1912 [1913] | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 539.00 | |
| 142 | D.D. Lewis The Revelator for Understanding: How to Be happy. |
New York | 1942 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 222.00 | |
| 143 | Pair of stereoviews of New York's Colored Orphan Asylum. |
New York | circa 1862 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 144 | Photograph albums of Louisville's Presbyterian Colored Mission, circa 1898 to 1946 |
circa 1898 to 1946 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 7,620.00 | ||
| 145 | Harrison Rhodes. | A Black Martha and Her School. |
No place | 1913 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,206.00 |
| 146 | Photograph album of an event at Tuskegee Institute. |
Tuskegee, AL | 1921 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 476.00 | |
| 147 | Autograph album kept at the Kentucky Normal Industrial Institute. |
[Frankfort, KY] | circa 1925 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 4,064.00 | |
| 148 | Annual Catalogue, Howard University, group of ten. |
Washington | 1920-1932 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 571.00 | |
| 149 | Autograph album and photographs of a Hampton Institute graduate, 1922-1953 |
1922-1953 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 539.00 | ||
| 150 | Photograph of Farm Security Administration educators with migrant farm workers. |
Pocomoke, MD | 1942 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 285.00 |
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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.