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2/20/2020 - The Road West: The Steve Turner Collection of African Americana, Part I

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., Este Ave 6270, Cincinnati OH 45232, United States
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Date of the auction: 20.02.2020

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Lot number 261
Gans-Nelson Photograph by Percy Dana

Photograph of Gans-Nelson Fight, 1906. Percy Dana: Goldfield, Nevada, 1906. Typed caption...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
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US$1,200 - US$1,800
Price realised:
US$938
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Lot number 264
Percy Dana Gans & Unholz Contest, 1908

Gans & Unholz contest, S.F. May 14th 08. Won by Gans, 11 Rounds, K O. Percy Dana: San Francisco...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
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US$1,200 - US$1,800
Price realised:
US$750
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Lot number 277
Rare Jim Flynn vs. Jack Johnson Las Vegas, New Mexico Full Unused Fight...

World’s Championship Las Vegas, New Mexico Jim Flynn vs Jack Johnson. Full unused ticket. Chicago...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
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US$1,200 - US$1,800
Price realised:
US$1,063
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Lot number 287
The Three Willy's S.F. Giants Photograph with Willie Mays, Willie Kirkland...

The Three Willy's. Unidentified photographer for the San Francisco Bureau: San Francisco, August 18...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
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US$1,200 - US$1,800
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n. a.
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Lot number 314
Carl Van Vechten Portrait of Dizzy Gillespie Leaning on His Horn, New York...

Silver gelatin portrait photograph of Dizzy Gillespie (John Birks Gillespie, 1917-1993). Carl Van...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
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US$1,200 - US$1,800
Price realised:
US$813
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Lot number 212
Black Panther Party Ephemera, Southern California, 1969-1971

Lot of 15. Southern California Black Panther Party broadsides, handbills, newsletters, and other...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
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US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
US$4,688
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Lot number 213
You Can Jail a Revolutionary, but You Can't Jail the Revolution Fred...

Douglas, Emory (artist, b. 1943). You Can Jail a Revolutionary, but You Can't Jail the Revolution...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
US$2,625
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Lot number 245
A Battle of Jazz! Apex Nite Club Handbill, Los Angeles, 1930

A Battle of Jazz! [Los Angeles]: no publisher, [1930]. Letterpress broadside, 5.5 x 8.5 in. Two...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
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US$1,500 - US$2,500
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n. a.
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Lot number 28
Sixth Plate Tintype of Seated Buffalo Soldier Marksman, ca 1886

Sixth plate tintype studio portrait of an unidentified Buffalo Soldier. Unknown photographer and...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
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US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
US$1,125
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Lot number 71
Gardner CDV of African American Cane Carver, ca 1860

Studio portrait of an aged African American man, possibly a cane carver. Alexander Gardner...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
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US$1,500 - US$2,500
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n. a.
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Lot number 73
CDV of Jean Jacques Desiré, 1862

CDV portrait of Jean Jacques Desiré. Photographer unknown: [Baltimore, Maryland], n.d., ca 1862...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
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US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
US$1,125
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Lot number 84
CDV of "Prof Jim" of Trinity College, Hartford, ca 1875

CDV portrait of James "Professor Jim" Williams. Wilson: Hartford, Connecticut, n.d., ca 1875...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
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US$1,500 - US$2,500
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n. a.
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Lot number 88
William Notman Cabinet Cards of Yale Black Men

Lot of 3 cabinet cards of African American men. William Notman (1826-1891): [New Haven?], n.d., ca...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
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US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
US$938
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Lot number 106
Rose Jackson and her Son, Trio of CDVs, Oregon, ca 1868

Lot of 3 CDVs. Two studio portraits of Rose Jackson. D.H. Hendee: Portland, Oregon, ca 1868...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
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US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
US$1,063
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Lot number 107
Santa Cruz CDVs of African Americans, ca 1866-1875

Lot of 4 CDV portraits of African American male subjects, credited to Santa Cruz, California...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
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US$1,500 - US$2,500
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n. a.
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Lot number 114
H.H. Blakesly Daily Examiner Newspaper Boy CDV, Napa Valley, California, ca...

CDV showing a young, African American boy clad in a dark jacket with buttons and a broad, white...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
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US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
US$938
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Lot number 119
Kansas Cabinet Cards of African Americans, ca 1885-1900

Lot of 6 cabinet cards of African American subjects in Kansas. Cabinet card portrait of three...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
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US$1,500 - US$2,000
Price realised:
US$938
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Lot number 129
First Texas Black Owned Bank Provident Bank & Trust Co. Fort Worth, Texas...

Real photo postcard of the Provident Bank & Trust Company of Fort Worth, Texas, n.d., ca 1910...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
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US$1,500 - US$2,000
Price realised:
US$1,750
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Lot number 141
Justice Cabinet Card of Texas Criminals, 1896

Cabinet card Justice with vignette portraits of a witness, convicted criminals, and description of...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
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US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
US$938
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Lot number 3
Frederick Douglass CDV by Samuel M. Fassett, 1878

CDV portrait of Frederick Douglass. Samuel M. Fassett: Washington DC, n.d., ca 1878. Photographer's...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$10,000
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Lot number 15
Mathew Brady CDV, Hiram Revels, ca 1865 with CDV, Radical Members of the...

Lot of 2 CDVs, including portrait of Hiram Revels. CDV showing profile portrait of Hiram Revels...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
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US$2,000 - US$4,000
Price realised:
US$5,625
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Lot number 19
Mathew Brady CDV of Slave Dealer, Alexandria, Virginia

CDV showing a group of Union soldiers standing with a horse and buggy at the site of a former slave...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
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US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$1,625
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Lot number 23
Sutler's Pets, 41st Illinois CDV, ca 1864

CDV featuring a young African American male holding a puppy while sitting in a chair with a chicken...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
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US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$2,875
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Lot number 36
Lieut. John Alexander Cabinet Card

Cabinet card vignette half-portrait of John Alexander. Kennedy: Wilberforce, Ohio, n.d., ca 1894...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
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US$2,000 - US$4,000
Price realised:
US$3,750
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Lot number 37
John Taylor and Southern Utes at Los Pinos Agency, Boudoir Card, 1882

Boudoir card group portrait identified as Southern Utes at Los Pinos Agency. E.A. Widler [sic...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
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US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$5,000
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Lot number 43
William Sanders Scarborough Unpublished Typescript on African Americans in...

SCARBOROUGH, William Sanders (1852-1926). The Negro in the Spanish-American War. Wilberforce, Ohio...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
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US$2,000 - US$4,000
Price realised:
US$5,313
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Lot number 58
Sixth Plate Daguerreotype of Elegant African American Lady

Sixth plate daguerreotype of an African American woman. Photographer and locale unknown, n.d., ca...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
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US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$2,375
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Lot number 66
CDV Album of African Americans, Incl. Portraits by J.P. Ball, ca 1870

Leather album, 4.75 x 6 in., containing 20 photographic images, including 16 CDVs and 4 tintypes...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
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US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$4,688
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Lot number 86
Candy Sam Albumen Print on Album Page, Yale University, 1865

George Kendall Warren: New Haven, Connecticut, 1865. Albumen photograph, 5.25 x 7.25 in., mounted to...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
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US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$1,625
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Lot number 87
Yale Janitor Albumen Print on Album Page, Yale University, ca 1868

George Kendall Warren: New Haven, Connecticut n.d., ca 1868. Oval albumen photograph, 5.5 x 7.75...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$1,250
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