Past Auctions

An Introduction to the Catalogue by Eric Marcus | Highlights at a Glance

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This multifaceted auction includes letters concerning abolition and the Civil Rights Movement, along with such unusual finds as a pair of slippers believed to be made by Lincoln’s seamstress.

Offering powerful material from the formation of the Montgomery Improvement Association, Frederick Douglass, and a previously unrecorded photograph of Harriet Tubman.

This sale marks the 20th annual auction for this department, featuring early photography, rare books, ephemera and more, including a copy of Ida B. Wells-Barnett's Woman's Forum, 1922; and items from Tuskegee Airmen. More information here.

This annual auction covers everything from colonialism in Africa through the American Civil War, the Civil Rights era and beyond. Of note in this year's sale is a large selection of early Black Panther material.

Features a strong selection of material related to slavery and the Civil War, early photographs of black soldiers, notable books by African-American women, black film posters and more.