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Records & Results: Photographs & Photobooks
Martín Chambi & Images of South America Lead Classic & Contemporary Photographs at Swann Our sale of Classic & Contemporary Photographs on Thursday, April 18 saw active bidding across...
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The Pride Sale
An Exploration & Celebration of the Art, Influence & History of the LGBTQ+ Community Our first Pride Sale, being held in the same month as WorldPride and the 50th anniversary of the...
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Swann in Profile: Atina Sutton
Following up on our recent sale of African-American Fine Art, we sat down with Atina Sutton to discuss all things Swann, art and what’s current. You’ve been at Swann for about five years, what is...
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Records & Results: Old Master Through Modern Prints
Zapata Sets Print Record for Diego Rivera at $45k With seven records and a standout selection of Latin American art, our sale of Old Master Through Modern Prints on Thursday, May 2 offered works by...
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A Look at Roy Lichtenstein’s Early Works
Roy Lichtenstein is known for his commercial art-inspired works that provided parody through Pop Art and elevated the art of cartooning. Though all of his work maintains the semi-fantastical air of a...
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Dramatized Sales Methods: How to close a sale in 1930
The art of salesmanship has long been dissected in search of methods to effectively and efficiently hook customers and close a deal. Our upcoming Graphic Design auction on May 23 features a rare 1930...
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Upcoming Highlights: American Art
At Auction June 13 Complete Catalogue Coming Soon Emilio Cruz, Four Nudes, oil on paper, circa 1963. $7,000 to $10,000. Exhibition Open June 8 – June 13 The exhibition is free to attend and open...
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Records & Results: 19th & 20th Century Literature
Rare Bond Titles Lead Literature at Swann Lot 127: Ian Fleming, Goldfinger, first edition, inscribed to Sir Henry Cotton, MBE, London, 1959. Sold for $25,000. John Larson: “The enduring appeal of...
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Notes from the Catalogue: Lewis Evans
Lewis Evans’ General Map of the Middle British Colonies in America was one of the most significant and influential maps published in Colonial America. On it, Evans described the land beyond the...
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Al Hirschfeld Theater Portraits
“The importance and legacy of Al Hirschfeld’s theater portraits lie in that Hirschfeld gave us nearly a century’s eyewitness record of a very elusive art form,” notes specialist, Christine von der...
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An Introduction to the Catalogue by Eric Marcus
The Pride Sale An Exploration & Celebration of the Art, Influence & History of the LGBTQ+ Community A few weeks ago we invited Eric Marcus, the founder and host of the Making Gay History...
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Records & Results: Contemporary Art
Print Record for Franz Kline in Swann Contemporary Our May 16 sale of Contemporary Art brought a record price for a Franz Kline print and saw an 81% sell-through rate, earning $1.4M. Lot 9: Franz...
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Records & Results: Graphic Design
Charles Loupot Reaches New Heights in Swann Graphic Design Auction debuts for Tadanori Yokoo Our auction of Graphic Design on May 23 offered a selection of vintage posters by important designers...
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America the Beautiful: City & Landscape Scenes of America’s Terrain
Our June 13 sale of American Art features an impressive selection of city, landscape and coastal scenes. The offering puts on display how the breadth and diversity of America’s terrain, from “sea to...
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Cataloguing History: Why we hold specialized auctions.
Auctions offer a moment where the sometimes-incalculable significance of an object is quantified. The price is reached through collaboration: specialists, consignors, the market, and finally,...
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Records & Results: Illustration Art
Theater Portraits & Set Designs Lead Illustration Art Miriam Troop makes a stellar auction debut at $40k Lot 99: Al Hirschfeld, Paul Robeson as Othello, illustration for the 1943 revival of...
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Notes from the Catalogue: Candy Darling
“Every woman who wants to be beautiful should be beautiful” Among the many items up for auction in our June 20 Pride Sale, is an archive of personal effects of Candy Darling an enduring trans icon,...
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Upcoming Highlights: Vintage Posters
At Auction August 7 Sergio Trujillo Magnenat, Bogotá 1938 / IV Centenario / Juegos Deportivos Bolivarianos, 1938. $2,000 to $3,000. Complete Catalogue Coming Soon For over 15 years our summer...
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Notes from the Catalogue: Hank O’Neal & Allen Ginsberg
The Gay Day Archive Today, at least a million spectators line the Pride parade route along Fifth Avenue each year. But in its earliest days, the celebration was a much smaller event characterized by...
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Records & Results: Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
Lewis Evans Reached $125k in Maps & Atlases Lot 63: Lewis Evans, A General Map of the Middle British Colonies, proof copy, annotated, signed & dated by Evans, Philadelphia, 1755. Sold for...
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