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1000 Progress, Poster for Barack Obama Campaign, by Scott Hansen (American, 20th/21st Century), 2008, 1970/2000. $400-600

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1001 Gee’s Bend Quilt, Housetop by Bettie Bendolph Seltzer, 1997, pink, green, and navy blue satin with cotton backing, signed “Made by B. Seltzer 1997.”

Note: Gee’s Bend (Boykin, Alabama) is a small rural community along the Alabama River southwest of Selma.

Almost exclusively the lands of Joseph Gee and his relative Mark Pettway, who bought the Gee estate in 1850, it was the site of antebellum cotton plantations. After the Civil War, the freed slaves took the name Pettway.

They became tenant farmers for the Pettway family and founded an African American community living nearly isolated from the world. The federal government purchased land and homes from the community during the Great Depression, and much of the community left. However, many stayed, and a post office was established in 1949. The women of the area had developed a characteristic quilting style, and from the 1960s onward, Gee’s Bend gained attention for the production of quilts, even though the tradition goes back to the 19th century.

Bettie Bendolph Seltzer (1939-1917) was the daughter of quiltmaker Annie Bendolph and started quilting around age ten, using old clothes as material.

At one time she served as postmaster of Boykin. According to the website Souls Grown Deep, “Housetop,” which reigns as the area’s most favored “pattern.” Its all-around simplicity hosts many experiments in formal reduction and, at the same time, offers a compositional flexibility unchallenged by other multi-piece patterns. The “Housetop,” from the composite block down to its constituent pieces, echoes the right angles of the quilt’s borders, initiating visual exchanges between the work’s edges and what is inside.

Traditional African American “call and response,” a ritual technique of music and religious worship, is intrinsic to the target-like push and pull among elements. The feedback effects have mesmerized and inspired generations of Gee’s Bend quiltmakers. Conceived broadly, the “Housetop” is an attitude, an approach toward form and construction. It begins with a medallion of solid cloth, or one of an endless number of pieced motifs, to anchor the quilt. After that, “Housetops” share the technique of joining rectangular strips of cloth so that the end of a strip’s long side connects to one short side of a neighboring strip, eventually forming a kind of frame surrounding the central patch; increasingly larger frames or borders are added until a block is declared complete. $2,500-3,500

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1002 Sojourner Truth Carte-de-visite, portrait of Sojourner Truth seated at a table, with imprint below image, “I sell the Shadow to Support the Substance/ Sojourner Truth,” verso reads “Entered according to the act of Congress in the year 1864 by Sojourner Truth, in the Clerk’s Office, of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Mich.” (scattered spotting on image). $1,000-1,500 1003 Sojourner Truth Carte-de-visite, bust-length portrait of Sojourner Truth, with imprint below image, “I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance/ Sojourner Truth,” verso reads “Entered according to the act of Congress in the year 1864 by Sojourner Truth, in the Clerk’s Office, of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Mich.” (image has lightened). $1,000-1,500 1004 Sojourner Truth Carte-de-visite, portrait of Sojourner Truth seated at a table, with imprint below image, “I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance/ Sojourner Truth,” verso reads “Entered according to the act of Congress in the year 1864 by Sojourner Truth, in the Clerk’s Office, of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Mich.,” (some spotting, fading). $1,000-1,500 1005 Freedom a Fable, by Kara Elizabeth Walker, 1997, pop-up silhouette book, from the edition of 4,000 published

by Peter Norton Family Christmas Projects. $1,500-2,500 1006 Narrative of a Five Year’s Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, by Capt. J.G. Stedman, London: for Johnson, 1813, two large quarto volumes, second edition, untrimmed, frontispiece in volume one. $1,000-1,500 1007 My Bondage and Freedom, by Frederick Douglass, New York & Auburn: Miller, Orton, & Mulligan, 1855, first edition, portrait frontispiece, bound in contemporary full cloth, (worn, frontispiece foxed). $600-800

1009 Twelve Years a Slave. Narrative of Solomon Northup, A Citizen of New York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853, From a Common Plantation Near the Red River, in Louisiana, by Solomon Northup, 1853, Auburn: Derby and Miller, green embossed cloth, (separation from spine, wear, staining). $700-900 1010 Letter from the Secretary of the Navy Transmitting Information in Relation to the Introduction of Slaves into the United States, January 7, 1820, Washington, printed

by Gales and Seaton, (foxing, toning, separation at folds). $200-300 1011 A Preliminary Essay on the Exiled Sons of Africa, Consisting of Animadversions of the Impolicy and Barbarity of the Deleterious Commerce and Subsequent Slavery of the Human Species; to Which is Added, a Desultory Letter Written to Napoleon Bonaparte, 1801,

by Thomas Branagan, 1804, John W. Scott, Philadelphia, inscribed, “Daniel Underhill’s Book,” (front cover reattached with tape, abrasions). $400-600 1012 Pictures of Slavery and AntiSlavery, by John Bell Robinson, 1863, Philadelphia, hardcover, (toning, foxing, chipping to some pages). $200-250 1013 Four Framed Harper’s Weekly Pages, 9 3/4 x 14 3/4 in. $150-250 1014 The Soldier in Our Civil War: A Pictorial History of the Conflict, 1861-1865, Illustrating the Valor of the Soldier as Displayed on the Battle-field, By Paul Mottelay, New York: Stanley Bradley, 1890. $200-250

1015 Two Volumes of Harper’s Magazine, weekly editions from January 4, 1862– December 27, 1862, monthly editions from June, 1850-May, 1853. $200-250 1016 Highly Colored, by Octavus Roy Cohen, 1921, New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, (damage to spine, no dust jacket). $75-125 1017 War Pictures. Experiences and Observations of Chaplain in the U.S. Army in the War of Southern Rebellion, by Rev. J.B. Rogers, “Chaplain of the 14th Wis. Vols.,” 1863, Chicago, Church & Goodman, hardcover, (spine lifting). $200-300 1018 From Dixie to Canada: A History of the Underground Railroad, by H.U. Johnson, 1894, Orwell, Ohio, volume I, printed by Charles Wells Moulton, Buffalo, New York, green cloth, (edge wear, abrasions). $200-400 1019 The Public Life of Capt. John Brown,

by James Redpath, 1860, Boston: Thayer and Eldridge, embossed brown cloth, (fading, wear to spine, loss, foxing, toning, and staining). $100-150 1020 Our Islands and Their People as Seen with Camera and Pencil, by Major-General Joseph Wheeler, N.D. Thompson Publishing Co., 1899, two volumes. $150-250 1021 Roll, Jordan, Roll, by Julia Peterkin, New York: Robert O. Ballou, 1933, trade edition, (no dust jacket, not signed.) $80-100 1022 Scott’s Official History of the American Negro in the World War,

by Emmet J. Scott, 1919, (spine damage, edge wear). $80-100

1022A Stride Toward Freedom, by Martin Luther King Jr., 1958, New York, Harper Brothers, first edition, black cloth spine and blue cloth boards, silver stamping, in chipped dust jacket, with stamp from Veterans Administration Hospital Library, Tuskegee, Alabama, (toning, losses, creases and abrasions to dust jacket).

Note: Dr. King’s first book, telling the story of the Montgomery bus boycott that started the American civil rights movement that swept the South in the 1960s. $300-500 1023 Eight Typed Plays from the Wetmore Declamation Bureau, Sioux City, Iowa. $100-150 1024 Female of the Bushman Race, from Dr. Prichard’s Natural History of Man, lithograph, “London Published by Baillière, 1848,» framed, (toning, not examined out of frame). $300-500 1025 Native of Mozambique, from Dr. Prichard’s Natural History of Man, lithograph, “Published by H. Baillière, 1842,» framed, (not examined out of frame). $400-600

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1008 The History of the Rise, Progress, and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade by the British Parliament, Vol. II, by Thomas Clarkson, 1808, Philadelphia, James P. Parke; Brown and Merritt Printers, (wear, foxing, toning). $300-500

1026 Benguela Angola, from Dr. Prichard’s Natural History of Man, lithograph, “Published by Baillière, London, 1842,» framed, (not examined out of frame). $400-600 1027 Early 18th Century Document, “Abstract of the account of the neat money arisen for uses of her Ma’ty’s Civill Govermt between the 8th of March 1701 & Michas 1712,” lists dozens of funds raised during this period from such sources as rents, taxes, tithes of clergy, licenses, fines, wood sales to the Navy, rents from the Duchess of Cornwall, sale of lands to Richard Topham, and much more. $200-400

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1028 William Pepperrell Letter Regarding Ability to Sail a Ship, 1729, “a copy to Thos Hasby (?) esq.”

Note: William Pepperrell was a prosperous New England merchant who transported goods to the West Indies and Europe. He was an accomplished soldier, financing and leading the expedition that captured Fortress Louisbourg in France, 1745, during the King George’s War. $500-700

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1029 Bill of Lading for the Slave Ship Juno, leaving Dublin bound for New York, Saban Gardner, April 1796, partially printed document, (losses to corners). $150-250

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1030 Needlework Map of England, by “M. Hume, Bristol, March 1786,” silk and wool threads on linen, (toning, fading, scattered losses to linen and black threads), in a 20th century frame. $500-700 1031 Schoolgirl Needlework “Map of England and Wales,” late 18th/early 19th century, the map surrounded by a floral vine, silk threads on silk, (some shattering, toning), in an oval gilt-gesso frame. $400-600 1032 Map of George Anson’s Voyage, 1740, charting British Commodore George Anson’s 1740-44 voyage around the world; in a folder signed “Thomas Lindsey,” apparently the original owner. $200-250 1033 Man’s Handmade Linen Shirt, 19th century, “J.M.” embroidered on the front. $300-500

1035 Wooden Noisemaker, late 18th/early 19th century.

Provenance: Purchased at auction in Ohio. $50-75 1036 Telescope and Stand in Wooden Case, 19th century. $400-600 1037 Five Rush-seat Side Chairs and a Black-painted Armed Rocking Chair, 19th century. $150-250 1038 The Connecticut Courant Newspaper, October 7, 1799, includes advertisements for “Good St. Croix Rum, Brandy... Havannah [sic] Molasses,” etc., (edge chipping, toning, folds). $200-300 1039 Stack of Partial and Full Mid-19th Century Newspapers, including National Anti-Slavery Standard, Christian Register, New York Tribune, The Courier, Christian Register, and The Republic, (losses, toning, edge chipping). $200-250 1040 Five Issues of The Liberator, June and February 1846; December 1851; April 1857; and January 1863, (edge chipping, staining, toning, creases, folds and some old taped repairs). $600-800 1040A The Marriage of Pocahontas, engraving, framed. $150-250

1034 Calico Wet Nurse Dress, 19th century, (losses). $700-900

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1041 Missionary Ragbaby, Julia Beecher, Elmira, New York, c. 1900, black stockinette with needle sculpted face, painted eyes and mouth, looped hair, and stitched ears; with extra clothes including two pairs of bloomers, two white dresses, a pair of red stockings, a pair of shoes; and three blue ribbons from a county fair (holes in cheek and nose; loss of hair; wear on hands), ht.

23 in.

Note: Julia Beecher was the pastor’s wife of the Park Congregational Church in Elmira, New York and also the sister-in-law of Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Julia began making stockinette dolls for family members, but when others started requesting them, she enlisted the help of the church’s sewing circle.

Soon, the group began making dolls to support their missionary efforts.

Missionary Ragbabies were made from 1893 to 1910. $2,500-3,500 1042 Painted Cloth Black Male Doll, 19th century, wearing wool jacket, tweed trousers, and felt top hat. $300-500 1043 Painted Black Wooden Finger Puppet, 19th century, cloth body, handmade clothes. $200-300 1044 Carved and Painted Articulated Figure of a Black Man on a Horse, late 19th/early 20th century, felt pants and horse blanket. $200-250 1045 Large Black Cloth Dolls, a man and a woman, with sewn facial features, handmade coordinated outfits. $200-250 1046 Two Large Black Stockinette Dolls, red painted facial features, salmon paisley dress, (damage to nose). $200-300 1047 Cloth Izannah Walker-style Art Doll, with plaid dress. $150-250

1049 Carved and Painted Articulated Clockwork Doll, (tears to clothing). $200-250 1050 Pair of Painted and Articulated Clockwork Dolls, 19th century, (damage). $300-500 1051 Two Black Cloth Dolls and a Civil War-era Letter, mid-19th century, the letter from a “James M. King, Co. E., 52nd Reg. Banks Division N.Y.,” to his friend Dora, January 17, 1863. $200-400 1052 Walnut Folding Campaign Chair, mid-19th century. $300-500 1053 Twenty-one Trade Tokens, Love Tokens, Civil War Tokens, Commemorative Tokens, and Coins, including a “Saratoga” 12.5 cents, a “Dix,” a “D.B. Smith & Co.,” and an “Army & Navy.” $150-250 1054 1862 Confederate $100 Note, T39, Cr. 290, approximately F. $50-100 1055 1788 Barbados Penny, approximately VF/XF. $100-150 1056 1875 Battle of Lexington Centennial Commemorative White Metal Medal, HK-18. $100-200

1057 Sixteen Coins, including four 1946 Booker T. Washington commemorative half dollars, two 1952 Washington/ Carver commemorative half dollars, a 1958-D Franklin half dollar, eight ancient mostly Islamic coins, a 1998 Crispus Attucks commemorative dollar, and a musket ball purportedly from the Brandywine battlefield. $100-200 1058 Scene Before the Theatre at Natchez, “drawn and etched by A. Hervieu,” 4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in., framed, (not examined out of frame). $300-500 1059 Two Framed Lithographs, News From Home, depicting sailors reading letters; and Who Pays His Debts Grows Rich (in French), depicting President Jackson in military uniform collecting money from the French. $200-400 1060 Thomas Brown Cornell (American, 1937-2012) Drypoint Etching of Frederick Douglass, c. 1965, signed lower right, 5 1/8 x 4 in., framed. $300-500 1061 Round Metal Button Picturing “Wm Jackson” and “J.C. Jackson,” with beaded gold edge.

Note: William A. Jackson worked as a coachman and house slave for Jefferson Davis. While working in the Davis household, Jackson was able to listen to conversations between Davis and other Confederate officials.

Davis escaped and fled north in 1861.

He shared his knowledge about troop deployments, plans, and supplies with the Union, making him an important part of the Union effort. $300-500 1062 Two Magic Lantern Glass Slides, one depicting a slave girl standing in front of a brick building with her arms crossed; the other of a young man in front of a brick building. $150-250

1063 Half-plate Tintype Depicting a Man with a Dog, mat stamped “Ball & Thomas/ 120 W.4th.St.Cin.O.,” housed in a half case, (not examined out of case).

Note: According to the Cincinnati Historical Library, J.P. Ball, a noted African American photographer, opened his first studio in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1845, then became an itinerant photographer, traveling to Pittsburgh, Richmond, and throughout Ohio. He eventually resettled in Cincinnati in 1849 and opened a Daguerreian Gallery downtown, which subsequently became one of the most well-known galleries in the U.S. During the early 1850s, when Ball opened an additional gallery in Cincinnati, he hired his future brother-in-law, Alexander Thomas, to work with him, and by 1857, he became a full partner in the business. Ball and Thomas’ gallery was soon known as “the finest photographic gallery west of the Allegheny Mountains.”

In March 1860, the partnership between J.P. Ball and Alexander Thomas dissolved, but J.P. Ball’s younger brother, Thomas C. Ball, continued to work as a studio photographer with Alexander Thomas until his death in 1875. $400-600 1064 Four Tintypes Depicting African Americans, an African American woman holding a white child; a seated child in a light colored dress; a seated woman; and a small image of a white infant seated with the hands of an African American caretaker in the background. $500-700

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1048 Three Black Baby Dolls, 20th century. $200-250

1065 Four Cased Tintypes and Daguerreotype Depicting Mixed Race Children, 19th century. $300-500 1066 Tintype Depicting a Lady with a Book, 19th century. $100-150 1067 Five Tintypes Depicting Standing African American Men, 19th century, (creases, abrasions). $300-500

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1068 Three Tintypes Depicting Seated African Americans. $200-400 1069 Three Tintypes Depicting Seated African American Men. $200-400 1070 Three Tintypes Depicting African American Men, 19th century. $150-200 1071 Eight Tintypes Depicting African American Women, 19th century, (abrasions, creases, losses). $150-250

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1072 Five Photographs and Cabinet Cards Depicting African Americans. $150-250

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1073 Eight Victorian Cabinet Cards Depicting African Americans, from studios in Mt. Vernon, Ohio. $150-250 1074 Fifteen Victorian Photographs Depicting African Americans. $200-250 1075 Five Tintypes of African Americans, 19th century, one of two children, one of seated man holding a hat and cane, a bust-length view of a young man, and two of seated women. $300-500 1076 Six Images of African Americans, four tintypes, a cabinet card, and a cased daguerreotype, (lifting and losses to the daguerreotype). $100-150 1077 Archives of the John Boardman, Starbuck, and Folger Families, approximately eighty documents. $800-1,200

1078 1850 Slave Ship Receipt Book, trading goods into Liverpool, suede bound, with “RECEIPTS” on the spine. $300-500 1079 Cuban Slave Insurance Document, “LA PROTECTORA. COMPANIA GENERAL CUBANA DE SEGUROS MUTUOS SOBRE LA VIDA DE LOS ESCLAVOS,” partially printed document, signed in Havana 1858. $100-200 1080 Four Pages Extracted from a Printed Folio Volume of State Laws, late 18th century, pages 229-232 including “An Act Concerning Indian, Molatto, and Negro Servants, and Slaves,” likely taken from an edition of the Acts and Laws of the State of Connecticut. $250-350 1081 James Fenimore Cooper Signed Letter to a Gentleman, c. 1830s, “The Grand Jury have formd a bill against Domnigo Joseph Dos Santos for being concerned in fitting out the Brig San Nicholas as a slaver,” letter 3 x 4 1/2 in., (not examined out of frame).

1085 Double-handled Sickle and Wooden Mallet. $75-125 1085A Woven Splint Basket. $200-400 1086 Slave Restraint Wrist Screw with Chain, 18th century, in a shadow box frame. $600-800 1087 Middle Passage Iron Bilboes or Leg Irons.

Provenance: Hemingway Gallery, New York. $700-900 1088 Wrought Iron Branding Iron. $200-400 1089 Slave Shackles, 19th century. $300-500

Provenance: Purchased at RR Auction, Amherst, New Hampshire, June 2014.

1090 Iron Shackles, 17th or 18th century. $200-300

Note: In 1836 charges were brought against Dos Santos and associates for equipping and loading the brig San Nicholas as a slave-trading vessel intending to travel to Africa and procuring negroes for the purpose of selling them as slaves in the United States. Cooper served as foreman of the grand jury. $800-1,200

1091 Margaret Bourke White (American, 1904-1971) Blackie Ain’t Good for Nothing, He’s Just an Old Hound Dog, Associated Press photo, stamped “Nov. 19, 1937” on reverse, 9 x 7 in., unframed. $400-600

1082 Two Pairs of Children’s Shoes and a Single Shoe, late 18th/early 19th century. $300-500 1083 Woven Splint Basket, 19th century, round form with handle.

Provenance: Clark Farm, Virginia. $300-500 1084 Wooden Band with Bell, 19th century. $300-500

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1092 Four Tintypes of African American Men, 19th century, two in cases. $200-250 1093 Eleven Photographs of African Americans. $50-100 1094 Photograph of the East Arlington Volunteer Fire Company, African American firemen in uniform standing in front of a fire truck, framed, (stained and taped mat; not examined out of frame). $50-100

1104 Boat with Three Men, 19th century, possibly Trinidad, carved, articulated wooden figures with cloth clothes, (old repairs). $300-500

1096 Ten Postcards Depicting African Americans. $75-100

1105 Three Carved and Painted Figures, South Africa. $100-200

1097 Collection of Family Photographs, 1920-60s. $50-75

1106 Le Petit Journal Cover, 1911, “scene de lynchage aux etats-unis.” $100-150

1098 Eleven Photographs of African Americans, early 20th century, engaged in activities such as horseback riding, driving, swimming, and playing tennis. $100-200

1107 Black Legion Ku Klux Klan Robe, 1920s-30s, with insignia. $300-500

1099 Ten Photographs and a Print Depicting African Americans, (losses, abrasions). $75-1,250 1100 Thirteen Photographs of African Americans, including occupational: pharmacist and cooks. $100-200 1101 Four Photographs of African American Children. $150-250 1102 Yard-long Framed Photograph of Construction Crew on a Bridge. $100-150 1102A Framed Photograph of RTC 163 in Uniform. $200-250 1103 Framed Yard-long Photo of a Naval Officers’ Class. $150-250

1108 Group of Ku Klux Klan Ephemera, including pamphlets, identification card, and booklets. $200-300 1109 Elizabeth Catlett (American, 19152012) Survivor, linocut, 1983, signed and numbered “997/1000” in pencil, 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 in., framed, (not examined out of frame). $1,000-1,500 1110 Sister Mary Corita Kent (American, 1918-1986) Black is Beautiful, serigraph, framed, (not examined out of frame). $400-600 1111 Sister Mary Corita Kent (American, 1918-1986) The King is dead. Love your brother., serigraph, framed, (not examined out of frame). $400-600 1112 Faith Ringgold (American, b. 1930) Under a Blood Red Sky, color lithograph, 2000, signed, titled, dated, and numbered in pencil in the lower margin, no. 25 from the edition of 40, unframed. $2,000-4,000

1113 Faith Ringgold (American, b.

1930) Four Little Girls Bombed in a Church, color silkscreen, 2007, signed, dated, and numbered in pencil in the lower margin, artist’s proof, unframed. $1,000-1,500 1114 Renee Stout (American, b. 1958) Three Lithographs Housed in a Single Frame, Church Wall, 9/29; Black 9 Reflects, 9/28, and Fatima and Black, 9/26; each signed lower right and dated “2007,” framed, (not examined out of frame). $1,500-2,500 1115 Carl G. Hill (American, 20th Century) Pastel of Frederick Douglass, signed and dated “1940” lower right, unframed, (taped repairs, tears, toning). $75-125 1116 Chris Clark (American, 20th Century), Baptism, acrylic paint on handmade quilt, signed and dated “95” lower right, framed. $200-400 1117 Six Unframed Sister Mary Corita Kent (American, 1918-1986) Serigraphs. $200-400

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1095 Two Booker T. Washington Pieces, a 1902 postcard and a stereoview card depicting him with distinguished guests at the Tuskegee Institute. $100-150

1118 Sister Mary Corita Kent (American, 1918-1986) Two Serigraphs, Ornery and You Have the Right to Work, signed in pencil, unframed. $300-500 1119 Floyd Gordon (American, 20th Century) Oil on Paper Depicting a Lady Picking Cotton, signed and dated “’89” lower right, framed. $300-500 1120 Floyd Gordon (American, 20th Century) Watercolor Depicting an African American Man Sitting in a Rocking Chair, signed and dated “’89” lower right, framed.

Provenance: Purchased from the artist. $400-600

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1121 Floyd Gordon (American 20th/21st Century) Watercolor Depicting Men with Shovels, 38 1/2 x 28 1/2 in., framed. $300-500 1122 19th Century Continental School Oil on Board Orientalist Scene, depicting a nude white woman with African male and female slaves at her feet, illegibly signed and dated “1870” lower left, 8 x 16 in., in a gilt-gesso frame. $300-500

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1123 Georges Schreiber (American, 1904-1977), The List, lithograph, 1947, signed lower right, depicting the suffering in the aftermath of a terrible coal mining accident in Centralia, Illinois, 10 1/2 x 17 in., framed. $200-250

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1124 20th Century South African School Oil on Canvas The Happy Shepherd, signed and dated “’97” lower right, titled in pencil on the reverse, 22 x 18 in., framed, (very small hole in canvas on the child’s head; small patch on the reverse). $200-250 1125 David Mbele (South African, b. 1940) Two Works Depicting Musicians, pastel on paper, signed lower center, 12 x 8 1/2 in., both framed. $200-250 1126 David Mbele (South African, b.

1940), Two Miners, signed and dated lower right, charcoal on paper, 16 x 12 in., framed. $100-200 1127 Tavari Hill (American, 20th Century) Oil on Canvas Depicting Two Children, 39 x 27 in., framed. $100-200 1128 Bill Hickman (American, b. 1955) Welded Metal Mask with Spiked Hair, signed and dated “’97” lower right.

Note: Bill Hickman is a self-taught artist, who has been working with metal for twenty-five years. He resides in North Carolina. $150-250

1129 20th Century Haitian School Oil on Canvas Depicting Women with Fruit, signed lower right, 24 x 20 in. $150-250 1129A 20th Century Caribbean School Oil on Canvas Market Scene. $150-250 1130 Twenty-two Black Panther Press Photographs, including Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. $300-500 1131 David Mosley (American, 20th/21st Century), Soul on Ice, Black Panther poster, 1969, lithograph on paper, Frank Kay Distributors, Inc., unframed. $200-250 1132 H. Rap Brown Poster, 1967, San Francisco, from a charcoal drawing

by Ervin H. Cobbs, 19 1/2 x 29 in., unframed. $300-500 1133 Le Roi Jones Poster, 1967, San Francisco, from a charcoal drawing by Ervin H. Cobbs, 20 3/4 x 28 3/4 in., unframed. $200-400 1134 Two Civil Rights Era Photographs, one of Floyd McKissick and Stokely Carmichael embracing after McKissick addressed an audience on black power at Howard University; the other of George Washington McLaurin, who was the first African American person admitted to Oklahoma’s State University, and his wife. $75-125 1135 Photograph of Joe Lewis and Others, mid-1960s. $100-200 1136 Three Press Photos of Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley.

Provenance: The estate of Walter Zeboski (1929-2012), a retired Associated Press photographer who covered California politics. $75-100

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1137 Four Large Format Photographs of African American Railroad and Construction Workers, (tears, creases, and losses). $200-250 1138 Press Photo of Thomas Hagan, 1965.

Note: One of the Black Islam members responsible for the assassination of Negro Nationalist Leader Malcolm X, Thomas Hagan was shot by one of Malcolm X’s aides before being arrested, serving 45 years in prison. $75-125 1139 Two Press Photographs of Betty Shabazz, May 20, 1971, Oakland, California, at the anniversary of Malcolm X’s death. $200-300 1140 Four Issues of JET Magazine, May and July 1963; March 1965; and April 1969; covers include Martin Luther King Jr. and Muhammad Ali. $150-200 1141 Painted Cast Iron Yard Ornament, young man holding a lantern on a square plinth, (repaint, glass broken). $300-500 1142 Two Domestic Items, Jack Frost sugar bag and Luzianne chicory coffee can. $100-150 1143 Pair of Women’s Leather Boots. $200-250 1144 No lot.

1145 Pair of Men’s Leather High-top Shoes.

Note: Found in slave quarters. $75-125 1146 Seven Ceramic Banks and Salt and Pepper Shakers, 20th century, souvenirs from Puerto Rico. $150-250

1148 Framed Autographed Photo of Pearl Bailey and Two Press Photos of Mahalia Jackson. $100-150 1149 Rachel Romero (American, 20th/21st Century) Bob Marley Poster, 1982, The Poster Brigade, San Francisco, California. $150-250 1150 Carved African Figure with Shackles. $300-500

1156 Ibibio Puppet, Nigeria, male figure with articulated arms, legs, and jaw.

1166 Zulu Leather Skirt, decorated with trade beads.

Provenance: Purchased in Cape Town, South Africa. $250-350

Provenance: Hemingway Gallery, New York. $500-700

1157 Iron Shackles, 19th century. $150-250

1167 Zulu Leather Skirt, beaded.

1158 Iron Shackles, 19th century. $300-500 1159 Iron Restraints, 19th century, with key. $200-300

1152 Benin Mixed-metal Model of a Boat, Nigeria, probably depicting the exile of Ovonramwen Nogbaisi, the last Oba (king) of the Kingdom of Benin, and his two wives surrounded by British soldiers, 11 1/4 x 12 1/2 in.

Provenance: Ivey-Selkirk Auctioneers, St. Louis, Missouri, October 2011. $300-500 1153 Large Carved Hardwood African Container with Lid. $300-500 1154 Boy’s Ceremonial Initiation Mask, Yaka Democratic Republic of Congo, carved and painted wood with exaggerated features and raffia hair.

Provenance: Hemingway Gallery, New York. $200-400 1155 Lobi Wood Stool, 20th century, stylized zoomorphic bench carved from a single piece of dense wood.

Provenance: Purchased at Skinner, Boston. $150-200

1168 Zulu Beaded Wool Blanket, with glass beads and shell buttons, labeled Waverley blanket, (separation at borders and extensive moth damage).

Provenance: Hemingway Gallery, New York. $75-125

1159A Branding Iron. $200-300

1151 Three Carved Kuba Cups.

Provenance: Purchased at Susanin’s Auction, Chicago. $250-350

Provenance: Hemingway Gallery, New York. $500-700

1160 Bamileke Glass Beaded Statue, Cameroon, with red, white, blue, and black beads. $300-500 1161 Carved Figure of a Standing Blindfolded Man, Africa, 20th century. $200-250 1162 Two Fali Fertility Dolls, carved wood decorated with beads.

Provenance: Purchased in Cape Town, South Africa. $300-500 1163 Two Carved Figural Head Rests, Africa, 20th century. $200-250 1164 African Wood Carving of a Man and Two Heddle Pulleys. $200-400 1165 Zulu Woman’s Hat, Africa, basketwork of human hair and fabric.

Provenance: Hemingway Gallery, New York. $400-600

1169 Zulu Horn Hat. Provenance: Hemingway Gallery, New York. $200-400 1170 African Wooden Shoes.

Provenance: Skinner, Boston. $100-200

The Robinson Collection online

1147 Two Cast Iron Pieces, painted Mammy figure and match holder in the form of a black man’s face. $100-150

1171 Maasai Calabash, hollowed out gourd with leather and beads.

Provenance: Purchased in South Africa. $75-125 1172 Dogon Kanaga Mask, carved wood with polychrome paint.

Provenance: Hemingway Gallery, New York. $200-400 1173 Dan or We (Gere) Mask, Ivory Coast, carved wooden face with slit eyes, shells. $300-500 1174 Carved Baule Statue, depicting a woman with a child on her back. $400-600

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1175 Senufo Mask, Ivory Coast, carved hardwood, fabric, and shells.

1183 Carved Hardwood Baule Female Figure, 20th century.

Provenance: Hemingway Gallery, New York. $200-400

Provenance: Hemingway Gallery, New York. $200-400

1176 Baule Priest Statue, late 19th/early 20th century, Niembo chiefdom, Democratic Republic of Congo, depicted standing on the “head of the world.�

1184 Two Carved and Painted Figures, male and female. $150-250

1194 Yoruba Carved Wood Female Figure, seated figure with red, blue, and black paint. $150-250

1185 Carved Pulley, Bambara or Mali, Ivory Coast, carved with naturalistic face and hair.

1195 Namchi Fetish Fertility Doll, Cameroon, late 19th/early 20th century.

Provenance: Hemingway Gallery, New York. $200-250

Provenance: Purchased in South Africa. $200-250

1186 Wood Carvings of a Woman and a Pig, New Guinea, 20th century. $150-250

1196 African Cuff Bracelet, 20th century, Burkina Faso, Mossi. $200-300

1187 Yoruba Gong Set Currency, Nigeria, in a shadow box frame. $400-600

1197 Small Bronze Fertility Figure. $200-250

Provenance: Hemingway Gallery, New York. $200-400 1177 Guro Mask, Ivory Coast, carved hardwood female face.

The Robinson Collection online

Provenance: A Barbary Coast estate. $300-500

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1178 African Wooden Headrest, Poko peoples, Kenya, late 19th century.

Provenance: Gonzales Antiques, Kensington, Maryland. $200-250 1179 Chambra Gourd Drum, wood with animal hide covering.

Provenance: Hemingway Gallery, New York. $100-150 1180 Dengese King Figure, 20th century.

Provenance: Hemingway Gallery, New York. $200-250 1181 Ndebele Wedding Cape, cotton and glass beadwork.

Provenance: Purchased in South Africa. $300-500 1182 Large Carved Dance Mask, 20th century. $300-500

1188 Carved Baule Monkey Spirit Figure, late 19th/early 20th century.

Provenance: Hemingway Gallery, New York. $300-500 1189 Fetish Plank, Bakongo, Democratic Republic of Congo. $200-250 1190 Congo Fetish Figure, 20th century.

Provenance: Hemingway Gallery, New York. $300-500 1191 Carved Baule Male Statue, Ivory Coast, late 19th/early 20th century. $100-200 1192 Tobacco Holder, Malaysia, carved hardwood with double heads. $200-400

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1193 Akan Currency Bracelet.

Provenance: Hemingway Gallery, New York. $150-250

1198 Shackles and Neck Iron, housed in a shadow box frame. $400-600 1199 Carved Wooden Head of a Woman. $150-250 1200 Carved Wooden Figure of a Man with a Drum. $200-300

End of Sale 3063T

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