January 31, 2019Kelsie JankowskiVintage Posters The Posters on Your Shelf: Scarce Books & Portfolios Read more about The Posters on Your Shelf: Scarce Books & Portfolios At the end of the nineteenth century, the craze of poster collecting was at an all-time high. As a result, publishers formed subscription services in limited runs so that the…
Read more about Cheloniidae: Sea Turtles January 17, 2019 Books & Manuscripts Cheloniidae: Sea Turtles The Richard Lee Callaway Collection of Alan James Robinson & the Cheloniidae Press The collection of the late Richard Lee Callaway forms the cornerstone of the fine printing and…
Read more about 2018: Year in Review December 21, 2018 Swann 2018: Year in Review A year of records, debuts and rediscovered works. As we reflect on 2018, we look back at an excellent year of auctions. In April we held our highest-grossing African-American Fine Art…
Read more about Records & Results: Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books December 17, 2018 Maps & Atlases Records & Results: Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books Runaway Currier & Ives Print with Special Ties to Thomas W. Streeter Sets Record at Swann We closed out our fall season with a marathon sale of Maps &…
Read more about Records & Results: Illustration Art December 10, 2018 Illustration Art Records & Results: Illustration Art Illustration Art Sale at Swann Sets Six Records Al Hirschfeld’s Marx Brothers Tops Auction at $26k Our auction of Illustration Art on December 6 saw a bustling auction room…
Read more about Across the Continent: a Currier & Ives print with ties to Thomas W. Streeter December 5, 2018 Maps & Atlases Across the Continent: a Currier & Ives print with ties to Thomas W. Streeter Among the many unique and impressive rarities in our December 13 Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books sale is Across the Continent, 1868, by Currier & Ives. Significant for…
Read more about Rockwell Kent & The League of American Writers November 27, 2018 Illustration Art Rockwell Kent & The League of American Writers “To All Fascists:” One of the most remarkable pieces in our December 6 Illustration Art auction is a calligraphed broadside with a statement signed by members of The League of…
Read more about Records & Results: 19th & 20th Century Literature November 15, 2018 Books & Manuscripts Records & Results: 19th & 20th Century Literature Signed & Inscribed Oscar Wilde Play Leads Literature Auction SciFi Works Continue to Prove to be Popular in Swann Literature Sales Book collectors from far and wide partook in…
Read more about Records & Results: Autographs November 12, 2018 Autographs Records & Results: Autographs Letters from a Young Kurt Vonnegut Top Autographs Auction Collectors Drawn to Autographs of Innovators Our auction of Autographs on Thursday, November 8 saw major interest in notable authors…
Read more about Records & Results: Old Master Through Modern Prints November 5, 2018 Prints & Drawings Records & Results: Old Master Through Modern Prints Picasso Tops Old Master Through Modern Prints Auction at Swann Scarce Rembrandt Etching Draws Major Interest Our sale of Old Master Through Modern Prints opened with lively bidding in…
Read more about “The Transcendental Club” November 5, 2018 Books & Manuscripts “The Transcendental Club” “The Transcendental Club,” as it would come to be known, was founded in Massachusetts, in September of 1836, by prominent New England intellectuals. Ralph Waldo Emerson, the primary practitioner of the…
Read more about Louise Bourgeois: An Artist’s Portfolio November 2, 2018 Contemporary Art Louise Bourgeois: An Artist’s Portfolio He Disappeared Into Complete Silence A highlight in our November 15 Contemporary Art sale is one of 19 known complete copies of Louise Bourgeois’ He Disappeared Into Complete Silence, 1947.…
Read more about Records & Results: Rare & Important Travel Posters October 29, 2018 Vintage Posters Records & Results: Rare & Important Travel Posters Swann Travel Posters Auction Sets 8 Records Philip Zec reaches $17.5K Poster lovers from far and wide came to Swann on Thursday, October 25, sale of Rare & Important Travel Posters,…
Read more about “Love – PFC. Kurt Vonnegut, Infantry” October 26, 2018 Autographs “Love – PFC. Kurt Vonnegut, Infantry” The highlight among literary autographs in our November 8 Autographs sale was a group of letters from Kurt Vonnegut, an American writer best known for his science-fiction infused anti-war novel Slaughterhouse-Five, to…
Read more about Records & Results: Photographs & Photobooks October 22, 2018 Photographs & Photobooks Records & Results: Photographs & Photobooks Brâncusi Breaks $100k at Photographs Auction Records for DeCarava & Sidibé Swann Auction Galleries’ Thursday, October 18 sale of Photographs & Photobooks, which boasted historical and contemporary fine art…
Read more about On Picasso: Printmaker October 22, 2018 Prints & Drawings On Picasso: Printmaker Swann Galleries’ November 1 sale of Old Master Through Modern Prints contains nearly 500 lots, including an impressive selection of works by Pablo Picasso. Among these, two prints stand out: Le…
Read more about Records & Results: Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books October 19, 2018 Early Printed Books Records & Results: Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books Jean de Mandeville Reaches $100K in Early Printed Books Auction Philippine Imprint sets record Our auction of Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books garnered eager interest from bibliophiles, exceeding the…
Read more about Set Sail on the Open Seas with a Fleet of Ocean Liner Posters October 17, 2018 Vintage Posters Set Sail on the Open Seas with a Fleet of Ocean Liner Posters Featured in our October 25 Rare & Important Travel Posters sale are works promoting ocean liners from the golden age of travel. Cunard Line It was…
Read more about “Make me the most beautiful set of books you’ve ever seen.” October 9, 2018 Photographs & Photobooks “Make me the most beautiful set of books you’ve ever seen.” The North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis An ambitious photographer’s happenstance meeting on the side of a mountain sets into motion a chain of events that spurs an…
Read more about Records & Results: Printed & Manuscript Americana October 2, 2018 Printed & Manuscript Americana Records & Results: Printed & Manuscript Americana Americana Continues to Out-Perform at Swann Galleries Our September 27 auction of Printed & Manuscript Americana was the highest-earning Americana auction in the last six years and brought $1.2M.…
Read more about Science, Rocketry & Space Flight September 28, 2018 Early Printed Books Science, Rocketry & Space Flight The study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world has always been a curiosity, and the publishing of theories, studies and findings has, in the last…
Read more about Records & Results: 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings September 25, 2018 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings Records & Results: 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings Architectural Splendor Shines at Swann Galleries The fall season opened on September 20 with a marathon sale of 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings earning more than $2.4…
Read more about A Contemporary Collection Highlights African-American Women September 19, 2018 African American Art A Contemporary Collection Highlights African-American Women Selections from the Dr. Robert H. Derden Collection of Contemporary Art are featured in our October 4 African-American Fine Art sale, a private collection located in Chicago, Illinois. The works…
Read more about The Harold Holzer Collection of Lincolniana September 13, 2018 Printed & Manuscript Americana The Harold Holzer Collection of Lincolniana The collection of noted Abraham Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer explores America’s fascination with depictions of the 16th president. Highlighting the breadth of representations of Lincoln, The Harold Holzer Collection of…
Read more about Architectural Splendor September 11, 2018 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings Architectural Splendor From the Chrysler building to the Flatiron, and the numerous bridges that connect its many boroughs, New York’s architecture has come to stand as a symbol for the city. Our September…