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Cincinnati, OH, United States
Auction Details
African Americana
Pioneering figures and key moments that shaped the African American experience over the last 200 years are represented in Hindman's February 28 African Americana Live Auction. From enslavement, abolition, and war, to politics, civil rights, literature, music, and the visual arts, the sale addresses many important themes.
Highlights include Phyllis Wheatley's Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral. London: A. Bell, 1773, first edition of the first book of poetry published by an African American; photographs and an autograph letter signed by Frederick Douglass; photographs, imprints, and ephemera involving Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., most notably a first printing of Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story signed and inscribed by Dr. King; and a "Free Huey" flag that was flown at a protest demonstration to free Huey Newton near the Alameda County Courthouse, Oakland, CA, 1968.
This sale brings together property from several important collections and estates, including the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents, the Patrick Atkinson Collection, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the Estate of Carroll J. Delery III, Formerly the "Historical Shop."
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0286: [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Church Group, 1938. New York, NY: G.G.G. Photo Studio, operated by noted HarlemEst. $1,000-$1,500Lot Passed
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0287: SEIDMAN, Sy (1891-1977), photographer. Portrait of George Washington Carver. Ca 1930.Est. $350-$450
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0288: [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY]. Studio portrait of African American Vaudeville team STUMP & STELLO. Studio ofEst. $350-$450
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0290: [PHOTOGRAPHY]. VAN VECHTEN, Carl (1880-1964), photographer. Portrait of Cab Calloway. 1933.Est. $600-$800
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0291: [PHOTOGRAPHY]. VAN VECHTEN, Carl (1880-1964), photographer. Portrait of Ruby Dee. 25 September 1962.Est. $400-$600
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0291A: [PHOTOGRAPHY]. VAN VECHTEN, Carl (1880-1964), photographer. Real photo postcard of Ruby Dee. CaEst. $200-$300
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0292: [PHOTOGRAPHY]. VAN VECHTEN, Carl (1880-1964), photographer. Real photo postcard of Henry Armstrong.Est. $350-$450
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0293: [PHOTOGRAPHY]. JACOBI, Lotte (1896-1990), photographer. Portrait of Paul Robeson. 1952 (printedEst. $600-$800
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0294: [PHOTOGRAPHY]. PARKS, Gordon (1912-2006), photographer. Untitled (Portrait of an unidentifiedEst. $600-$800
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0295: [PHOTOGRAPHY]. BRALEY, Duane J. (1937-2014), photographer. Portrait of Gordon Parks. September 1963.Est. $250-$350
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0296: [PHOTOGRAPHY]. BASCH, Peter (1921-2004), photographer. Makeba. New York, ca 1970. Est. $300-$400
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0297: [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY] -- [MUSIC]. WILLIAMS, Ted (1925-2009), photographer. Sarah Vaughn, Backstage /Est. $300-$400
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0298: [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY] -- [MUSIC]. GOTTLIEB, William P. (1917-2006), photographer. Lead Belly (HuddiEst. $600-$800
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0299: [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY] -- [MUSIC]. HOEFFLER, Paul (1937-2005), photographer. A group of 2 photographsEst. $300-$400
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0300: [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY] -- [MUSIC]. A group of 5 photographs of jazz musicians taken by African AmericanEst. $600-$800
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0301: [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY] -- [MUSIC]. A collection of 79 photographs of jazz musicians, bands, andEst. $900-$1,200
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0302: [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY] -- [MUSIC]. HESS, Otto F. (1906-1968), photographer. Photograph of HarlemEst. $250-$350
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0303: [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY] -- [MUSIC]. A group of 2 photographs taken by African American photographers AlEst. $200-$300
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0304: [EARLY PHOTOGRAPHY] -- [MUSIC]. CRAWFORD, Ralston (1906-1978), photographer. Eureka Brass Band,Est. $350-$450Lot Passed
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0305: [MUSIC]. Archive of 48 promotional photographs from Stax Records, Memphis, TN, incl. images of OtisEst. $800-$1,200
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0306: [MUSIC]. Morris' Minstrels from Boston. Tweedle Hall! Buffalo, NY: Joseph Warren & Co., n.d.Est. $200-$300
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0307: [MUSIC] -- [THEATRE]. A group of 3 theatrical broadsides promoting the New Orleans EthiopianEst. $300-$400
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0308: [MUSIC] -- [THEATER]. A group of three broadsides and two pieces of sheet music from Uncle Tom'sEst. $200-$400
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0309: [MUSIC]. Songs, Sketch of the Life...of Blind Tom the Marvelous Musical Prodigy. Baltimore: The SunEst. $300-$500
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