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12/3/2020 - The Road West: The Steve Turner Collection of African Americana, Part II

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., Este Ave 6270, Cincinnati OH 45232, United States
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Date of the auction: 03.12.2020

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Lot number 259
(Cincinnati) Enrique Ledesma (Mexican, d. 1979) Sterling Silver and...

**THIS ITEM IS LOCATED AND WILL SHIP FROM OUR CINCINNATI, OHIO OFFICE** lot of 2, includes silver...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 3 Dec 2020
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US$50 - US$75
Price realised:
US$63
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Lot number 278
(Cincinnati) Pair of Navajo Silver Spoons

**THIS ITEM IS LOCATED AND WILL SHIP FROM OUR CINCINNATI, OHIO OFFICE** lot of 2, includes a heavily...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 3 Dec 2020
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US$50 - US$100
Price realised:
US$63
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Lot number 68
CDV of Well-Dressed African American Man by Lovell, Amherst, Massachusetts...

CDV standing portrait of an unidentified African American gentleman wearing a fur-lined coat and top...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 3 Dec 2020
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US$50 - US$100
Price realised:
US$406
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Lot number 167
CORE Pinbacks, circa 1964

Lot of 2 pinbacks related to the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), comprising: Freedom / Now...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 3 Dec 2020
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US$50 - US$100
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n. a.
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Lot number 172
Affirmative Action Pinbacks, circa 1978

Lot of 2 Affirmative Action-related pinbacks, comprising: Anti-Bakke Decision Coalition pinback...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 3 Dec 2020
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US$50 - US$100
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n. a.
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Lot number 2
Letter Offering $100.00 Reward for Return of Missing Slave

Letter, 2pp, approx 5.25 x 8.375 in., n.p., n.d. Document appears to provide the written text for a...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 3 Dec 2020
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US$100 - US$200
Price realised:
US$625
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Lot number 262
(Cincinnati) Rueben Saufkie (Hopi, act. since 1988) Sterling Silver Overlay...

**THIS ITEM IS LOCATED AND WILL SHIP FROM OUR CINCINNATI, OHIO OFFICE** artist hallmark and marked...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 3 Dec 2020
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US$100 - US$200
Price realised:
US$188
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Lot number 272
(Cincinnati) Sandra (Hamana) Davis (Hopi, 20th century) Woven Bolo Tie

**THIS ITEM IS LOCATED IN AND WILL SHIP FROM OUR CINCINNATI, OHIO OFFICE** slide depicting Dawa; tie...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 3 Dec 2020
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US$100 - US$150
Price realised:
US$63
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Lot number 281
(Cincinnati) Alaskan Eskimo Fossilized Walrus Ivory Bracelets

**THIS ITEM IS LOCATED AND WILL SHIP FROM OUR CINCINNATI, OHIO OFFICE** lot of 3; diameters include...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 3 Dec 2020
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US$100 - US$200
Price realised:
US$406
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Lot number 282
(Denver) Glenda McKay (Athabascan, 20th century) Fossilized Mammoth Bone...

**THIS ITEM IS LOCATED AND WILL SHIP FROM OUR DENVER, COLORADO OFFICE** lot of 4, length 7 1/4...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 3 Dec 2020
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US$100 - US$150
Price realised:
US$63
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Lot number 57
CDV of a Bearded Man, Augusta, Georgia, 1870s

CDV of elderly African American gentleman with white hair and beard, wearing tie. G.J. Gable...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 3 Dec 2020
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US$100 - US$150
Price realised:
US$200
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Lot number 69
African American Man in Coat, CDV, circa 1870

CDV studio portrait of an elderly African American man in coat and work clothes, his top hat on a...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 3 Dec 2020
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US$100 - US$200
Price realised:
US$531
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Lot number 73
Seated African American Woman, CDV, Philadelphia, circa 1885

CDV, seated portrait of young African American woman in hairnet. Draper & Husted: Philadelphia...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 3 Dec 2020
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US$100 - US$150
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Lot number 84
Fundraising Letter for Florida Normal & Industrial Institute with Mounted...

Fundraising letter for Florida Normal & Industrial Institute, 1p, 8.5 x 11 in., circa 1918...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 3 Dec 2020
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US$100 - US$200
Price realised:
US$375
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Lot number 103
Posing with a Burro, African American Women and Their Wards, Boudoir Card...

Boudoir card of three African American women holding their young wards, who are seated on a burro...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 3 Dec 2020
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US$100 - US$200
Price realised:
US$281
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Lot number 117
Florida, New Year's Day in the Sunny South, Stereoview, 1886

Stereoview of a combination of African American and white subjects gathered together on a front...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 3 Dec 2020
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US$100 - US$200
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n. a.
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Lot number 129
C.F. Holmes, Editor of The People's Recorder Trade Card, Orangeburg, South...

Trade card, 3 x 5.25 in. (77 x 130 mm). The People's Recorder: Orangeburg, South Carolina, n.d...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 3 Dec 2020
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US$100 - US$200
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US$200
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Lot number 145
75 Years of Negro Progress Exposition Pinback, Detroit, 1940

75 Years of Negro Progress Exposition, souvenir pinback. Diam. 1 in. An Exposition celebrating the...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 3 Dec 2020
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US$100 - US$200
Price realised:
US$188
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Lot number 162
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and Freedom Democratic Party Pinbacks

Lot of 3 pinbacks related to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, comprising: One Man...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 3 Dec 2020
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US$100 - US$150
Price realised:
US$406
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Lot number 164
Malcolm X Related Pinbacks

Lot of 2 pinbacks related to Malcolm X. Memorial pinback button. Caption "Our Black Shining Prince...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 3 Dec 2020
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US$100 - US$150
Price realised:
US$188
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Lot number 166
Watts Riots Related Pinbacks

Lot of 3 pinbacks related to the Watts Riots, comprising: Burn Baby Burn!, diam. 1.25 in. Orange...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 3 Dec 2020
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US$100 - US$150
Price realised:
US$188
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Lot number 192
American Folk Songs as Sung by the Williams' Jubilee Singers Music Booklet...

"Williams' Colored Singers: The World's Greatest Harmonizing Octette." Sheet music followed by a...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 3 Dec 2020
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US$100 - US$200
Price realised:
US$531
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Lot number 199
Marian Anderson, San Francisco Opera House Program, 1938

Event program, "Peter Conley presents Marian Anderson." Approx., 6 x 9 in., 8pp. San Francisco Opera...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 3 Dec 2020
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US$100 - US$200
Price realised:
US$1,125
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Lot number 219
First Edition of Jack Johnson's Autobiography, 1927

JOHNSON, Jack (1878-1946). Jack Johnson - In the Ring - And Out. Chicago: National Sports Publishing...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 3 Dec 2020
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US$100 - US$200
Price realised:
US$125
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Lot number 222
First Edition of Joe Louis Illustrated Boxing Manual, 1948

LOUIS, Joesph (1914-1981). -- MALLORY, Edward J., ed. How to Box. Philadelphia: David McKay Company...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 3 Dec 2020
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US$100 - US$200
Price realised:
US$406
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Lot number 236
Black Laughter, Issue #1, Nov. 1972

DIXON, James M. (20th century). Black Laughter. Issue #1. Toledo, Ohio: Black Laughter Publishing...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 3 Dec 2020
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US$100 - US$200
Price realised:
US$625
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Lot number 242
Iceberg Slim Books, 1969-1977

BECK, Robert. ("Iceberg Slim," 1918-1992). A group of novels and memoirs by former pimp and author...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 3 Dec 2020
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US$100 - US$200
Price realised:
US$125
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Lot number 268
(Cincinnati) Group of Navajo Silver, Turquoise, and Coral Jewelry

**THIS ITEM IS LOCATED AND WILL SHIP FROM OUR CINCINNATI, OHIO OFFICE** lot of 4, includes a silver...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 3 Dec 2020
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US$150 - US$300
Price realised:
US$213
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Lot number 99
San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway, Rockdale, Texas, circa 1910

Real photo postcard. M. L. Zercher: Rockdale, Texas, circa 1910. Captioned in the negative: “B5802...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 3 Dec 2020
Estimate
US$150 - US$250
Price realised:
US$875
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Lot number 155
The New York Colored Mission Brochure, 1908

Lot of 2. ALS, 2pp, approx. 4.75 x 6 in., [New York, New York], November 3, 1908. "Alletta B.W...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 3 Dec 2020
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US$150 - US$200
Price realised:
US$1,063
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