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...

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...

Antique, dated 1834, finely hand-painted the Greek Orthodox Icon of Saints Constantine and Helen (Konstantinos and Eleni), with True Cross in the early 19th century.

Tempera on wood panel...

Offered is a very colorful group of 5, circa 1970s, golf tee matchbook-style packets which served as novelty advertisement giveaways for family-owned ALBERT BROS., INC., Waterbury, CT, a 119 year old scrap metal recycling company.

Each identical packet is designed in the form of a large matchbook and contains 6 painted wooden golf tees and one plastic ball marker.

Each decorative pack measures about 4 inches long x 2.5 inches wide and ALL are in unused condition...

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...

KUKRYNIKSY SOVIET RUSSIAN SATIRE PROPAGANDA POSTER . Vintage circa 1950-1960 KUKRYNIKSY group SOVIET SATIRE PROPAGANDA PRINT "Dummy" . From a trio of Russia's most important graphic artist receiving numerous awards from the Russian state for their work especially in WW11 . Size about 19" x 25.5" paper in good condition but has faint foxing.

KUKRYNIKSY SOVIET RUSSIAN SATIRE PROPAGANDA POSTER . Vintage circa 1950-1960 KUKRYNIKSY group SOVIET SATIRE PROPAGANDA PRINT "2 face" . From a trio of Russia's most important graphic artist receiving numerous awards from the Russian state for their work especially in WW11 . Size about 19" x 25.5" paper in good condition but has faint foxing.

KUKRYNIKSY SOVIET RUSSIAN SATIRE PROPAGANDA POSTER . Vintage circa 1950-1960 KUKRYNIKSY group SOVIET SATIRE PROPAGANDA PRINT "Drunk at work" . From a trio of Russia's most important graphic artist receiving numerous awards from the Russian state for their work especially in WW11 . Size about 19" x 25.5" paper in good condition but has faint foxing.

KUKRYNIKSY Soviet satire propaganda poster "Anonymous scoundrel" Vintage circa 1950-1960 KUKRYNIKSY group SOVIET SATIRE PROPAGANDA PRINT "Bureaucrat" . From a trio of Russia's most important graphic artist receiving numerous awards from the Russian state for their work especially in WW11 . Size about 19" x 25.5" paper in good condition but has faint foxing.

KUKRYNIKSY SOVIET RUSSIAN SATIRE PROPAGANDA POSTER . Vintage circa 1950-1960 KUKRYNIKSY group SOVIET SATIRE PROPAGANDA PRINT Bribe. From a trio of Russia's most important graphic artist receiving numerous awards from the Russian state for their work especially in WW11 . Size about 19" x 25.5" paper in good condition but has faint foxing. Translation: the aft HAPUGA AND HIS SERVICE If presented a huge bribe. All will "Yes". All will smoothly. If bribes no All will no...

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)...

A contemporary Russian or Greek Orthodox icon hand painted in oil on a wood panel, 11 1/8" by 8 1/8", bearing on the reverse a modern label "Certificate" stating it to be a copy of an old style original, title "Virgin Marey" (sic), from "Borchkovo Xuti", and a printed internet address showing the origin to be Bulgaria and the artist name as Vassil Vassilev. This is very nicely done by a talented hand, and the gold has a great shine to it...

Measuring 4 inches long, this circa 1920s, miniature, Black Mammy doll is unique in construction- its head and body have been fashioned from an old rubber baby nursing nipple!

Mammy’s sweet little face has been carefully hand-painted, and she has been nicely dressed in a red dress featuring flowers and watering cans, a linen apron, a linen under-slip(not usually found on nipple dolls) and a red head scarf...

Measuring 3 1/4 inches long, this circa 1920s, miniature, Black Mammy doll is unique in construction- its head and body have been fashioned from an old rubber baby nursing nipple!

Mammy’s sweet little face has been carefully hand-painted, and she has been nicely dressed in a red dress with blue oval designs, a linen apron and red and black head scarf...

Offered is the 1928, 2nd edition of Helen Bannerman's, Little Black Sambo book published by the Platt & Munk Company of New York and illustrated by one of P & M's noted artists, Eulalie...

In a frame measuring 7 3/4 inches wide x 9 1/2 inches long, this brightly colored, all original, circa 1920s, Little Black Sambo Puzzle is in near perfect condition! This very rarely-found puzzle (I've NEVER seen another one like this) attracts additional interest due to the whimsical cutting of some of the individual puzzle pieces- in the shape of a heart, a fish, a bird and a dog!

This puzzle features a rendition of Little Black Sambo depicting Sambo trying on his new red jacket---one pre...

Measuring 8.25 inches long, this vintage, Black Mammy Spoon rest was made in JAPAN in the 1950's. Along with its jolly, wide-eyed caricature, the spoon rest features a purple-colored tulip painted on both sides and reads “SPOONREST” in black lettering at the top of the Mammy's polka-dotted, purple headscarf. Note small "hanging hole" in back for display on the kitchen wall!

Very few of these pieces survive due to the high level of use they encountered...

Measuring 9 1/2 inches wide x 13 inches long, this brightly colored, copyright 1931, Little Black Sambo, large softcover book illustrated by acclaimed American children's illustrator, Fern Bisel Peat, is very rarely found!

(Also currently available is Fern Bisel Peat's companion Little Black Sambo Puzzle!)

Published by The Harter Publishing Company, Educational Publishers, Cleveland Ohio, this book along with a companion puzzle which features one of the illustrations from this book, we...

This unusually diminutive, vintage, C1920s, Black Valentine Cupid die cut is protected in a 4 x 6 inch, decorative wood frame, surrounded by a gold foil mat featuring white foil roses. Additional tiny die cuts of pink roses are placed at each corner.

This adorable, smiling Valentine cupid die cut is in very good condition. Two very teeny fold lines are present that are very difficult to see unless using magnification (see closeup photo) - one in the left arm and another in the left wing...

This extremely colorful, lighthearted, and energetic, signed, fine quality, Limited Edition, giclee print depicts a lively outdoor dining scene full of gaiety and camaraderie.

The image, itself, measures 32" long x 24" wide, while the framed artwork in total measures 41" long x 32.5" wide. The giclee print was framed using museum-quality, acid-free double-mat board and backing materials, within a fine quality solid wood frame and topped with non-glare glass...

Entitled "A Chip O' The Old Block", the theme of this 1906 copyrighted lithograph features a derogatory stereotype not recognized as such when it was published 115 years ago. A very young African American toddler, bare-bottomed and still just crawling, is attempting to catch a fleeing hen - the caption implying, just as would his parent...

Offered is a highly-collectible, circa 1860's, Staffordshire earthenware, pictorial plate featuring a scene from the enormously popular, 1852 novel, "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

"Uncle Tom's Cabin" or "Life Among the Lowly", is an anti-slavery novel that was published in two volumes and which had a profound effect on attitudes toward African-Americans and slavery in the U.S. It is said to have "helped lay the groundwork for the American Civil War".

The plate depicts Uncle T...

Presented as a historical and cultural artifact, this extraordinarily RARE, very, very scarcely found, cloth book entitled "Pickaninny ABC" was published in London, Patented March 7, 1905, Number 39, by Dean's Rag Book Co. Ltd. The book measures 8.50 inches long x 6.75 inches wide, and is the companion volume to the also exceedingly rare 1904 Dean's Rag Book, "Ten Little Indians" which I have had the pleasure to offer for sale only twice in my decades-long antiques career (see final photo for a...

The size of Framed : 28" Wide x 21 1/4" High x 1 1/8" Thick
Work of rectanguler: 11" W x 14 1/4" High,
Maverick Logo size: 8 1/4" Dia
The condition of Frame and works: Excellent.
This is rare work of framed "2002 Dallas Mavrick Allstars, Dirk Nowitzki, Dan Nelson, Steve Nash". Framed work photo print was done by Dallas Morning News. It has these three guy’s hand written signature (not offset signatures). There is Maverick logo done in carved design on right side area. Th...

Measuring 26.5" long x 13.75" wide, this fabulous, one-of-a-kind segregation sign is felt to be circa 1930s.

The sign with its flat black background, features a decorative free-hand, skill-fully executed, corner-looped edge design in old white paint advertising: SLEEPING ROOM FOR RENT.

Beneath the words 'FOR RENT', the words "WHITE ONLY" have been covered over with a layer of similar-colored background paint. Both words are still visible beneath this layer of paint with the word "WHITE" b...

Presented as a historical and cultural artifact, this seldom-found, vintage, 1942, Ten Little Colored Boys book illustrated by Emery I. Gondor and published by Howell, Soskin Publishers, New York, is in very good condition.

Measuring 10.75 inches wide x 8.25 inches long, the book has seen extremely gentle use as evidenced by the minimal wear of the little boys' heads which, while providing visual interest, are primarily present to allow easy turning of each page. Given this purpose, it is ...

A beautiful 19th century framed embroidery depicting a religious phrase, which reads "I will give thee a Crown of Life" with a beautiful centralized crown motif and surrounded by stitched scrolling garlands, and featuring lovely hues of gold and crimson. Behind glass within a wooden frame. Overall in good condition with expected signs of use given its age. The frame shows some chips and minor wear, as indicated in photography. Measures in frame 25.75" wide x 11" High. Site Size 24" wide x 9.5...

2 NASCAR M&M's Racing Team #36 Collector's Edition Watch Black Leather Band 1999 with paperwork and one 1994 Vintage M&M's Engraved Special Edition Quartz Watch in box .

For the fan of professional women's basketball, this is a medium size vintage Women's NBA t-shirt, of the Los Angeles Sparks, dating from approximately 1999 to 2001, signed on the cloth in marker by five or six members of the team. I am not a keen basketball fan or knowledgeable about women's basketball, but I have researched this item online and determined that at least two of the autographs are by Allison Feaster, and Ukari Figgs, and I believe Mwadi Mabika. They were members of the team aro...

Autographed in blue ink on the title page, this is a copy of Bill Bradley's 1996 memoir "Time Present, Time Past", in which the 1970's basketball star, and subsequent nationally-known presidential candidate and United States Senator describes his life's journey from small town Missouri through his public service. This is a fifth edition, from February 1996, in very good condition, with dusty dust jacket showing minimal wear. Pages are clean. What appears as a scratch on dust jacket by chin is...

A copy of "America's Cup XXVII", The Official Record 1988", documenting the run-up to the event, the event itself, and the aftermath, the book signed by famous skipper Dennis Conner, then dedicated "To Mort, Thanks for all your help". Mort Bloom, from whose estate this was acquired, was an active participant in the Southern California yacht club and boat racing scene, and a judge of those races. The dust jacket shows its age, with a drink ring and general wear; the pages of the book are slight...

Black and white photo of famed American gymnast and Olympic gold medalist MARY LOU RETTON (1968-), inscribed with black marker "To Alexis/Work hard/Love/Mary Lou Retton /USA 1984". Retton was a West Virginia-born teen who became the first female from outside the Eastern European countries to win the Olympic gold individual all-around competition in Los Angeles in the '84 games. She went on to become a face on the Wheaties box, Sports Illustrated "Sportswoman of the Year", and national celebrit...

One of several aviation-related items in the shop, these are photographs of the famous Voyager aircraft over the Mojave desert and over a cloud deck, in test flights before its history-making flight in December 1986. One photo is autographed by Jeana Yeager, the other autographed by her as well as by Dick Rutan. Piloted by Rutan and Yeager, Voyager traveled around the world in 9 days, 3 minutes and 44 seconds. The aircraft entered the record books with its flight of 24,986 miles, circumnavi...

This is a pair of plates from an edition limited to 3000 examples, diameter 9 1/2", blue on cream, issued in the year 1939, "Commemorating the first visit of British reigning sovereigns to these United States", made by Wedgwood Etruria, "exclusively for W.H. Plummer & Co., New York". One example is hand numbered 261, the other hand numbered 507. That was the year of the New York World's Fair, so I believe it likely there was some relationship to them being in New York that year, as war clouds ...

AN INCREDIBLE AND RARE SLAVE DOCUMENT FROM PERSON COUNTY, NC. This document is an agreement to rent a slave from the George Glen estate and is dated December 26, 1864, just months before the end of the Civil War. The document reads:

“ #168 Twelve months after date, me or either of us promises to pay E M Holt & J W Parker, executors of H Parker, deceased, late guardians of the heirs of George Glen, deceased, the sum of $100, of the same being for the [heir?] of a Negro $65 by th...

An original black and white vintage poster, "McGovern for President", circa 1972, measuring 24 1/2" by 18 1/2" in protective plastic framing. The plastic is scratched and so forth but the poster appears to be in acceptably good condition. Both lower corners look almost as if they have residue from there having been triangle-shaped clear mounts at one time, and upper right corner has some wear. There is some rumpling of the paper, handling creases and other minor flaws that come with the territ...