Auction calendar
Black Grail holds curated sales throughout the year. Each sale is assembled by department and reviewed by the curatorial committee before catalogue release.
liveSignature Sale No. 014
The Movement in Print
A curated sale of photography, periodicals, and printed ephemera documenting the American civil rights movement between 1948 and 1972. Every lot has been reviewed by the Black Grail curatorial committee and carries a Grail Score assessment.
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8 lots
upcomingBlack Baseball & Sporting Culture
Diamond Legacies
Negro Leagues photography, graded rookie cards, game-used material, and league documents celebrating a century of Black sporting achievement.
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62 lots
upcomingBlack Comics, Pulp & Illustration
Ink & Imagination
From All-Negro Comics to independent Afrofuturist presses — a survey of Black storytelling in sequential art.
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47 lots
closedManuscripts & Archives
Freedom Papers
Manumission records, correspondence, broadsides, and organizational archives spanning 1793–1965.
Sale concluded
55 lots
Departments
LOT 101PhotographyGrail 96
Original Silver Gelatin Print — "We Demand Equal Rights", 1963
Current bid
$42,000
23 bids
Reserve met
LOT 102Trading CardsGrail 91
1950 Bowman #22 Jackie Robinson — Graded, 1950
Current bid
$18,500
31 bids
Reserve not met
LOT 103Comics & PublicationsGrail 98
All-Negro Comics No. 2 — Unpublished Proof Copy, 1947
Current bid
$61,000
17 bids
Reserve met
LOT 104Historical DocumentsGrail 88
Manumission Document with Intact Wax Seal, 1821
Current bid
$9,400
12 bids
Reserve not met
LOT 105PhotographyGrail 84
Freedom Riders Contact Sheet — 36 Frames, 1961
Current bid
$7,200
9 bids
Reserve met
LOT 106Comics & PublicationsGrail 92
The Negro Motorist Green Book, 1949 Edition, 1949
Current bid
$12,800
21 bids
Reserve met
LOT 107Original ArtworkGrail 87
Harlem Portrait Study, Oil on Board, 1938
Current bid
$26,500
14 bids
Reserve met
LOT 108Historical DocumentsGrail 90
Negro National League Team Ledger, 1924
Current bid
$15,600
18 bids
Reserve met
LOT 109MemorabiliaGrail 89
Satchel Paige Signed Presentation Photograph, 1948
Estimate $9,000 – $15,000
LOT 110SoldHistorical DocumentsGrail 97
Ida B. Wells Anti-Lynching Broadside, 1893
Hammer
$88,000
42 bids
LOT 111UnsoldMemorabiliaGrail 74
Harlem Studio Portrait Camera, 1955
Hammer
$3,100
4 bids