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The Book of Mormon Earns Record at $112k in Fall 2021 Americana Auction
American Revolution material brings strong results, alongside Latin Americana The fall 2021 offering of Printed & Manuscript Americana was held on Thursday, September 30 delivering remarkable...
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Upcoming Highlights: Fine Books & Autographs—At Auction October 28, 2021
View Lots Lot 94: Nirvana’s Nevermind compact disc insert signed and inscribed days after release by Kurt Cobain, additionally inscribed by Krist Novoselic, 1991. Estimate $40,000 to $60,000. Lot 120:...
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Devon Eastland on Librarian George Parker Winship
When I was an undergraduate, I only knew George Parker Winship’s name because of the series of lectures delivered in his honor at the Houghton Library. The topic of one such talk offered this fall...
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Spotlight on Stephen Shore’s Color Photography
Stephen Shore’s extensive career has been defined by a quest to discover everyday America through its vernacular architecture and landscape. Ambitious, Shore rose to prominence at a young age. At 14...
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Fall 2021 African American Art Auction Brings $5M
“We are beyond thrilled with the results of the October 7, 2021 auction, which was a historic sale for Swann Galleries: our first auction to hammer over $4 million. Great excitement about our sale...
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Upcoming Highlights: Master Drawings—At Auction November 3, 2021
View Lots Lot 519: Federico Zuccaro (Sant’Angelo in Vado 1540/1-1609 Ancona), Bust-length Portrait of a Young Man in Profile, looking left, chalk. Estimate $10,000 to $15,000. Lot 503: Circle of...
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Pop Culture Phenoms: Autographs from Some of the 20th Century’s Most Famous...
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 those around them...
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Upcoming Highlights: Old Master Through Modern Prints—At Auction November 2,...
View Lots Lot 218: Vincent van Gogh, Homme à la Pipe: Portrait du Docteur Gachet, etching, 1890. Estimate $80,000 to $120,000. Old Master Prints Lots 1 to 146 Lot 4: Israel van Meckenem, St. Simon and...
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Fire and the Wizards of Light: Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison
Left: Nikola Tesla / Photo: Napoleon Sarony via Wikimedia Commons; Right: Thomas Edison / Photo: Louis Bachrach via Wikimedia Commons Among the great American inventors, Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla...
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The Value of First Edition Dust Jackets
Trolling ne plus ultra Gatsby in the Original Jacket Even those with but a passing familiarity with the rare book trade will likely be aware of the fabulous sums obtained by a copy of The Great Gatsby...
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Upcoming Highlights: Contemporary Artists’ Books: The Property of a Texas...
A selection of artists’ books on offer in the November 9, 2021 sale. An astonishing single owner sale of Contemporary Artists’ Books, many known only via institutional copies, includes an abundance of...
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Upcoming Highlights: Contemporary Art—At Auction November 16, 2021
View Lots Lot 249: David Hockney, Hotel Acatlán: Second Day, color lithograph diptych, 1984–85. Estimate $60,000 to $90,000. Abstract Expressionism and Mid-Century Abstract Art Lots 1 to 63 Lot 16:...
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Upcoming Highlights: Rare & Important Travel Posters—November 23, 2021
View Lots Lot 92: Adolphe Mouron Cassandre, New Statendam / Holland – America Line, 1928. Estimate $10,000 to $15,000. Lot 31: Jacques Majorelle, Le Maroc Par Marseille, 1926. Estimate $3,500 to...
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Consign Now for June 2022: Focus on Women
This past summer Swann held its first auction devoted to works by women. We are pleased to announce another edition of this sale, to be held in June 2022, once again spearheaded by Devon Eastland, our...
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Latinx Modernists
The end of the nineteenth century brought the Machine Age. Many wonderful innovations such as electrification, the assembly line, skyscrapers, and radio broadcast made communication and travel faster,...
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Rare & Important Travel Posters: Nicholas D. Lowry’s Picks for the November...
Nicholas D. Lowry takes us around the world in under five minutes, as he shares a standout selection of exceptional vintage posters from our November 23, 2021 sale of Rare & Important Travel...
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Upcoming Highlights: Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate...
Browse Catalogue View Lots Lot 335: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, hand-colored aquatint, from Audubon’s Birds of America, 1828. Estimate $80,000 to $100,000. Maps Lots 1 to 241 Caleb...
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Harold Porcher’s Specialist Picks: Works to Watch in the December 2, 2021...
We tasked our Modern & Post-War Art Director, Harold Porcher, to share the top lots to watch in the upcoming auction on December 2. Browse the Complete Catalogue for the December 2, 2021 Modern...
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Upcoming Highlights: Illustration Art—December 16, 2021
Browse Catalogue View Lots Lot 31: Edmund Dulac, The Snow Queen, illustration for the chapter Second Story: A Little Boy and a Little Girl from The Snow Queen published in Stories from Hans Andersen...
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Caleb Kiffer’s Specialist Picks: Two Rare Finds in the December 9, 2021 Sale...
Our Maps & Atlases Specialist, Caleb Kiffer, often has the pleasure of handling rare and unique items in his sales. For example, take a look at the Charles Currier lithographic crayons, developed...
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