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Lot 91
Sale 1310 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography, Featuring African Americana
Feb 27, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$400 -
600
Price Realized
$1,397
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[CIVIL RIGHTS]. Jet. 250 issues (incomplete run). Chicago, IL: Johnson Publishing Co., 1952-1970.
1952 (1 issue). -- 1953 (2 issues). -- 1954 (15 issues). -- 1955 (15 issues). -- 1956 (16 issues). -- 1957 (5 issues). -- 1958 (7 issues). -- 1959 (2 issues). -- 1960 (6 issues). -- 1961 (8 issues). -- 1962 (23 issues). -- 1963 (16 issues). -- 1964 (12 issues). -- 1965 (17 issues). Includes "Untold Drama of the March on Montgomery." -- 1966 (15 issues). -- 1967 (13 issues). Includes "Aretha [Franklin] Bounces Back!" and "World's Fastest Human" (Charlie Greene). -- 1968 (36 issues). Includes "New Shift in Strategy for Poor People's Campaign" and "Black Men Who Helped RFK" (Robert F. Kennedy). -- 1969 (25 issues). Includes "Tragic Report: Hunger in the United States," "New Surge in Afro-American History," and "Banks: Best Cub in History of Baseball." -- 1970 (18 issues). Includes "Is Baseball Ready for a Black Manager?" and "Jackie Robinson Joins War Against Dope in Ghettos."
Together, approx. 250 issues of Jet. Condition fair to good. Occasional spotting, dampstaining and soiling, some with address labels or scribbled notations.
[With:] Jet Exclusive! On Sale Now! 10 1/4 x 13 1/4 in. advertisement printed on cardstock promoting Jet's 23 March 1967 issue, which features "The Greatest Interracial Love Story Ever Told," involving the relationship between Giovanna Agusta and Jose Germano (chipping, some loss to edges).
Founded in November 1951 by John H. Johnson (1918-2005), Jet magazine is considered one of the most influential African American media businesses and chronicled the Civil Rights Movement including early events like the lynching of Emmett Till.



