Printed & Manuscript African Americana
Romare Bearden’s Letters to Art Historian Harry B. Henderson, Jr.
Here we take look at letters, postcards and greeting cards from Romare Bearden to his longtime friend and collaborat…
Old Diaries Tell the Stories of Overlooked Americans
The value of diaries on the market is largely driven by historical content and the quality of the writing. What coul…
Listen to Tapes of a 1961 Interview with Leaders of the Atlanta Student Movement
On June 8, 1961, a journalist for The Protestant Hour, a long-running and widely syndicated weekly radio program out…
The History of Books & Manuscripts at Swann Galleries
Bibliophiles of every denomination—Americana, a…
Records & Results: Printed & Manuscript African Americana
A Record for The Negro Travelers’ Green Book …
Upcoming Highlights: Printed & Manuscript African Americana
At Auction March 28 Complete Catalogue A highlight is volume one, issue one of the Mirror of Liberty, July 1838–the …
Records & Results: Printed & Manuscript African Americana
Institutional purchases dominated the buying field at our auction of Printed & Manuscript African Americana on M…
Huey Newton’s Portraits & The Founding of the Black Panthers
New findings in our March 29 auction of Printed & Manuscript African-Americana clarify information behind iconic…
A Look Inside the Catalogue: Printed & Manuscript African Americana
On March 29 we will offer Printed & Manuscript African Americana, an array of material that encompasses a wide r…
John Augustine Washington III & Mount Vernon
From the catalogue for our March 30 sale of Printed & Manuscript African Americana. The sale will feature a run …
Significant George Washington Carver Archive Coming to Auction
Among the highlights of our March 2014 auction of Printed & Manuscript African Americana is an extraordinary arc…
Notes from the Catalogue: The Emancipation Proclamation
“We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal” declares the extraordinary document brough…