Five Rare Books for Collectors: African Americana
Black Panthers, Move On Over or We’ll Move On Over You
Highlights from Swann Galleries' March 21 Printed & Manuscript African Americana auction include: *
* Black Patti, Greatest Singer of Her Race (Mme. Sissiereta Jones), poster, circa 1900. Estimate $5,000 to $7,500.
* Frederick Douglass, Letter discussing the role of Quakers in the abolitionist movement, Washington, February 9, 1885. Estimate $12,000 to $18,000.
* Black Panthers, Move On Over or We’ll Move On Over You, circa 1966. Estimate $6,000 to $9,000.
* Phillis Wheatley, The first magazine printing of her patriotic poem His Excellency Gen. Washington, in an issue of The Pennsylvania Magazine or American Monthly Museum, Philadelphia, April 1776. Estimate $3,000 to $4,000.
* Charles C. Dawson, O, Sing a New Song: Supreme Spectacle of a Musical Race, 1934. Estimate $2,000 to $3,000.
