Printed & Manuscript African Americana: March 2021 Auction Highlights At Auction March 25, 2021 Browse Catalogue Lot 198: Frederick Douglass, carte de visite with his signature on verso, albumen photograph by Samuel M. Fassett, 1878. Estimate $15,000 to $25,000. Catalogue Table of Contents Slavery & Abolition, Lots 1 to 47 Africa, Lots 48 to 50 Art, Lots 51 to 67 Beauty, Lots 69 to 73 Black Panthers, Lots 74 to 129 Black Power, Lots 130 to 139 Business, Lots 140 to 145 Civil Rights, Lots 146 to 184 Featured above, Lot 68: Benjamin Banneker, Banneker’s Alamanack and Ephemeris for the Year of our Lord 1793, Philadelphia, 1792. Estimate $12,000 to $18,000. Lot 259: Phillis Wheatley, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, first edition, London, 1773. Estimate $8,000 to $12,000. Lot 58: Archive of sketches, correspondence, and other papers of Masood Ali Wilbert Warren, 1940-89. Estimate $8,000 to $12,000. John W. Cromwell Library, Lots 185 to 197 Frederick Douglass, Lots 198 to 206 Education, Lots 208 to 217 Dance, Film & Theater, Lots 218 to 234 Martin Luther King Jr., Lots 246 to 257 Literature, Lots 258 to 273 Malcolm X, Lots 274 to 277 Military, Lots 279 to 294 Featured, Lot 218: Diary, photographs and correspondence of modern dance legend Katherine Dunham, 1935-2002. Estimate $8,000 to $12,000. Lot 247: Reel-to-reel tape recording of Dr. Martin Luther Kind Jr. speaking to the SCLC board, Atlanta, Georgia, 1968. Estimate $10,000 to $15,000. Lot 246: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., early draft of the Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 1963. Estimate $15,000 to $25,000. Music, Lots 295 to 312 Photography, Lots 316 to 323 Politics, Lots 324 to 330 Reconstruction, Lots 331 to 339 Religion, Lots 340 to 342 Sports, Lots 343 to 347 Women’s History, Lots 348 to 355 Featured, Lot 264: Black Opals, four issues, legendary limited-edition literary journal, Philadelphia, 1927-28. Estimate $5,000 to $7,500. Lot 305: Kool Lance, original maquette for the 1982 Cultural Freebee Jam flyer, with the printed flyer, The Bronx, 1982. Estimate $7,000 to $10,000. What You Need to Know on Auction Day This auction will be held live and conducted remotely. There will not be bidding in the room, though we accept order bids, and interested buyers will be able to participate live via the Swann Galleries App. The app is available in the App Store and on Google Play, which can also be accessed on a desktop at live.swanngalleries.com. Please note: phone bidding registrations will close the day before the sale at 4pm. At this time, our exhibition and auction location at 104 East 25th Street is closed to the public. Private viewings are available by appointment only, and must be arranged in advance. To make an appointment please contact the specialist. Specialist Rick Stattler Director, Printed & Manuscript African Americana Contact Sign up for Auction Updates to get email notifications about new catalogues, or download our Live Bidding App and enable push alerts. How to Bid at Auction Share Facebook Twitter March 1, 2021Author: Swann CommunicationsCategory: Printed & Manuscript African Americana Tags: Benjamin Banneker Civil Rights Katherine Dunham Martin Luther King Jr. Masood Ali Wilbert Warren Phillis Wheatley Printed & Manuscript African Americana Spring 2021 Auction Highlights Previous Artist Record for H.A. Volodimer in Winter 2021 Sale of Vintage Posters Next Dorothea Lange & Photography as a Tool for Social Change Recommended Posts Illustration Art: June 24, 2021 Auction Highlights Illustration Art June 2, 2021 Romare Bearden: Celebrating One Hundred Years African American Art January 21, 2011 Play Ball!: The Unlikely Tradition of Baseball Ephemera at Swann Swann April 1, 2021