Auction Reports
Swann Galleries
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Printed and Manuscript African Americana
- Auction Date
- 03/19/2026 - 03/19/2026
- Sale Number
- #2732
- Total Lots
- 366
- Sold Lots
- 314.0
- Lots Sold
- 85.79%
- Unsold Lots
- 52
- Total Sales (USD)
- 763,134.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 364,400.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 547,700.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 425,500.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 639,600.00
- Total Sales as a % of High Est.
- 119.31%
Top twenty five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 227 | Archive of Joan Daves as literary agent for Coretta Scott King, 1958-1985 (bulk 1968-1985) |
N/A | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 55,880.00 | |
| 98 | The Bronze American National Travel Guide. |
1961 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 21,590.00 | |
| 247 | Caesar Ferrit. | Deed signed by soldier who had fought at Lexington, 1786 |
1786 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 20,320.00 |
| 253 | Carte-de-visite of Charles Remond Douglass in uniform. |
1864 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 19,050.00 | |
| 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 |
| 14 | Pair of letters discussing the Underground Railroad. |
1844-1845 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 19,050.00 | |
| 317 | The Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave. |
1850 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 17,780.00 | |
| 226 | I Am a Man, Memphis. |
1968 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 15,240.00 | |
| 140 | The Souls of Black Folk: Essays and Sketches, first edition, first printing. |
1903 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 12,700.00 | |
| 242 | Don Charles Hogan. | Photographs of Malcolm X taken for an Ebony feature. |
1964] | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 10,795.00 |
| 353 | The Walker Method of Hair Culture. |
circa 1919-1925 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 10,160.00 | |
| 331 | Letter describing a shipment of 25 enslaved people from Richmond to New Orleans, 1852 |
1852 | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 9,525.00 | |
| 366 | Sadie Iola Daniel. | Women Builders. |
[1931] | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 8,890.00 |
| 113 | Audley Moore. | Why Reparations? |
1963] | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 8,255.00 |
| 127 | Lorraine Hansberry. | A Matter of Colour, signed by Martin Luther King and others. |
1965] | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 8,255.00 |
| 131 | Lewis Putnam. | A Sketch of Hamilton County . . . Coloured People in the City of New-York, 1847 |
1847 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 8,255.00 |
| 177 | W.C. Harris (The Man that Plays the Eb). |
circa 1879-1880 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 7,620.00 | |
| 144 | Photograph albums of Louisville's Presbyterian Colored Mission, circa 1898 to 1946 |
circa 1898 to 1946 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 7,620.00 | |
| 9 | Lydia Maria Child. | An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans. |
1833 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 7,366.00 |
| 63 | Wanted by the FBI: Interstate Flight--Murder, Kidnaping, Angela Yvonne Davis. |
1970 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 6,858.00 |
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