Offered is a near-mint, 1935, 2nd edition of Helen Bannerman's, original Little Black Sambo story, accompanied by five additional and delightful Little Black Sambo stories by noted author and illustrator Frank Ver Beck...

Money Clip from the Coon Chicken Inn. Measures 6cm long and 4cm across

Offered are five different, circa 1890-1901, Jim Crow era, stereoview cards, highlighting African-American history at the turn of the 20th century, some 120+ years ago. They feature: grueling rice field labor in South Carolina, a slave market in St. Augustine, Florida, a group of Florida sugar cane grinders, five English Springer Spaniels at U.S...

Absolute Mint Condition Ladies Powder Compact. Has a nice enamelled top with Black Minstrels playing musical instruments. Comes with its original pouch. Measures approx - 3" Long and 2" Wide

Nice Chocolate candy box by Nestle's would seem to depict a scene from Robinson Crusoe, with Black Native Box Measures approx - 7.5" Long and 5.3" Wide

This is the larger version of a scarce paper label tin. Condition is fair give what it is and has been used, please see photos Measure approx - 4" in diameter and 5" tall

This is a real favorite of mine. A signed photograph of Rhode Island Reds Hockey team general manager, Lou Pieri(1897-1967). The inscription in ball point pen is a bit indistinct but reads " The Best RI Reds Team Ever Lou Pieri". I'm assuming these are the wives of the players. Pieri was an American basketball and ice hockey executive and coach( see Wikipedia for further information). The 8X10 B&W photo has some creasing and minor wear at the bottom and top edge; the frame shows some wear.

This is a superb and hard to find 1920's Vigny Golly Powder Box. Still has some of its original powder in it

Measuring just 2.25 inches in height (minus the hair!!), this extremely RARE, clear glass Golliwogg Perfume Bottle was sold by VIGNY Perfumeries of Paris, France in the 1920’s.

The clear glass perfume was the second version of the Vigny “Le Golliwogg” perfume produced from the 1920’s into the 1930’s. The bottle design and name are based on a character created by Englishwoman, Florence K. Upton, around the turn of the 20th century...

Little Candy Box made by Candy Crafters Inc. Box measures approx 3.5" long and 2" wide

Measuring approximately 16 inches long, this wonderful, vintage 1950's, cloth Mammy Laundry bag is in wonderful condition! This bag features a curved wooden band at the base of the bag which allowed the bag to retain its form.

All cloth and done in a great, red paisley fabric, this darling Black Mammy bag features an interesting, smiling face! Due to its small size, this bag would have held undies or stockings or also may have been placed on one's bed and used to hold one's nightie during th...

Three light plastic jazz band Christmas Cracker Decorations from Barratt & Co

Offered is a highly-collectible and seldom-found, circa 1850's, Staffordshire, England, earthenware, pictorial ABC plate featuring a Southern US slavery theme: slaves picking cotton.

Entitled "Gathering Cotton", the plate depicts eight slaves, including two children, picking cotton and placing it in woven straw baskets.

Plates such as this, particularly those with the alphabet embossed around the rim, were produced for use by children as subtle educational tools...

Nice German Tin with great graphics. Tin Measures approx - 4.5" in Diameter and 4" Deep

This is a rare paper label oval Peanut tin. Made by Illinois Nut Products Co - Chicago One Pound Tin Measures circa 6"x 5" x 4"

A wonderful example of hand-crafted Black Americana Folk Art!

This wonderful Depression Era piece features a whimsical 10 inch long cutout figure of a little wooden black girl with hand-painted smiling mouth and eyes! She is dressed in a hand-stitched cotton costume that has been stuffed with scrap fabric.

Her feet feature two brass-finish hooks, presumably to either hang keys or pot holders from...

Unopened and unused Knife Polish Canister from the UK. Has a black lady polishing the knives on it. Measures approx 2.5" Tall and 1.3" in Diameter (only small)

MAZAWATTEE TEA TIN/CADDY.SHOWING THREE YOUNG BLACK BOYS WITH TEA CUPS SAYING "WE SE GONE HAD OUR MAZAWATTEE". GRAPHICS ON ALL SIDES WITH ORIGINAL METAL CLOSURE INTACT . MEASURES 5 3/4" TALL BY 8 1/2" WIDE AND 5 1/2" DEEP . There is fair bit of wear to the tin, in that there is some pitting and scrapes on the tin, please see photos.

Nice Box, in good condition - Maison Blanche - New Orleans Box measures approx 10" x 5" x 4"

Very nice Golly Tin Pull Toy Measures approx - 10" x 5"

This is a rare Spanish Oil Tin for Grasa Iberia S.A Graphics are still very good but one side of the tin is dented and no lid top, certainly been used but a great survivor!!! Measures 8.5" Long, 7" High and 5.5" wide

Rare little book with 95 pages telling the story of both the Ten Little "N" Boys and Ten Little "N" Girls Condition is far from perfect, in that the binding has worn off but the book is still all together and no pages have come away and are still bound together by the inner strings etc...

Offered is an extraordinarily rare, 1844, Warren County, Georgia, ARREST WARRANT for a SLAVE girl named Ally who is accused of drowning two young (Caucasian) girls in Sweetwater Creek, Georgia. The girls aged 7 and 10, were daughters of Thomas Roney, who filed the charge...

Nice, complete and hard to find Spear's Ludo Game from the 1920's, Nice Graphics on the Box. Box Lid has got wear to it and you will see from the pictures that there is a split and a little bit of the left and side missing.

Super rare box, I have not seen another of these. I have left the protective plastic over it and box looks to be 100% intact. 5lb Candy Box, Manufactures by Howard B Stark Co - Pewaukee - WIS Box measures approx - 8.8" long and 7.5" Wide and 3.5" Deep

Rare Early Card game from 1890 of "The New Game of Snip Snap Snorum" Complete with Instructions, Box lid is missing top side flap but otherwise in very good condition for the age.

Measuring approximately 7 inches high, this most rarely found, circa 1900’s, cloth, Black Mammy doll boasts a body form that is constructed of a dried cob of corn!

Mammy sports hand-stitched facial features, and all original, machine-stitched clothing. Mammy’s hands and arms are made of fabric-coated pipe cleaners allowing for flexibility and movement. Her corn cob body has been neatly encased in muslin...

Measuring 12 inches in length, this circa 1930’s, Topsy Turvy Doll is in superb condition and is unusually and wonderfully appointed with great attention to detail! Both black and white sides of the doll have been very finely dressed with rose blossoms on their bandannas as well as at their waists- very, very rare for the “Black Topsy” to be so well attired!

”Black Topsy” is dressed in a striking pink, green, orange, and black cotton, geometric-patterned dress- very Art Deco! Her mo...

Great book here full of history, pictures and tunes. Can provide plenty more pics if required... Hardback book in good condition with 253 pages.

Entitled "SLUGGER CHAMPIONS", this circa 1945-1949, tin windup BOXING Toy features the unusual pairing of Black and White boxers!

Made in post World War II, US Zone Germany, this tin toy measures 3.5" square, with the boxing figures measuring 2.25" tall. The toy retains its original box which measures 4" square, and features a start/stop lever on one side with the (original) key windup on another...

Nice set of 9 old Pins, including 6 Black Americana ones, they may have formed part of another game before, perhaps on a stand with metal rods going through as there are holes through the necks on the sides?? They Measure approx 9.5" tall.

ORIGINAL DRAWING in pencil and white gouache, featuring golf superstar and legend, the late, great ARNOLD PALMER (1929-2016). The interlinked/overlapping images are on a single sheet of cream paper measuring 14" by 11 1/2" (25" by 21" attractively framed in wood with inner linen liner and dark green mat)...

Nice large kitchen Golden Shred thermometer. Condition is good with minimal wear, Made from plastic. Just over 18" Long and 4" Wide (nice size).

1961 YANKEE WORLD SERIES BASEBALL Martin Marion "Mr. Shortstop" Rawlings special edition baseball; Singed by 15 members of the Yankee team. See attached certification of authenticity No. AF04987 In the spring of 1962, my father took me to the Yankees Spring Training in Tampa, Florida. The Yankees just won the World Series that fall. I was 9 years old and only 4ft. 11 inches tall...

Great Bottle with lovely Black Americana Caricature of a Black Waiter holding tray of drinks.. From the National Tea Importing Co, Salt Late City, Utah

This a small illustrated book by Helen Bannerman, 55 pages, sleeve is in poor condition, book binding is still good, general condition fair.

Nicely made piece, I am presuming here that this is for some kind of incense, there is a hole at the side of the head where you would put your incense and smoke would then come out of the eyes... There are a couple of chops to the paint on the base, please see photos

Nice tin with lovely graphics of a black lady. Tin Measures approx 3" in Diameter

Having conceived of the revolutionary idea of a lithographed, molded-mask doll face in 1901, New Yorker, Albert Bruckner applied for and was awarded the patent for his idea that same year. All Bruckner dolls were then stamped, "PAT'D JULY 8th 1901" on the lower right neck edge.

From 1901-1924, Bruckner produced this original, 12" Topsy Turvy doll for Horsman's Babyland Rag Doll line that features Caucasian, "Betty", on one end and African American, "Topsy", on the other...

Small Chocolate Candy Box " Black Boy" 0.5 Pound. Box measures approx - 5.5 x 3" x 1.5"

This belt buckle is silver over pewter. It has a nice turquoise and coral design with a colorful inlay, featuring the square and compass symbol(s). It measures 3 3/4" x 2 3/4". The back is marked S.S.I. with the copyright symbol. It is in excellent condition. It weighs 5 ounces.

Very hard to find large candy tin, with a great caricatures of a Black bell Boy playing the saxophone. There is a fair bit of wear to the tin, however it is a survivor and there are not many around now. Tin measures approx - 10" in Diameter and 3.4" Deep

Very rare Heidelberger's Famous Rastus Kids Candy Box Made by the Heidelberger Confectionery Co - Philadelphia, PA Top Two Corners have splits, Top end Flap Split, the box has wear and tear.. please see photos. Box measures approx - 10.5" x 7.5" x 3"

A very RARE and highly appealing Black Memorabilia Advertising Die cut!

Marked "Copyright 1924", in the lower left hand corner, this extremely hard-to-find advertising piece measures 10.5 inches wide x 13.5 inches high...

Lovely French Banana Powder tin with Fantastic graphics. 6" Tall, 2" Deep and 3" Wide

This extremely rare, circa 1900, COMPLETE set of 4 Magic Lantern glass slides with Black Americana theme is in mint condition! True to the era in which they were produced, these 4 slides typify the black derogatory stereotypes prolific during this period.

Measuring 4 inches wide x 3 3/4 inches high, the black color-toned set was manufactured by A.D. Handy, Stereopticon & Supplies, Boston...

Sweet Children's Toyland Story Book, hardcover with great Graphics on the cover. has stories in it like Teddy-Wog and Golly-Bear Condition fair, has persons name written on the inside cover, priced for condition..

Offered is a fabulous grouping of 10, VERY RARELY FOUND, 1880's, Black Americana die cuts printed in Germany and sold by the Bim Brothers, London.

The die cuts are a representation of every day European black folk of the 1880s- from a mother holding her infant to an officer in the army, these ten charming die cuts make for a thought-provoking display! Interestingly, yes, these die cuts do indeed have a bluish tinge to their skin color- an occurrence for which no explanation can be offered...

Black Americana Golly Squeezy Toy, No longer squeaks though. Measures Approx 8.5" Tall

Nice French piece of Advertising with Black Native about to be eaten by the Lion...

Haight and Ashbury street signs San Francisco California. The original street signs from possibly the most famous street corner in the world. Circa late 1960s or early 1970s they later were mounted high up on he traffic light standard please view pictures. A chance to own a decorative historical item great for display in a music club or game room or rock museum.

Nice early puzzle, complete. Box has one split on the bottom and one side of the box lid is pretty worn, please see photos

Charming carved wooden mammy napkin ring. Measures approx 3" Tall

The Five Jolly Darkies Way Down in Old Virginia, The Old Plantation, Made by W. S. Reed Toy Co., Leominster, MA circa 1880/1890, wooden toy. Measures 9" x 6.5" x 2" deep. Only thing missing the handle for the crank but another can easily be placed on it Condition is very good

Scarce double side Golly Children's seaside pail. very nice graphics. Pail Measures approx - 4.5" tall and 4.52 in diameter

Really very nice Cigar Box. It is Heavy also. wonderful Black Americana Caricature painted on it with a Black Man Wearing a Top Hat and smoking a cigar. There is no key for the box and one the glass pains in the box (backside) is split in two. I have not seen this box before, really great item. Measures approx 11.5" Long, 8" Wide and and almost 7" High

Offered is this extremely RARE 1920's, cardboard, D.L. Clark Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 120 count, BLACK JACK Caramel "PENNY CANDY" BOX which features a singing Black Dandy strumming a banjo.

Cardboard candy boxes with African-American themes remain EXTREMELY RARE finds in today's market due to their inherent fragile nature!!!

This wonderful piece is in very good condition with the expected aging, and edge and corner wear given its 100+ years of age.

The top left seam of the cov...

Old Kongo Black Ink made by Carter's for Fountain and Steel pens. Some rusting to the cap Bottle measures approx - 2.5" tall and 2" in Diameter

Great Graphics and colours on this French Polish tin Graphics on both sides Tin Measure approx - 6.5" Long, 4.5" wide and 2" Deep

Great survivor here, Box and Party dress up wig. Box has Minstrel and Topsy Characters on it. Box Measures approx - 8.5" x 10.5" x 1.2"