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Rembrandt Etchings from the John Villarino Collection
Old Master Through Modern Prints At Auction October 29 Lot 89: Rembrandt van Rijn, A Beggar Seated on a Bank, etching and drypoint, 1630. $20,000 to $30,000. Over the course of his prolific...
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9 New Auction Records in Fall 2019 Auction of African-American Fine Art
Elizabeth Catlett Sculpture Realizes $389,000—A Record Price for Any Work by the Artist The October 29 auction of African-American Fine resulted in nine new auction records, supported by a room...
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Fall 2019: Rare & Important Travel Posters
Upcoming Highlights At Auction November 14 Sascha Maurer, New York World’s Fair / Thru Grand Centreal Gateway, circa 1939. $5,000 to $7,500. 20 Years of Travel Poster Auctions Our...
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Fall 2019: Contemporary Art
Upcoming Highlights At Auction November 21 Lot 295: Pat Steir, Berlin Waterfall, color screenprint, 1993. $2,000 to $3,000. Anchoring this auction is a special selection of works by women...
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Early Printed Books by John Bulwer — A Pioneer in the Education of the Deaf...
Our October 24 sale of Early Printed, Travel, Scientific & Medical Books brings an impressive offering of material that includes works by the late-Renaissance English doctor and philosopher John...
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Fall 2019 Fine Books & Manuscripts Brings Record Prices
We brought forth a remarkable offering of autographs, art, press and illustrated books, as well as nineteenth and twentieth-century literature, in a Thursday, October 10 sale of Fine Books &...
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Edward S. Curtis & Irving Penn Shine in Fall 2019 Classic & Contemporary...
Our Thursday, October 17 sale of Classic & Contemporary Photographs featured a broad range of photographic material. “The sale cast a wide net with icons of popular culture, important historical...
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Artist Profile: Kehinde Wiley
Who builds a statue of a young man with locks, perched on a horse ready to ride into the ranks of Confederate statues in Virginia? Kehinde Wiley does. Who let this dude into the building? Who turned...
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Happening November 19: A Conversation With the Archives of American Art
Erin Jenoa Gilbert & Mary Savig on Collecting the Papers of Women Artists, Critics, and Dealers Join us on November 19 for the third in a series of events highlighting The Archives of American...
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Fall 2019: Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
Upcoming Highlights At Auction December 17 Interesting items for all collectors feature in the sale, with Martin Waldseemüller’s 1513 Tabula Terre Nova; a fine eighteenth-century manuscript map...
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20 Years of Rare & Important Travel Posters at Swann
Swann Galleries’ November 14 sale of Rare & Important Travel Posters marks the house’s twentieth annual sale in the category. Below we share Nicholas D. Lowry’s entry to the catalogue, in which he...
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Fall 2019: Illustration Art
Upcoming Highlights At Auction December 10 This fun and wide-ranging sale offers an early advertising image and a calendar illustration by Dr. Seuss, as well as a selection of American magazine...
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Records & Results: The Pride Sale
Historic Pride Sale at Swann Brings Market Premiers and Auction Records The Pride Sale on Thursday, June 20, 2019 offered a curated selection of LGBTQ+ art, photography, literature, autographs and...
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Join Us December 5: Still Reading It for the Cartoons
Changing Production Methods & Public Perception in Illustration Hear from cartoonists Emily Flake and Benjamin Schwartz, both regular contributors to The New Yorker, alongside Swann Galleries...
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Science Leads Fall 2019 Early Printed Books
Our Thursday, October 24 sale of Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books saw a full auction room and active bidding on the internet and phones with a particular interest in...
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Exhibition Guide: Museums Showing 9th Street Women…& Beyond
On May 21, 1951, in New York, the doors opening to what would be a defining moment in American art—The Ninth Street Show. Curated by future famed gallerist Leo Castelli, contemporary artists who had...
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Rembrandt Etching of Pieter Haaring Brings a New Record for the Print
With an offering from the past five centuries, our October 29, 2019 sale of Old Master Through Modern Prints brought collectors exceptional works from key artists and included Rembrandt etchings from...
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Il Guercino Leads Fall 2019 Old Master Drawings
Our curated sale of Old Master Drawings on November 5, 2019, brought original works, studies and preparatory drawings from the most sought-after European draughtsmen from the past several centuries....
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20 Years of Travel Posters Pays Off with 10 New Records
“After twenty years of conducting auctions of Rare and Important Travel Posters it was validating to see the sale turn in the best results in the last three years,” noted Nicholas D. Lowry, Swann...
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The Hot Bid Interviews Christine von der Linn for our December 10 Sale of...
Sheila Gibson Stoodley, author of The Hot Bid, spoke with our Illustration Art Director, Christine von der Linn about a special 1973 Charles Addams cartoon published in The New Yorker at auction...
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