April 16, 2024Kelsie JankowskiUncategorized Records & Results: Fine Books — April 11, 2024 Read more about Records & Results: Fine Books — April 11, 2024 Swann Galleries’ spring offering of Fine Books on April 11, 2024, brought $974,793, with 84% of the lots finding buyers. The auction was the first of a combined format featuring…
Read more about Focus On Women: June 1, 2023 Auction Highlights May 9, 2023 Focus On Women Focus On Women: June 1, 2023 Auction Highlights Swann’s Focus on Women auction, scheduled for June 1st, pulls together an eclectic set of material representing women’s contributions to art, life, and society. From Louisa May Alcott to Elizabeth…
Read more about Graphic Design: May 18, 2023 Auction Highlights April 21, 2023 Graphic Design Graphic Design: May 18, 2023 Auction Highlights Swann’s annual Graphic Design auction gets better and better with each passing year. As more people find interest and delight in the material, still others bring us wonderful material to…
Read more about Fine Photographs: February 23, 2023 Auction Highlights January 24, 2023 Photographs & Photobooks Fine Photographs: February 23, 2023 Auction Highlights The Photographs season begins with an exciting online auction featuring an array of nineteenth- and twentieth-century highlights. The sale is headlined by Irving Penn’s exceptionally bold and textural Blast, 1980;…
Read more about Collecting 101: Antiquarian Maps December 6, 2022 Maps & Atlases Collecting 101: Antiquarian Maps We asked Swann maps specialist Caleb Kiffer a few questions about what to consider when purchasing an antique map. How important is the map maker when considering a map? There…
Read more about Artist Profile: Édouard Vuillard March 3, 2022 Uncategorized Artist Profile: Édouard Vuillard We are pleased to offer some outstanding works on paper by Édouard Vuillard in our March 10, 2022 auction. These color pastel drawings were influenced by Vuillard’s Impressionist forebears as…
Read more about Fine Books & Autographs: February 17, 2022 Auction Highlights January 19, 2022 Autographs Fine Books & Autographs: February 17, 2022 Auction Highlights The auction has a number of autographs by inspiring innovators, including the cover of the 1982 issue of Time magazine featuring Steve Jobs, signed by him. If the greatness of…
Read more about Pop Culture Phenoms: Autographs from Some of the 20th Century’s Most Famous Figures October 20, 2021 Uncategorized Pop Culture Phenoms: Autographs from Some of the 20th Century’s Most Famous Figures Over the years Swann has offered a number of signatures from figures who have captured the zeitgeist of their era, dominating the headlines and defining the taste and interests for…
Read more about Rembrandt & Picasso Lead May 2021 Sale of Old Master Through Modern Prints May 11, 2021 Uncategorized Rembrandt & Picasso Lead May 2021 Sale of Old Master Through Modern Prints Our May 6, 2021 sale of Old Master Through Modern Prints delivered $1.8 million in sales and saw seven print records set. “There was robust and consistent interest in Old…
April 1, 2020 Uncategorized Pen, Pencil & A Bottle of Ink: Al Hirschfeld Seen Through Six Drawings Welcome! Our speakers tonight are David Leopold, Creative Director of the Al Hirschfeld Foundation, and Christine von der Linn, Director of Illustration Art at Swann Auction Galleries.