Fine & Rare Afro Americana Collection 2015-12-17 Auction - 324 Price Results - Tom Hall Auctions Inc. in PA
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Fine & Rare Afro Americana Collection

THURSDAY DECEMBER 17TH, 2015 AT 10AM DOORS OPEN AUCTION DAY AT 9AM EARLY PREVIEWS INCLUDE SUNDAY DECEMBER 13TH FROM 12-4, MONDAY DECEMBER 14TH FROM 4PM-7PM, TUESDAY DECEMBER 15TH 9AM-2PM AND WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 16TH 12NOON-4PM 4644 RT. 309, SCHNECKSVILLE, PA. 18078 This Collection represents more than a quarter of a decade of discerning collecting, spanning African-American history from the Revolutionary War through the 20th century. Each and every piece contains African-American content. In addition to the historical significance of the entire Collection, the condition of virtually all the pieces leans to the fine and very fine. The Collection is wide-ranging and focuses on the historical place of the African-American in American society. While the Collection depicts the more somber moments in American history, including slavery and prejudice, this Collection also celebrates and features the many ?Firsts? achieved by African-Americans, e.g., the first elected to office, the first aviator, the first tennis player, the first baseball player, the first umpire, etc. Some of these ?Firsts? are well-known and heralded in our history, others are quiet achievers. Categories of this Collection include: Military ? Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI and WWII; Slavery; Western Cowboys & Soldiers (The Buffalo Soldiers); Political; Social; Stereotypical Advertising and Caricatures; Sports including the Negro Baseball League and 1954 signed Brooklyn Dodgers baseball, musical and other miscellaneous. The Collection spans these categories, featuring and tracking history through fine and rare hand-written documents ? important by content and/or by a famous person in our history. One example is a 1932 hand-written letter by George Washington Carver, former slave turned into the great botanist and agricultural innovator, on Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute (founded by Booker T. Washington) letterhead, to one of his bright students, ?My very own precious boy, Mr. Davis.?
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Revolutionary War Era Court Document: Virginia, Prince Wm. County, Dec. 1778, ~ 16.5" t x 10.25" w. A Captain William Tubbs is fined 10 pounds by the court because his property Negroes committed a felony. Contains multiple other
0001: Revolutionary War Era Court DocumentEst. $300-$500
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Revolutionary War Era Court Document: Virginia, Prince Wm. County, April 1779, ~ 16.5" t x 10.25" w. Sarah, a Negro wench in the possession of one Benjamin Thomas, is to be sold at public auction to settle debt. Multiple other
0002: Revolutionary War Era Court DocumentEst. $300-$500
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Revolutionary War Era Court Document: Virginia, Prince Wm. County, 1779, ~ 16.5" t x 10.25" w. Two entries exempting owner from paying taxes on slaves, Negro Tom and Negro Buck. Multiple other interesting entries. Scarce Revolutionary
0003: Revolutionary War Era Court DocumentEst. $200-$400
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Revolutionary War Era Court Document: Virginia, Prince Wm. County, Nov. 1779, ~ 16.5" t x 10.25" w. Last Will and Testament leaving shares of slaves to various family members. Multiple other interesting entries. Scarce Revolutionary
0004: Revolutionary War Era Court DocumentEst. $200-$400
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Revoluionary War Era Court Document: Virginia, Prince Wm. County, April 1780, ~ 16.5" t x 10.25" w. Court entry for payment for the Negro Tom belonging to the Douglass Estate. Multiple other interesting entries. Scarce Revolutionary
0005: Revoluionary War Era Court DocumentEst. $200-$400
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Revolutionary War Era Court Document: Virginia, Prince Wm. County, Nov. 1781, 16.5" t x 10.25" w. References that Ann Owls servant to James Matson do serve her said master for having a base born child according to law. Multiple other
0006: Revolutionary War Era Court DocumentEst. $300-$500
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Revolutionary War Era Court Document: Virginia, Prince Wm. County, May 1782, 16.5" t x 10.25" w. Document lists multiple entries exempting owners from paying taxes of slaves. Slaves are specifically named. Multiple other interesting
0007: Revolutionary War Era Court DocumentEst. $200-$400
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Revolutionary War Era Court Document: Virginia, Prince Wm. County, May 1782, 16.5" t x 10.25" w. Document features 2 entries exempting owners from paying taxes on Negroes Moll and Pompay. Multiple other interesting entries. Scarce
0008: Revolutionary War Era Court DocumentEst. $200-$400
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Revolutionary War Era Court Document: Virginia, Prince Wm. County, August 1782, 16.5" t x 10.25" w. Oaths of John Maze and Evan Williams, order to be certified, on the Motion of William Herndon, his servant Sarah Collier, having a
0009: Revolutionary War Era Court DocumentEst. $300-$500
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Revolutionary War Era Court Document: Virginia, Prince Wm. County, August 1782, 16.5" t x 10.25" w. Settlement disbursing all property except for the Negroes. Multiple other interesting entries. Scarce Revolutionary War era document.
0010: Revolutionary War Era Court DocumentEst. $200-$400
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Revolutionary War Era Court Document: Virginia, Prince Wm. County, May 1781, ~ 16.5" t x 10.25" w. Court trial of Will alias Billy, alias William, a Mulatto slave, the property of John Taylor, Esq., for Treason. Document describes
0011: Revolutionary War Era Court DocumentEst. $600-$800
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2 Gentleman's Magazines 1775: 2 Gentleman's Magazines, interiors only for March and April 1775. Articles on Slave Smuggling in America, Thoughts on Slavery, other news from America. Interior condition very good.
0012: 2 Gentleman's Magazines 1775Est. $50-$100
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Wentworth Cheswill Document: Rockingham, New Hampshire, 1811. Cheswill was a bi-racial citizen of N.H. and considered to be the first African-American to hold public office. He was a contemporary of Paul Revere and as a
0013: Wentworth Cheswill DocumentEst. $400-$600
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Wentworth Cheswill Document: 1813 court document hand written by Cheswill. The document is a ruling between a Rockingham County resident , Walter Smith and a Strafford Yeoman resident, Joseph Durgin, for the sum of $200.
0014: Wentworth Cheswill DocumentEst. $500-$800
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Wentworth Cheswill Document: Preprinted sheriff's document, Rockingham County, 1815. Details of particular case hand written and signed by Wentworth Cheswill Justice of the Peace. A very clean signature by such an important
0015: Wentworth Cheswill DocumentEst. $200-$400Lot Passed
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1856 Estate Document: Alabama, Wilcox County, 1856 hand written double sided document dividing the Negroes of John M. Georges' Estate. The document lists how slaves were valued and monetarily divided, e.g., widows,
0016: 1856 Estate DocumentEst. $200-$400
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Anti-Slavery Lecture Ticket: 1850's admission ticket (c. 1853-1854) for Anti-Slavery Lecture by Honorable Cassius M. Clay, at the Tabernacle, Tuesday Evening, Dec. 26. Cassius M. Clay was an ardent Abolitionist and U.S
0017: Anti-Slavery Lecture TicketEst. $150-$300
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Anti-Slavery Lecture Ticket: 1854 admission ticket to Anti-Slavery Lecture by Horace Greeley, at the Broadway Tabernacle, Tuesday evening January 31st, 1854. Horace Greeley was a renowned lecturer and famous Abolitionist.
0018: Anti-Slavery Lecture TicketEst. $150-$300
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Anti-Slavery Lecture Ticket: 1854 admission ticket to Anti-Slavery Lecture by C. Lenox Remond, before the New York Anti-Slavery Society at the Tabernacle, Tuesday evening Jan. 3rd, 1854. Subject "The Disfranchised
0019: Anti-Slavery Lecture TicketEst. $150-$300
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1842 Opeloussas La. Gazette: Advertising sales of slaves as well as rewards for captured " Runaways" (slaves). Condition very good with some loss to top and right side, otherwise extremely strong print.
0020: 1842 Opeloussas La. GazetteEst. $100-$200
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Slave Bill of Sale 1863: Savannah Ga., June 18th, 1963 bill of sale for one Negro Slave named Archie Wilson, aged about nineteen years, in the amount of $3,000 received from one James Alexander Stuart, Esq. Document
0021: Slave Bill of Sale 1863Est. $400-$600
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1860 Court House Slave Auction: 1860 Georgia slave auction in front of court house door on the first Tuesday in February. The document lists slave men, woman, boy and girl. Condition is very good.
0023: 1860 Court House Slave AuctionEst. $200-$400
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Two 1866 Paymaster Expenses: 1866 U.S. Infantry Paymaster Expenses document describing expenses by white officers. Includes description of Henry "a black boy" and George "a colored." Condition fine.
0024: Two 1866 Paymaster ExpensesEst. $100-$200
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