Set of six (6) miniature baskets. 1st item – Set of 3 miniature graduated round baskets, woven splint oak, each with a diagonal band encircling the body and a plain handle. Baskets range in size from 1-1/2" to 3"H. Probably Tennessee, mid to late 20th c. 2nd item – Miniature oval woven split oak basket, […]

Item 1: Shaker slatted round basket with two wood and wire swing handles at sides. 5-1/2" H x 9" Dia. Item 2: Shaker oval basket with slatted sides and wrapped wire and wood handle. 5-1/2" H x 9" W x 5-1/2" D. Both possibly Pleasant Hill, Kentucky, late 19th century. Provenance: Estate of Salli LaGrone, […]

Large collection of Black Americana. Item 1: “A Peep at Coondom”, pamphlet featuring, ten caricature-like photographic prints of African Americans engaged in the Southern cotton culture of the early 20th century (most derogatory), as well as tables of statistics on the cotton industry, marked “compliments of S. Munn Son & Co. (members of the New […]

Rare Currier colored lithograph titled "Nice and Warm" depicting a young African American boy sitting on a barrel warming his hands by a coal stove with bellows in the foreground. Engraved by J. Schutz, printed and published by N. Currier at 152 Nassau Street, NY. Circa 1830-1850. Unframed. Image – 11 5/8" H x 8" […]

Collection of 19th century family photographs in black album, all relating to the Mims Family of Jefferson and Hamblen County Tennessee, with photographs of the children, one page containing a clipping of blond hair, and several with African American children playing and posing with the Mims Family children. Over 100 photos total. Album measures 5 […]

Two framed figural photographs of Southern settings by Thurston Hatcher (working Georgia, circa 1910-1950). All signed in pencil in lower right margin "Thurston Hatcher/Atlanta" and measuring 10-1/4" x 13" image, framed with beige mats and molded black frames. 1st item: "Sewanee River," titled lower left margin, depicting African American man with his guitar and a […]

Watercolor on paper painting of an African American woman dancing with a large cotton ball on her head, titled in pencil at right "A Cotton Ball." Signed in pencil lower center "J– Ta–ley." Later ivory mat and wood frame. 7-1/2" x 4-1/2" sight, 9" x 12" framed. Early 20th century. Provenance: A Nashville, Tennessee estate. […]

Two framed photographs of Southern settings by Thurston Hatcher (working Georgia, circa 1910-1950). All signed in pencil in lower right margin "Thurston Hatcher/Atlanta" and measuring 10-1/4" x 13" image, framed with beige mats and molded black frames. Item 1: "Corn Crib 1825" titled in lower left margin, depicting an early log corn crib in an […]

Cased tintype of African-American mammy and her white charges, a baby and small girl. 4 7/8" H x 3 6/8" W. Later half 19th century. Condition: Some darkening and spotting. Case hinges broken.

Southern School, early 20th century, four photographs, all stamped on back McCollum's Photo Shop, Albany Georgia. 1st item: Interior of a factory, showing African American workers on one side and white workers and managers on the other, possibly Miller's Pecan factory. 2nd item: Exterior of a building with barrels and men on horseback. 3rd item: […]