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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | Playbills for theatrical performances of Uncle Tom's Cabin, 1877-1897 |
1877-1897 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 825.00 | ||
| 202 | Pair of photographs of Eubie Blake and the "Shuffle Along" team. |
New York | 1921 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 5,080.00 | |
| 203 | Souvenir Othello program signed by Paul Robeson. |
New York | [1943] | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 825.00 | |
| 204 | Lorraine Hansberry. | Actor Douglas Turner Ward's script for Raisin in the Sun, [1958] |
[1958] | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 19,050.00 | |
| 205 | Press photograph of Lorraine Hansberry. |
New York | 1959-04-08 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 206 | Famous Troubadors . . . The Dusky Maidens. |
Erie, PA | circa 1900 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 952.00 | |
| 207 | Photographs of Black vaudeville and musical theater productions, circa 1905-1930s |
circa 1905-1930s | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 508.00 | ||
| 208 | Family vacation photo album of numbers mogul "Woogie" Harris. |
Atlantic City, NJ | circa 1930 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,016.00 | |
| 209 | Letters from a postal clerk to his wife discussing the Depression, jazz, etc. |
Pittsburgh, PA | 1931-1932 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 539.00 | |
| 210 | Harry M. Hyatt. | Hoodoo, Conjuration, Witchcraft, Rootwork. |
[Hannibal, MO] | 1970 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 5,080.00 |
| 211 | Central Regalia Company. |
Trade catalogue of "the Negro regalia house." Cincinnati, OH | circa 1910s | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 381.00 | |
| 212 | Records of the Golden Eagle Lodge of the Knights of Pythias. |
Pittsburgh, PA | 1906-1930 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 3,810.00 | |
| 213 | Membership applications and condolence letters from a Masonic lodge. |
Pittsburgh, PA | 1949-1967 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 412.00 | |
| 214 | Photograph of a Pittsburgh Shriners group, with brochure for their Syria Mosque, |
1928 and undated | 1928 and undated | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 1,016.00 | |
| 215 | Handbill for an early Texas Juneteenth commemoration. |
Denison, TX | [1903?] | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 5,588.00 | |
| 216 | Photograph of emancipation re-enactment at Lyman School. |
Westborough, MA | [1911] | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 412.00 | |
| 217 | Postcard of an Independence Day parade in Massachusetts. |
[Fall River | 1914] | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 3,048.00 | |
| 218 | J.A. Rogers. | The Book No One Had Dared to Write Before: Sex and Race (promotional brochure), |
circa 1940 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 2,159.00 | |
| 219 | W.G. Hynes. | Negro Looking Up. |
Nashville, TN | circa 1938 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 285.00 |
| 220 | Otis Moss Jr. | In Spite of It All! calendar. |
[Cincinnati, OH] | 1969 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold |
| 221 | Alice Sterne Gitterman. | Letters pleading for a "model tenement for Negroes." |
[New York] | 1901 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold |
| 222 | Printed circular letter describing an attack on supporters of the Freedom Riders. |
Montgomery, AL | 1961 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 223 | Protest Jailing of Freedom Riders! . . Hear in Person in New York Rev. Martin Luther King. |
New York | [1961] | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,016.00 | |
| 224 | Letter from Birmingham City Jail. |
Philadelphia | 1963-05-01 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,556.00 | |
| 225 | Burk Uzzle. | Group of three photographs of the Martin Luther King memorial march. |
[Memphis, TN | April 1968] | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,016.00 |
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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.