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A Look Inside the Catalogue: Vintage Posters
At Auction August 1 Here’s a look at some of the highlights to be found inside our upcoming catalogue of Vintage Posters: Leonetto Cappiello Leonetto Cappiello, Fêtes du Congrès Interational des...
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Pride Month: Some Artists I Love
This post is by Keavy Handley-Byrne of our Photographs & Photobooks department. To celebrate Pride Month, I wanted to share a couple of queer artists’ work in recognition of their...
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Records & Results: Illustration Art
Our June 5 sale of Illustration Art broke long-standing records and brought new artists to auction for the first time. 76% of the rich selection of just over 250 works of art sold. Lot 156: Al...
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The Many Illustrious Circles of Pavel Tchelitchew
Multi-talented artists can appear in multiple departments at Swann. Our June 14 auction of American Art will feature highlights by Pavel Tchelitchew, whose work also appears in our auctions of...
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William Wheeler III: The Quest for American History
William Wheeler III’s collection of Revolutionary and Presidential Americana, coming to auction June 21, began on his 21st birthday with the gift of his three-times-great-uncle’s appointment as an...
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Records & Results: Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
Our auction of Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books on June 7 brought to market landmarks from the history of cartography and ornithology. The nearly 400 lots traced important...
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Records & Results: American Art
Our auction of American Art on June 14 offered original works by bastions of the category including William Glackens and John Singer Sargent, as well as artists whose work has only more recently been...
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Jefferson & the Citizen Genêt Affair
William Wheeler III‘s collection of Revolutionary & Presidential Americana, coming to auction June 21, features letters, documents and manuscripts that reveal the stories behind some of the most...
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A Look Inside the Catalogue: The Knowing Eye: Photographs & Photobooks
At Auction April 19 The Knowing Eye: Photographs & Photobooks features a rare vintage print of Alfred Eisenstaedt’s iconic Premier at La Scala, Milan, circa 1933, and Robert Frank’s quirky Portrait...
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Records & Results: Revolutionary & Presidential Americana form the Collection...
On June 21, our auction of Revolutionary & Presidential Americana from the Collection of William Wheeler III saw a 91% sell-through rate for important autographs, letters and documents from some of...
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2017-18 Year in Review
The 2017-18 auction season at Swann Galleries was replete with record prices and rediscovered paintings, offering works created as early as the fifteenth century and as recently as last year. We held...
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Specialists in the Field: Summer Reading List 2018
Our Specialists in the Field summer series is back for 2018! Here’s what some of us are cracking into in the off-season. Nicholas D. Lowry, President & Principal Auctioneer Noah Charney and...
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The Hot Bid Interviews Nicho on Cassandre’s “Best Way”
Sheila Gibson Stoodley, author of The Hot Bid, interviewed our President & Principle Auctioneer Nicholas D. Lowry about the most expensive travel poster ever sold. Sheila’s blog, The Hot Bid...
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A Look Inside the Catalogue: African-American Fine Art
At Auction October 4 Preview a few of the highlights scheduled for our upcoming selection of fine art by African-American masters: Charles White, Nobody Knows My Name #1, charcoal & crayon on...
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A Look Inside the Catalogue: Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books
At Auction October 16 The offerings in this characteristically diverse sale of Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books range from incunabula to early twentieth-century works on rocketry...
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A Look Inside the Catalogue: Printed & Manuscript Americana
Featuring The Holzer Collection of Lincolniana At Auction September 27 Preview some of the highlights from our September offering of Printed & Manuscript Americana. Abraham Lincoln John C....
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Specialists in the Field: The Magic of Handwriting
Marco Tomaschett at the Morgan Library For our first Specialists in the Field segment of 2018, Autographs Specialist Marco Tomaschett discusses his recent visit to The Morgan Library’s newest...
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Specialists in the Field: Rockaway! 2018
Lauren Kristin at Narcissus Garden by Yayoi Kusama Communications Digital Content Coordinator Lauren Kristin shares their most recent venture to Rockaway! 2018. Fort Tilden entrance at Beach 169th...
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A Look Inside the Catalogue: Rare & Important Travel Posters
At Auction October 25 Complete Catalogue Coming Soon Preview some of the vibrant travel posters coming up in our October catalogue: Railroads Philip Zec, LMS By Night Train to Scotland, 1932....
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A Look Inside the Catalogue: Autographs
At Auction November 8 Complete Catalogue Coming Soon Preview some of the items that will be available in our November 2018 catalogue of Autographs: Artists, Authors & Musicians Jacob...
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