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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 1
Harriet Tubman Cabinet Card by H.S. Squyer, Auburn, New York

Cabinet card of Harriet Tubman. Horatio Seymour Squyer (1848-1905): Auburn, New York, 1892. Embossed...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
Estimate
US$10,000 - US$15,000
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n. a.
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Lot number 2
Unpublished CDV of Frederick Douglass by Benjamin F. Smith, 1864

CDV portrait of Frederick Douglass. B.F. Smith & Son: Portland, Maine, n.d., ca 1864. Photographer's...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
Estimate
US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$12,500
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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 4
Frederick Douglass Walking Stick, 1888

Ebonized wood walking cane with gold-filled cap and brass ferrule presented to Frederick Douglass...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
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US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$37,500
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Lot number 5
Frederick Douglass Autobiography My Bondage, My Freedom, 1855

DOUGLASS, Frederick (ca 1818-1895). My Bondage, My Freedom. Part I. - Life as a Slave. Part II...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
Estimate
US$600 - US$800
Price realised:
US$2,125
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Lot number 6
William W. Brown Slave Narrative, 1849

BROWN, William W. (ca 1814-1884). Narrative of William W. Brown, A Fugitive Slave. Boston: Bela...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
Estimate
US$100 - US$200
Price realised:
US$1,500
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Lot number 7
Exploration of Post-War Southern Race Relations, My Southern Home by...

BROWN, William Wells (ca 1814-1884). My Southern Home: Or, The South and Its People. Boston: A.G...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
Estimate
US$800 - US$1,200
Price realised:
US$1,063
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Lot number 8
Scarce Slave Narrative of J. Vance Lewis, 1910 First Edition

LEWIS, J. Vance (ca 1853-1925). Out of the Ditch: A True Story of an Ex-Slave. Houston: Rein & Sons...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
Estimate
US$800 - US$1,200
Price realised:
US$3,750
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Lot number 9
Abolitionist Narrative The Branded Hand by Jonathan Walker, 1850

WALKER, Jonathan (1799-1878). [The Branded Hand] Trial and Imprisonment of Jonathan Walker, at...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
Estimate
US$100 - US$200
Price realised:
US$531
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Lot number 10
Thaddeus Hyatt, Abolitionist, Friend of John Brown, CDV, ca 1861

Studio portrait of Thaddeus Hyatt. Brady National Portrait Gallery, Neg., E. Anthony, Pub.: New...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
Estimate
US$150 - US$250
Price realised:
US$438
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Lot number 11
Boudoir Card of Owen Brown, John Brown's Son, ca 1887

Boudoir card showing Owen Brown, John Brown's son, in front of his cabin. Lamson: Pasadena...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
Estimate
US$400 - US$600
Price realised:
US$750
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Lot number 12
J.O. Simmons, Plantation Supplies Trade Card, ca 1850-1870

J.O. Simmons, General Dealer in Plantation Supplies, printed trade/business card, ca 1850-1870...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
Estimate
US$50 - US$100
Price realised:
US$125
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Lot number 13
California Imprint of President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation...

President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. [San Francisco]: F.L. Butler, 1864. Lithograph...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
Estimate
US$10,000 - US$15,000
Price realised:
US$12,500
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Lot number 14
Lincoln and Sojourner Truth Related Pinbacks, ca 1910-1913

Lot of 2 Lincoln-related pinbacks. Lincoln Benefit Society, ca 1910. Verso back paper: "Manufactured...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
Estimate
US$400 - US$500
Price realised:
US$594
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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
Estimate
US$2,000 - US$4,000
Price realised:
US$5,625
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Lot number 16
"Why I Object to Freeing the Negro" ALS from Reconstruction Era Texas, 1866

ALS, 3 pp., 197 x 245 mm, Austin, Texas, August 4, 1866, Dawson to his brother William Dawson. A...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
Estimate
US$200 - US$400
Price realised:
US$1,625
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Lot number 17
Cabinet Cards Illustrations of Negro Life in Washington by Mrs. Robinson...

Lot of 6 albumen cabinet cards from the series Illustrations of Negro Life in Washington reproducing...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
Estimate
US$500 - US$700
Price realised:
US$625
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Lot number 18
Hedgehog's Grand Combination Anti-Black and Anti-15th Amendment Letterpress...

Hedgehog’s Grand Combination of the Powers of Darkness, Will Exhibit at Jake Key’s Roost, Thursday...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
Estimate
US$200 - US$300
Price realised:
US$250
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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
Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$1,625
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Lot number 20
African American Soldier and Medal of Honor Winner Christian A. Fleetwood...

Lot of 4. CDV full-standing studio portrait of African American soldier Christian Abraham Fleetwood...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
Estimate
US$8,000 - US$10,000
Price realised:
US$33,750
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Lot number 21
CDVs Pvt. Jake Standerford and 1st Lieut. George W. Ackles, 108th Regiment USCT

Lot of 2, featuring soldiers from the 108th USCT. CDV full-length portrait of African American...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
Estimate
US$2,500 - US$4,500
Price realised:
US$5,313
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Lot number 22
James P. Ball CDVs of Union Officers

Lot of 2 CDV portraits of Union officers taken by African American photographer James P. Ball...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
Estimate
US$200 - US$300
Price realised:
US$375
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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
Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$2,875
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Lot number 24
First Full-Length Biography by African American, Life of Martin Delany

ROLLIN, Frank A. (Frances Anne Rollin Whipper, ca 1845-1901). Life and Public Services of Martin R...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
Estimate
US$500 - US$1,000
Price realised:
US$2,000
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Lot number 25
Black Military History The Black Phalanx First Edition

WILSON, Joseph T. (1837-1890). The Black Phalanx; A History of the Negro Soldiers of the United...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
Estimate
US$200 - US$300
Price realised:
US$438
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Lot number 26
Buffalo Soldier C.E. Taylor ALS, Fort D.A. Russell, Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1871

ALS, 2pp, 124 x 198 mm, Fort D.A. Russell, Cheyenne, Wyoming, August 30, 1871, C.E. Taylor of Troop...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
Estimate
US$200 - US$400
Price realised:
US$625
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Lot number 27
Quarter Plate Tintype of Buffalo Soldier Holding a Cigar, ca 1874

Quarter plate tintype full-length studio portrait of an unidentified Buffalo Soldier. Photographer...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
Estimate
US$1,000 - US$1,500
Price realised:
US$1,375
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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
Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
US$1,125
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Lot number 29
24th Infantry Buffalo Soldiers Muster Roll, 1875

Partly printed Muster Roll of Company H of the 24th Infantry Regiment from December 31, 1874 to...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
Estimate
US$1,200 - US$1,800
Price realised:
US$1,750
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Lot number 30
24th Regiment Infantryman Buffalo Soldier CDV, ca 1886

CDV half-portrait of unidentified Buffalo Soldier with the 24th Infantry. Mosser & Snell...

Cowan's Auctions, Inc., 20 Feb 2020
Estimate
US$600 - US$800
Price realised:
US$531
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