Mar 26, 2015 - Sale 2377

Sale 2377 - Lot 75

Price Realized: $ 1,375
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
FONDREN, S.R. Slave dealer S. R. Fondren's business card. Printed cardstock, 2-1/2 x 3-5/8 inches. Richmond, circa 1840's to 1850's
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Rare business card from a Richmond slave dealer. Fondren and his brother were major slave dealers and auctioneers. They expanded their business in the late 1850's by purchasing Dickinson and Hill of Mississippi. Such business cards are rare. See our sale 1998, lot 9 for a large archive of correspondence from the Fondren Brothers.