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  • Eleven Josephine Baker Postcards.
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    $200 - $400
    Lot 576

    Eleven Josephine Baker Postcards.

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    $200 - $400
  • Four Josephine Baker Postcards.
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    $200 - $300
    Lot 577

    Four Josephine Baker Postcards.

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    $200 - $300
  • Nine Josephine Baker Postcards / Advertising Cards.
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    $250 - $350
    Lot 578

    Nine Josephine Baker Postcards / Advertising Cards.

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    $250 - $350
  • Fourteen Josephine Baker Postcards.
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    $200 - $300
    Lot 579

    Fourteen Josephine Baker Postcards.

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    $200 - $300
  • Josephine Baker Trade and Tobacco Card Collection.
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    $400 - $600
    Lot 580

    Josephine Baker Trade and Tobacco Card Collection.

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    $400 - $600
  • Lot of Josephine Baker Programs, Handbills, and Photos.
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    $200 - $300
    Lot 581

    Lot of Josephine Baker Programs, Handbills, and Photos.

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    $200 - $300
  • La Revue des Folies Bergere. 1926—27.
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    $300 - $500
    Lot 582

    La Revue des Folies Bergere. 1926—27.

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    $300 - $500
  • Folies Bergere 1937 / En Super Folies.
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    $100 - $200
    Lot 583

    Folies Bergere 1937 / En Super Folies.

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    $100 - $200
  • Collection of Josephine Baker Sheet Music.
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    $250 - $500
    Lot 584

    Collection of Josephine Baker Sheet Music.

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    $250 - $500
  • Five Pieces of 19th Century Jim Crow / Minstrelsy Sheet Music.   (
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    $200 - $300
    Lot 585

    Five Pieces of 19th Century Jim Crow / Minstrelsy Sheet Music. (

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    $200 - $300
  • Sobbin’ Blues. Successfully Featured by King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band.
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    $200 - $300
    Lot 586

    Sobbin’ Blues. Successfully Featured by King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band.

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    $200 - $300
  • Mobile Blues. Featured by Jimmy Wade’s Moulin Rouge Syncopators.
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    $100 - $200
    Lot 587

    Mobile Blues. Featured by Jimmy Wade’s Moulin Rouge Syncopators.

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    $100 - $200
  • Collection of Postcards of Black “Cake Walkers,” Musicians, and Other Performers.
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    $200 - $300
    Lot 588

    Collection of Postcards of Black “Cake Walkers,” Musicians, and Other Performers.

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    $200 - $300
  • Lot of 15 Jazz / Black Musicians Handbills and Programs.
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    $300 - $500
    Lot 589

    Lot of 15 Jazz / Black Musicians Handbills and Programs.

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    $300 - $500
  • Arnett Cobb Signed Real Photo Postcard.
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    $80 - $125
    Lot 590

    Arnett Cobb Signed Real Photo Postcard.

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    $80 - $125
  • Ella Fitzgerald, Chick Webb, and Bardu Ali Signed Table Tent.
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    $200 - $300
    Lot 591

    Ella Fitzgerald, Chick Webb, and Bardu Ali Signed Table Tent.

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    $200 - $300
  • Angela Davis Wanted by FBI Flyer. 1970.
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    $50 - $100
    Lot 592

    Angela Davis Wanted by FBI Flyer. 1970.

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    $50 - $100
  • Group of Four Attica Brigade Protest Posters and Flyers.
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    $250 - $350
    Lot 593

    Group of Four Attica Brigade Protest Posters and Flyers.

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    $250 - $350
  • Civil War Enlistment of Black Soldier in Union Army.
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    $200 - $400
    Lot 594

    Civil War Enlistment of Black Soldier in Union Army.

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    $200 - $400
  • Civil War CDV of Black Soldiers at Palmyra Bend, Mississippi.
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    $500 - $1,000
    Lot 595

    Civil War CDV of Black Soldiers at Palmyra Bend, Mississippi.

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    $500 - $1,000
  • Nigger to Nigger.
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    $200 - $300
    Lot 596

    Nigger to Nigger.

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    $200 - $300
  • The Negro A Beast, or “In the Image of God.”
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    $300 - $500
    Lot 597

    The Negro A Beast, or “In the Image of God.”

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    $300 - $500
  • The Negro A Beast, or “In the Image of God.” Salesman’s Dummy.
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    $500 - $700
    Lot 598

    The Negro A Beast, or “In the Image of God.” Salesman’s Dummy.

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    $500 - $700
  • A Coon Alphabet, with an Original Kemble Illustration.
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    $1,000 - $1,500
    Lot 599

    A Coon Alphabet, with an Original Kemble Illustration.

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    $1,000 - $1,500
  • Kemble’s Pickaninnies: A Collection of Southern Sketches.
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    $300 - $500
    Lot 600

    Kemble’s Pickaninnies: A Collection of Southern Sketches.

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    $300 - $500
  • Kemble’s Coons: A Collection of Southern Sketches.
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    $200 - $300
    Lot 601

    Kemble’s Coons: A Collection of Southern Sketches.

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    $200 - $300
  • Coontown’s 400.
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    $300 - $500
    Lot 602

    Coontown’s 400.

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    $300 - $500
  • The Thompson Street Juvenile Club Holds a Debate.
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    $150 - $250
    Lot 603

    The Thompson Street Juvenile Club Holds a Debate.

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    $150 - $250
  • Lectures Before the Thompson Street Poker Club.
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    $150 - $250
    Lot 604

    Lectures Before the Thompson Street Poker Club.

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    $150 - $250
  • Is the Negro a Beast? Reply to Chas. Carroll’s Book.
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    $150 - $250
    Lot 605

    Is the Negro a Beast? Reply to Chas. Carroll’s Book.

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    $150 - $250
  • Ten Little Niggers and Other Stories.
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    $300 - $500
    Lot 606

    Ten Little Niggers and Other Stories.

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    $300 - $500
  • 10 Little Negroes. A New Version.
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    $250 - $350
    Lot 607

    10 Little Negroes. A New Version.

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    $250 - $350
  • New Coon Jokes.
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    $150 - $250
    Lot 608

    New Coon Jokes.

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    $150 - $250
  • Lot of 14 Embossed Alligator / Black Americana Postcards.
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    $600 - $900
    Lot 609

    Lot of 14 Embossed Alligator / Black Americana Postcards.

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    $600 - $900
  • Four Photographs of Black Boys, Studio of O. Pierre Havens.
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    $600 - $800
    Lot 610

    Four Photographs of Black Boys, Studio of O. Pierre Havens.

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    $600 - $800
  • Photograph of Black Children Eating Watermelon.
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    $200 - $300
    Lot 611

    Photograph of Black Children Eating Watermelon.

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    $200 - $300
  • Photograph of a Black Girl Eating Watermelon.
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    $100 - $200
    Lot 612

    Photograph of a Black Girl Eating Watermelon.

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    $100 - $200
  • The New Union Club.
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    $800 - $1,200
    Lot 613

    The New Union Club.

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    $800 - $1,200
  • Probable Effects of Over Female Emigration, or Importing the Fair Sex from the Savage Islands.
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    $400 - $600
    Lot 614

    Probable Effects of Over Female Emigration, or Importing the Fair Sex from the Savage Islands.

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    $400 - $600
  • Flowers of Ugliness No. 9. Virginia Stock.
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    $700 - $1,000
    Lot 615

    Flowers of Ugliness No. 9. Virginia Stock.

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    $700 - $1,000
  • Tregear’s Black Jokes: “Yet I’ll Not Shed Her Blood.”
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    $300 - $500
    Lot 616

    Tregear’s Black Jokes: “Yet I’ll Not Shed Her Blood.”

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    $300 - $500
  • Every Man in His Humour. Illustration of Plays No. 17.
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    $200 - $300
    Lot 617

    Every Man in His Humour. Illustration of Plays No. 17.

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    $200 - $300
  • Sojourner Truth Bisque Figure.
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    $300 - $500
    Lot 618

    Sojourner Truth Bisque Figure.

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    $300 - $500
  • Fantastic Four No. 48. CGC 5.5.
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    $1,000 - $1,500
    Lot 619

    Fantastic Four No. 48. CGC 5.5.

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    $1,000 - $1,500
  • Cast Iron Dolphin Book Binder / Nipping Press.
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    $200 - $300
    Lot 620

    Cast Iron Dolphin Book Binder / Nipping Press.

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    $200 - $300
  • Collection of Northwest Coast Steamship Post Cards. 225 pcs.
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    $300 - $400
    Lot 621

    Collection of Northwest Coast Steamship Post Cards. 225 pcs.

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    $300 - $400
  • Ethiopian Coptic Scroll of Gospel.
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    $300 - $400
    Lot 622

    Ethiopian Coptic Scroll of Gospel.

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    $300 - $400
  • Group of Banjo Sheet Music. Approx. 30 pcs.
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    $50 - $100
    Lot 623

    Group of Banjo Sheet Music. Approx. 30 pcs.

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    $50 - $100

Auction Description

Fine Books & Manuscripts by Potter & Potter Auctions

Our fine book auction features more than 600 lots of printed books including many modern first editions by famous authors. In addition, the auction will feature historic autographs, manuscripts, maps, and prints. Printed catalogs ship approximately three weeks before the auction. 

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