On Saturday, October 25th, Guernsey's, the renown New York auction house will offer at auction, a monumentally important part of African American history in the form of a two thousand plus sports collection called: The African American Sports Tributary: A Schoolteachers Dream.

The schoolteacher who had the "dream" which motivated her to design the collection is Elizabeth Meaders, an active and well-known participant in the burgeoning field of African American history documentation and collecting. The chronology of her sports collection starts in the year 1776 when our new nation is being born and a former slave is simultaneously becoming an international sports celebrity; thus effectively becoming Americas first authentic sports hero. the Meaders Collection includes memorabilia from all the predominate American sports fields. It also includes tributes to African American sports icons, as well as tributeds to unheralded sports hero's. The collection features antique photos, letters, original artwork, trophies, awards and equipment.

In an unprecedented move, Guernsey's auction house is offering The Meaders Sports Collection as a single lot in acknowledgement of the importance of keeping the integrity of the story that this collection documents intact. Guernsey's can be reached at (212) 794-2280 for additional information.