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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 176 | The King Laugh Makers: W.H. Henderson with Callender's Georgia Minstrels, circa 1881-1883 |
circa 1881-1883 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 825.00 | ||
| 177 | W.C. Harris (The Man that Plays the Eb). |
Milwaukee, WI | circa 1879-1880 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 7,620.00 | |
| 178 | Jubilee Songs and Plantation Melodies . . Sung by the Original Nashville Students, |
[1884] | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 1,079.00 | ||
| 179 | Jubilee Songs, as Sung by Slayton's Jubilee Singers, circa 1890-1904 |
circa 1890-1904 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,016.00 | ||
| 180 | Ferguson's Dixie Jubilee Concert Company, circa 1900-06 |
circa 1900-06 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 412.00 | ||
| 181 | The Jubilee Songs as Sung by the Beck Family. |
Denver, CO | circa 1900 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 412.00 | |
| 182 | Wendell P. Dabney. | Dabney's Guitar Chord Book. |
No place | 1899] | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,651.00 |
| 183 | Songs as Sung by the Black Patti Troubadours. |
New York | [1900] | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,397.00 | |
| 184 | The Beautiful Mattie Wilkes, Phenomenal Soprano. |
New York | circa 1900 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,032.00 | |
| 185 | Photograph of Charles Tindley's East Cavalry Band. |
Philadelphia | circa 1914-1925 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 2,032.00 | |
| 186 | Georgia Douglas Johnson. | I Want to Die While You Love Me, 1919 |
1919 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 3,302.00 | |
| 187 | Real Photo postcard of P.G. Lowery's Band & Minstrels, circa 1924-1931 |
circa 1924-1931 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 571.00 | ||
| 188 | Collection of gospel programs, music, photographs, and ephemera, |
1935-1970 and undated | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 3,556.00 | ||
| 189 | Group of musicians' publicity photos. |
Various places | circa 1930s to 1970s | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 571.00 | |
| 190 | America's Greatest Sepia Piana Artist . . . Gladys Bentley. |
[Los Angeles] | circa 1942-1943 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 2,032.00 | |
| 191 | Here Comes Mr. Louis Jordan, "Caldonia." |
No place | 1945 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,244.00 | |
| 192 | Signed photographs from Brooklyn's Kingston Lounge nightclub, |
1947-1948 and undated | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 698.00 | ||
| 193 | Carl Van Vechten, photographer. | Portrait of Billie Holiday. |
New York | 1949 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,056.00 |
| 194 | Sarah Vaughan, Signed program from "The Biggest Show of '51" tour, 1951 |
1951 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 195 | Letters of Pittsburgh jazz musicians, discussing heroin, military bands, etc., 1951 |
1951 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,413.00 | ||
| 196 | Group of photographs of the golden age of Doo Wop, circa 1940s-1950s |
circa 1940s-1950s | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 197 | Group of 5 Black music magazines, 1953-1958 |
1953-1958 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 198 | Group of sketches of New Orleans jazz musicians, February 1964 and undated |
1964 and undated | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 199 | Group of photographs of pioneering disc jockey Mary Dee, circa 1950s |
circa 1950s | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 2,794.00 | ||
| 200 | Broadside for "the celebrated African tragedian Mr. Ira Aldridge," |
Yorkshire | 1856 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 2,159.00 |
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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.