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Item ID Description   Price
au11472 State of Alabama, DS, 12/12/1865, Lawrence Co.. , Alabama partially printed Indictment for a crime of "TRADING WITH SLAVES" from 1859 but not issued until after the war in Dec. of 1865, in the Circuit Court of Lawrence County..   $325
au11470 Louis Armstrong, ISP, nd, np. , Inscribed B&W , 8 X 10 Associated Booking Corp photo. Signed in green ink to George Carrier. Some light surface cracking..   $450
au10386 George Washington Carver, ALS, ALS dated 7-18-32. Very facinating letter to a "Dear handsome boy". Details a dream he had the night before about he and the boy discovering an Alkaloid with a fungus living off of it. He gives him tips on herb teas and massages that are good for the boys health. On Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute letterhead with page 1 on the obverse and page 3 on the reverse, with no page 2..   $1100
au11475 JACK JOHNSON, BOOK, ND, NP. , JACK JOHNSON-IN THE RING-and OUT by Jack Johnson. First Edition July, 1927. National Sports Publishing, Chicago. Signed on back page "From your FreInd (sp)Jack Johnson to David Kellum. Kellum was an Editor for the "Chicago Defender", and a founder of the Bud Billiken Parade..   $4500
au11353 Jack Johnson, SP, Fantastic sepia 4X6 photo of a very dapper looking Johnson. He became the 1st Negro World Heavyweight Champion by knocking out Tommy Burns in 1908; defeated James J. Jeffries in 1910 and finally lost his title to Jess Willard in 1915. Excessively Rare in any form, especially on a photograph..   $6500
au10625 Nelson Mandela, BOOK, LONG WALK TO FREEDOM. The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela. London: Little, Brown & Co. 1994. This is #586 of 1000 quarter bound in leather and signed by the author..   $2500