Skinner: Collection of Eugene and Avis Robinson
Auction Reports
Auction Name | Collection of Eugene and Avis Robinson | Total Sales (USD) | 144,132.00 |
Auction Date | February 09, 2018 - February 09, 2018 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 58,375.00 |
Sale Number | #3075B | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 88,250.00 |
Total Lots | 198 | ||
Sold Lots | 164 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 80,890.00 |
% of Lots Sold | 82.83% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 121,910.00 |
Unsold Lots | 34 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 118.23% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
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34 | DeWolf Archive |
18th to 20th century | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 12,300.00 | |
114 | The North Star |
1848 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 10,455.00 | |
120 | Cased Civil War Tintype Depicting an African American Confederate Soldier |
19th century | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 9,225.00 | |
68 | $100 REWARD Broadside |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 7,380.00 | ||
143 | Cased Tintype Depicting African American Young Lady Reading |
19th century | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 6,765.00 | |
119 | Framed Daguerreotype Depicting an African American Soldier |
c.1864 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 5,535.00 | |
115 | Frederick Douglass' Paper |
1851 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 4,920.00 | |
240 | Two Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Press Photographs |
1965 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 4,613.00 | |
270 | World War II Recruitment Poster |
USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 3,444.00 | ||
214 | Occupational Cabinet Card |
20th century | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 2,952.00 | |
48 | Public Sale of Negros by Richard Clagett, |
1833," 11 x 8 1/2 in. | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 2,583.00 | |
300 | Antar Dayal (American, 20th Century) | 2008 Barack Obama Presidential Campaign "Yes We Can" Poster |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,583.00 | |
266 | Elizabeth Catlett (American, 1915-2012), Negro es bello |
1915-2012) | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,460.00 | |
106 | Connecticut Legislature Calls for the Gradual End to the "Great National Evil" of Slavery |
1825 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 2,091.00 | |
89 | Cased Ambrotype Depicting a Female Slave with White Infant in a Baby Carriage |
19th century | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,968.00 | |
139 | Carte-de-visite "White and Black Slaves," |
USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 1,968.00 | ||
243 | Faith Ringgold (American, b. 1930), Letter from Martin Luther King |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,599.00 | ||
93 | Two Photographs Depicting African American Women |
USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,476.00 | ||
272 | Two Shirley Chisholm Campaign Posters |
1972 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,476.00 | |
97 | Carte-de-visite Depicting a White Man and an African American Man |
1868 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 1,353.00 | |
118 | Staffordshire Figure of John Brown with African American Children at His Side |
c.1860 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,353.00 | |
144 | Tintype Depicting Two Black Women Seated on Logs |
USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 1,169.00 | ||
186 | Booker T. Washington Tintype |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,169.00 | ||
213 | Mounted Photograph Depicting a Laundry Truck with an African American Driver |
1915 and 1919. | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 1,169.00 | |
22 | Middle Passage Iron Bilboes |
18th century | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,046.00 |