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Freeman's | Hindman: American Historical Ephemera & Photography, including African Americana

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Auction Name American Historical Ephemera & Photography, including African Americana Total Sales (USD) 236,520.00
Auction Date February 27, 2025 - February 27, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 131,500.00
Sale Number #2070 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 194,450.00
Total Lots 281
Sold Lots 227 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 152,900.00
% of Lots Sold 80.78% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 225,750.00
Unsold Lots 54 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 104.77%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
236 [LINCOLN, Abraham].

Rare ID'd preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation, 1862.

1862 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 18,000.00
252

The Vision of Emet Logan The Negro Prophet of the Arkansas. 1864.

1864 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 15,600.00
215

Detailed ALS from a free Black man to a friend in Mexico.

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 11,400.00
198

Letter from a formerly enslaved man named George.

1827 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 10,200.00
10 WASHINGTON, Booker T.

The Story of the Negro. The Rise of the Race from Slavery.

1909 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 9,600.00
182 DULANY, Benj. Tasker (1752-1818).

A freeman earns legal claim of his wife and children.

1798 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 8,400.00
20 BULLOCK, Tom.

The Ideal Bartender. First bartender's book published by an African American author.

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 6,000.00
186

Indenture related to an important VA Circuit Superior Court freedom suit, 1819.

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 6,000.00
204

Notice of capture for a "runaway slave" named Milton.

1835 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 4,800.00
184

Manuscript manumission for enslaved woman "Catharine." Fairfax Co., VA, 19 Oct.

1803 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 3,900.00
251

11th U.S. Colored Troops archive, Fort Smith, Arkansas.

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,900.00
160 [WALKER, William Aiken (1839-1921)].

The Levee - New Orleans.

1884 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,600.00
82

CDV of an African American bride and groom.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 3,300.00
1 [DOUGLASS, Frederick].

Ohio album containing CDV of Douglass by George Kendall Warren, ca 1879.

ca 1879. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,000.00
155

Electric railroad sign for Pullman Company employees.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 2,700.00
162 EQUIANO, Olaudah (1745-1797).

The Life and Adventures of Olaudah Equiano...

1829 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,700.00
206

Manuscript manumission of an enslaved woman and child.

1846 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 2,700.00
207

Letter detailing plans to convey slaves to a southern plantation.

1844 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 2,700.00
210

Ship's manifest documenting the conveyance of two enslaved persons, January 1844.

1844 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,700.00
133 HURSTON, Zora Neale.

Moses: Man of the Mountain.

1939 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,400.00
205

Manuscript deed of emancipation for a man named Perry.

1838 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,400.00
132 HURSTON, Zora Neale (1891-1960).

Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica.

1938 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 2,280.00
121 VAN VECHTEN, Carl.

Collection of photos and ephemera, many related to Black culture.

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,160.00
225

Letter listing sold slaves with prices, and buyers' names.

1856 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,920.00
2 DOUGLASS, Frederick.

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Presented to Ossie Davis, 1961.

1961 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,800.00