Ahh! We keep expanding the store, and we haven’t even launched yet! We are elated to get to bring you guys something so special, something so unique that you literally will not be able to get it any other place except for on shopposhboutique.com…. We’re partnering with the Mark E. Mitchell Collection to bring you guys original and rare art pieces dating back to the 1700′s. How cool!
Here’s some background about the Mark E. Mitchell Collection:
The Mark E. Mitchell Collection of African American History is an unprecedented compilation of over 4,000 original historic manuscripts, documents, newspapers, books, photographs and artifacts, dating from the early 1600s through the present day — referred to by some as a “National Treasure“. The Collection vividly “brings to life” the African American experience from its origins in the great empires of Western Africa, through the terrible Slave Trade and Middle Passage,Slavery and Emancipation in America, Reconstruction, the Harlem Renaissance, the Civil Rights movement, and contemporary America.
You guys, the stuff that we have for you is completely unbelievable, and we knew we had to give you a quick peak before the launch…
“Public Sale Of Slaves In Charleston”
Woodcut Sketch
The Illustrated London News
London, UK
November 29, 1856
Scarce Original Pen and Ink Sketch by Jazz Legend Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis, III (1926-1991)
(New York)
c. 1986
One page, quarto, accomplished in black pen and ink. Extremely fine. Professionally framed in dark gray and gold.
Rare Martin Luther King Jr. Signed Book
“Strength To Love”
Signed 1st edition
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
New York, 1963
146 pp., original and complete. Book contents and black boards in fine condition. Original dust cover torn and tattered as is often found. Boldly signed in ink on the first blank page, “Best Wishes, Martin Luther King”
“Strength To Love” was Dr. King’s first volume of his sermons, and contained the dedication, “TO MY MOTHER AND FATHER whose deep commitment to the Christian faith and unswerving devotion to its timeless principles have given me an inspiring example of the Strength to Love.”
Original Reward Poster For a Runaway Slave
Broadside, quarto measures 9″ x 7 3/4.” Overall very fine. A superb example, boldly printed. Housed in glass with off-white matboard. Can be re-matted and professionally framed. Broadside Runaway Slave Posters from the Washington, DC area are extremely scarce.
Signed LP by legendary vocalist Nancy Wilson
Nancy Wilson
“Yesterday’s Love Songs—Today’s Blues”
Signed LP Record Album (with original disc)
Capitol Records
Los Angeles, CA
1964
Vintage record album featuring an up-close color photograph of a young Nancy Wilson. Overall very good condition. Boldly signed in black pen, “Love, Nancy Wilson.” A perfect item to frame!
