Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 121

May 26-27 Collectibles Auction

Slavery/Black History

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 86		Civil Rights Collection: Sweeping History of 95 Signed Pieces, Martin Luther King, Thurgood Marshall, Rosa Parks, Booker T. Washington, More+. Impressive collection of 95 signed pieces, a combination of photographs, letters, covers and cut signatures all pertaining to Black Civil Rights History on both sides of the aisle. Included in the collection is a 1.) Multiple pieces signed by Coretta Scott King including a wonderful family portrait B&W photo signed, two TLS, signed tribute stamps, a signed program honoring Vernon Jordan 3.) Two typed letters signed on Tuskegee Institute letter head by Booker T. Washington, one letter trimmed at bottom presumably for framing, the other the addressee was clipped otherwise very fine. 4.) Three (3) signed pieces by Thurgood Marshall, one 5¼ x 3¼ photo lifted from text book, one cover and one 3 x 5" card, 5.) full page glossy magazine portrait signed Rev. Ralph Abernathy 6.) Newsweek cover from 1975 signed and inscribed by Vernon Jordan 7) three photos signed and one TLS by Senator Edward Brooke, 8.) Four signed pieces by Attorney General Herbert Brownell who was very instrumental in the Civil Rights Act of 1957 including signed Time Magazine cover and signed several photos with in the article 9.) 12 signed pieces by Rosa Parks Six First Day Issue Covers postmarked in Atlanta where she signs her name and adds "Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott Dec. 5, 1955 to Dec. 21, 1956" on all six. These covers are then co-signed by Martin Luther King Sr. Parks has also signed a full page B&W People Magazine portrait and individually signed very famous photos of her clipped from magazines during her boycott. 10) There are 6 signed pieces by A. Philip Randolph early labor unionist (Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters) and very respected activist, 11.) Signed 5 x 7" photo and two TLS on UN stationery by Ralph Bunche the first African American to win Nobel Peace Prize. 12) Carl B. Stokes, one of the first black mayors of a major city (Cleveland) signing two covers. 13.) Two signed photos by Roy Wikins 14.) Two autographs on card stock signed by Rev. Al Sharpton 15.) Two superb signed and inscribed color photos of Jessie Jackson from 1984 16.) TLS by Andrew Young 17.) TLS by Barbara Jordan and several more politicos. 18.) Signed 3 x 5" card by Arthur Ashe, tennis great. 19.) Ten individually signed pieces by Martin Luther King Sr. including three with Jimmy Carter. 20.) Rare clipped signature of famed abolitionists Henry Ward Beecher and two signed autographs by Lloyd Garrison 2 x 3½. A collection involving America's Civil Rights Movement would not be complete without noting those virulently if not violently opposed. Offered are signed pieces by politicians and notables whose actions and public speaking sought to upend Civil Rights in America. 21.) Five typed letters signed all on FBI letter head by J. Edgar Hoover 22.) Two inscribed and signed color photos by George Wallace and two other pieces, notorious segregationist. 23.) One TLS, one signed cover and signed portrait by Strom Thurmond paired with signed photo of Sen. Herman Talmadge another staunch opponent to Civil Rights. 24.) B&W signed portrait by Orval Faubus and a signed appointment as Governor of Arkansas, the repellent racist ordering police and dogs to halt black students into schools. 25.) A vintage original registration for Citizenship in the Invisible Empire Women of the Ku Klux Klan from 1910 near mint condition. 26.) Finally we end with James Earl Ray, racist criminal charged with the murder of Martin Luther King, which decades later his guilt has become clouded, beginning with never having a murder trial, and many other issues raised that include many of King's immediate family. Included is one handwritten letter alluding to his wait for being granted a trial after recanting his guilty plea as well as mentioning he can't maintain correspondence due to working with lawyer on his prison escape trial. He did sign a small photo of him clipped from a magazine which is rare. The second letter typed and signed is to a woman that sent him photos to sign which he declines but did sign a cover and then curiously discussing weight loss. He also mentions he cannot maintain correspondence. All pieces in the collection are in very fine to excellent condition. Estimated Value $2,000 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Realized $4,560
Lot 87		Slave and Slave Related Documents: Five Original Handwritten Documents Including one from England in 1762 and one Broadside. Collection of historic manuscripts all part of a tragic and dark history of human kind. 1.) The oldest manuscript is a docket dated December 16th,18th and 21st 1762 of monies (pounds) received by three men. All are signed by representatives of Rich & Peter Footman the first for freight received on the Catherine from Liverpool and the third for balance of payment due. The second, dated on the 18th is for "35 pounds for a Negro Boy Named Cutgoe" 5 x 7" entries recto and verso on laid paper. Receipt is in excellent condition, paper is stout with only two light stains. Outstanding piece. 2.) Single page document signed (possibly partial) receipt for the settlement of an estate of William Hobbs in the amount of $488, "except for the Negro Man Frank March 8, 1834, W.H. Hobbs" 5½ x 6" fragile with a split held in check seamlessly with white archival tape on verso. 3.) Single page document trust for a John Mina dated April, 1875 state of Virginia leaving one farm "in the rich valley….one hundred and sixty three acres having……a log dwelling house and one male slave 12 & 50 years. 5 x 7½, single notch cut on left side otherwise fine condition. 4.) Single page hand written promissory note by a Noah Richardson for the payment of a negro in one years time (January 1, 1829) dated January 2,1828 by Noah Richardson then endorsed on back the amount of $45. Note is 7 x 8" fragile, intact with toning throughout but very legible. 5.) Broadside: "A Two Thousand Fold Agency" printed in Columbus, Ohio dated 1875 concerning "the return of the nearly two thousand persons who have arrived here within a short time, in the colonization ship "Golcanda" to a new land called Liberia. by B.F. Romaine. The society was formed in 1827 to encourage Black Ohioans to emigrate to Africa; for the purpose of evangelizing "the very heart of 'Ethiopia" 8¼ x 4¾" printed on one side, in excellent condition with age toning along left edge. 6.) Contrasting the above pieces is an autographed letter signed by Senator Charles Sumner, one of the most outspoken and respected abolitionists in American History, a moral passion that famously almost got him killed in 1856. Pro-Slavery and South Carolina Democratic congressman Preston Brooks violently beat him with a brass topped cane on the Senate floor after Sumner delivered an anti-slavery speech. The ALS is a request for copies of two bills on the confiscation of Rebel property, and while not exactly salvery, an important addition to any collection regarding slavery. 8 x 5" folded with Sumner smeaing slightly the C in Charles and light toning throughout. Estimated Value $1,200 - UP View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 88		Three Historic, 1860, Original Tokens; Hartford Wide-Awakes, Millions For Freedom and Stephen A. Douglas. Pre-Civil War tokens two directly relating to abolishing slavery, the third the Democratic Nominee for President against Republican Abraham Lincoln. 1.) "Hartford Wide-Awakes" on recto, "Organized March Third 1860" on verso. The Wide-Awakes were a political club organized in response to Connecticut�s spring gubernatorial race rallying the Republican party in promoting an anti-slavery platform which impacted the election of Lincoln. 2.) 'Success to Republican Principles" on recto of this anti-slavery token and "Millions for Freedom, Not One Cent To Slaver, 1860" on verso. Again a pro-Republican anti-slavery token. 3.) In contrast, the third is "Democratic Candidate Stephen A. Douglas 1860" (he of the Lincoln Douglas Debate) on recto and "Liberty Union And Equality" on verso. There is a very small whole at 12:00 mark where clearly this token was worn as pin or suspended from ribbon. All three pieces in original state, have never been cleaned and all have intact their high relief images. All very scarce tokens which are collected by not only Civil War collectors and historians but are prized by numismatists. These are in excellent condition. Estimated Value $600 - UP View details and enlarged photos	Realized $360