Swann Galleries: Printed and Manuscript African Americana, 2697, New York

Auction Details

Auction Date
March 20, 2025 - March 20, 2025
Page Size: 403 items in 17 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26 Alexander Crummell.

(AFRICA.) The Relations and Duties of Free Colored Men in America to Africa: A Letter to Charles B. Dunbar

Hartford, CT 1861 USD 500.00 - 750.00 Unknown
27 Antero J. Barboza.

(AFRICA.) Letter by Henry Highland Garnet's son-in-law, requesting support of the family's school in Liberia. Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs. Mary Nash Agnew (1830-1918)

New York 18 November 1886 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
28

(AFRICA.) UAW Welcomes Mandela: U.S. Freedom Tour, June 1990

Detroit, MI 1990-06-01 USD 500.00 - 750.00 Unknown
29

(ART.) Trunkload of artwork and family papers of noted painter Albert Alexander Smith

Various places 1902-circa 1950s USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Unknown
30

(ART.) Set of early Harmon Foundation catalogs

New York 1930-1935 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Unknown
31

(ART.) Group of 5 art exhibition brochures

Various places 1935-1965 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
32

(ART.) Exhibition of Negro Artists of Chicago

Washington 1941-02-01 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
33

(ART.) "Aaron Douglas Exhibition of Paintings" catalogue from Fisk University

Nashville, TN 1948-03-14 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
34 Dana Chandler Jr.

(ART.) The Black Revolutionary Family

[Boston] 1967 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
35 Romare Bearden.

(ART.) "Fortune: A Special Issue on Business and the Urban Crisis," a signed poster featuring Bearden's cover art

No place 1968 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Unknown
36 Sister Gertrude Morgan.

(ART.) Her original painting and inscription in a copy of the book "God's Greatest Hits."

[Los Angeles, CA] [1970] USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
37

(ART.) USA? An Afro American Artist Presentation: A Visual / Literary Experience

Pittsburgh, PA 1971-11-04 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
38 Charles White.

(ART.) Wanted Poster Series

Los Angeles, CA 1970 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Unknown
39 Romare Bearden.

(ART.) The Olympics: Where Men & Women of All Nations Engage in Peaceful Competition

No place [1976] USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 Unknown
40

(ART.) Correspondence, photos and ephemera of the artist Betye Saar

Various places 1975-2006 and undated USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Unknown
41

(ART.) Designs and papers of Los Angeles artist Judson Powell

Los Angeles, CA circa 1979-2005 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
42 Hughie Lee-Smith.

(ART.) A Collection of Drawings and Paintings Hosted by the Urban League Guild of Greater Hartford

Hartford, CT 1984-04-29 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
43

(ART.) Black Artists of Rhode Island exhibition poster

[Providence, RI] 1986-05-22 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
44

(ART.) Graffiti photographs and sketchbook documenting the Philadelphia scene in the late 1990s

Philadelphia circa 1996-2000 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
45 James McHenry.

(BENJAMIN BANNEKER.) "An Account of Benjamin Banneker, a Free Negro," in an issue of the American Museum or Universal Magazine

[Philadelphia] September 1792 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
46

(BLACK PANTHERS.) The Racist Dog Policemen Must Withdraw Immediately From Our Communities

Emeryville, CA [early 1967?] USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
47

(BLACK PANTHERS.) "The Racist Dog Policemen Must Withdraw Immediately From Our Communities."

Emeryville, CA circa 1967 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
48 Emory Douglas, artist.

(BLACK PANTHERS.) [Panther Mother and Child.]

San Francisco 1967-10-01 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Unknown
49 Emory Douglas, artist.

(BLACK PANTHERS.) Untitled print of a mother and armed child

San Francisco, CA 1967 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Unknown
50 Emory Douglas.

(BLACK PANTHERS.) Untitled print of a mother with rifle slung over her shoulder

San Francisco, CA circa 1967 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown