Black Diamond Rag Sheet Music 1914, Quin Hall cover art

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Measuring about 10-1/2" x 13-3/4", and six pages long, this is the sheet music to "Black Diamond Rag", by Harry J. Lincoln. It is instrumental only (piano), with no lyrics. The front cover art - a disrespectful and racially incorrect portrayal of stereotype black children playing in a coal bucket - is by "New Yorker" cartoonist Quin Hall. It is dated 1914 and published in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, by Vandersloot Music Publishing Company. The music is totally useable, and the cover art is in good and frameable condition, although it is a little creased and rubbed, with some nicks and tears around the edges. Also, the spine is totally slit from top to bottom, and t is a faded music store stamp near the bottom of the coal bucket, and the number "10" in pencil at the upper right corner. If any of our pictures fail to show up, first try a right-click on the red cross, then a left-click on "Show Picture" (you may have to try more than once). If that fails, we can send pictures to you by e-mail or direct you to their websites. See our seller list for other interesting and unusual items, in fact bid on several to save on shipping and handling. If you buy multiple items and it is feasible and cost-effective to ship the items together, we will gladly consider requests to combine shipping. Just e-mail us at , and we can provide combined shipping cost estimates on a case-by-case basis. If you have any questions, comments or information, please contact us directly at , rather than using the click-and-send contact procedures set up by eBay. Features like "Ask Seller a Question" make it difficult for us later to go back and trace our correspondence with you, and you may never receive our return e-mails because your spam filter will identify our e-mail address as an unknown sender. Winning bidder pays shipping and handling, which is as stated above under "Shipping Costs" for items shipped within the USA. Our requirement for insurance is primarily to protect ourselves against the draconian implications of the so-called "Paypal Buyer Protection Policy." If you choose to pay by means other than Paypal, and if you choose to accept the risk of loss or damage in transit, we are willing to waive the insurance requirement. In any event, we absolutely reserve the right to self-insure, at our discretion, on a case-by-case basis. The eBay checkout system is inadequate in that it calculates only the insurance amount on the starting bid, without accounting for the variable that insurance coverage will cost more if the bids reach a higher price range. If you're unfamiliar with the actual postal rates for insurance, our rule of thumb is that $1.30 offers up to $50.00 of coverage, $2.30 up to $100.00, then add $1.05 for each $100 of coverage. We'll let you do the math. Non-US residents, please contact us prior to bidding to determine your shipping options and costs. Because of Paypal's proof of delivery requirements, we are not always able to offer the cheapest forms of international shipping if you select Paypal as your payment method. Maine residents, please also add sales tax in the amount of 5 percent of the winning bid amount. We prefer that you not send payment until we have sent you our confirmation e-mail, which usually goes out within 24 hours of the end of the auction. Paypal is not our preferred method of payment, and we strongly discourage the use of the Paypal instant payment feature until you have received our end-of-auction confirmation letter. Nevertheless, if you still choose to make a Paypal instant payment before receiving our confirmation letter, we will take that as full acceptance of our terms, and, so long as the payment is no less than the correct amount, our next step will be to mail the item without necessarily sending you a return e-mail. Good luck, bidders! Oh, two more things. First, the reminder that, because of the amount of Post Office red tape, and because we sometimes lo... read more

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