Mar 28, 2019 - Sale 2503

Sale 2503 - Lot 162

Price Realized: $ 552
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(BLACK PANTHERS.) Group of 11 wire photographs of Bobby Seale. Each about 8 x 10 inches, most captioned in image, with inked American Education Publications and UPI stamps on verso; condition generally strong. Vp, 1970-73

Additional Details

9 of the photographs relate to Seale's 1970-71 New Haven trial and subsequent release. One shows him with co-defendant Ericka Huggins; another shows him delivering a two-fisted Black Power salute while handcuffed outside the courthouse, and others show his release on bail. One dates from his 1973 campaign to become mayor of Oakland, and the last shows him after contempt of court hearings in Chicago, November 1973.