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Making A Modern American Art: 1920 – 1930
The 1920s were a time of prosperity in America. World War I had ended and the pessimism of the 1910s turned into optimism for modern life. American artists continued to focus on developing their...
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This Season’s Successes: Winter-Spring 2022 Auctions in Review
Fall 2021 – Winter/Spring 2022: Swann Galleries’ Top Grossing Season in 80-Year History The winter-spring auction season at Swann is a masterclass in marathon training, and the 2022 iteration proved...
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American Art: September 22, 2022 Auction Highlights
Edward Potthast, The Grand Canyon, oil, circa 1910-15. Estimate $30,000 to $50,000. Our annual American Art sale leads off the Fall auction season at Swann with panache and a smorgasbord of...
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African American Art: October 6, 2022 Auction Highlights
Norman Lewis, Untitled (Abstraction in Orange), oil on canvas, 1967. Estimate $400,000 to $600,000. Our October 6th African American Art auction features an outstanding group of abstract paintings led...
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Printed & Manuscript Americana: September 29, 2022 Auction Highlights
Archive of personal and family papers of Lincoln’s Secretary of the Navy, Gideon Welles. Estimate $60,000 to $90,000. The highlight of our September Americana auction will be a large archive of family...
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Auctions 101: Provenance Research
Stattler explains the detective work that sometimes goes into researching an item’s history and provenance Auction houses keep one foot in the past, and one foot in the future. We are always preparing...
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Prints & Drawings Specialists’ Picks: American Art — September 22, 2022
Todd Weyman, Director — Lot 163: Milton Avery’s Rocky Coast, 1939 At Auction September 22: Milton Avery, Rocky Coast, gouache on paper, 1939. Estimate $30,000 to $50,000. Milton Avery (1885-1965) was...
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Early Printed Books: October 13, 2022 Auction Highlights
Book of Hours with Illuminated Miniatures, Paris, circa 1480-1510. Estimate $20,000 to $30,000. From the Collection of Ken Rapoport October’s Early Printed Books sale contains a number of sections...
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Fine Photographs: October 20, 2022 Auction Highlights
Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother, silver print, 1936. Estimate $100,000 to $150,000. A range of exciting photographs includes a vintage 1936 example of Dorothea Lange’s iconic Migrant Mother from the...
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African American Art—Works to Watch in the Fall 2022 Sale
Director Nigel Freeman shares his top eight lots to watch in the October 8, 2022 sale. Jacob Lawrence’s Westchester Graduation Ball, 1951 Lot 31: Jacob Lawrence, Westchester Graduation Ball, brush and...
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Fine Books & Autographs: October 27, 2022 Auction Highlights
George Washington, autograph document signed, two holograph plat maps with corresponding surveys representing tracts on the Shenandoah River, 1751. Estimate $40,000 to $60,000. A large assemblage of...
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Old Master Through Modern Prints: November 3, 2022 Auction Highlights
Martin Schongauer, The Crucifixion, engraving, circa 1480. Estimate $60,000 to $90,000. This season’s installment of our semiannual auction of fine Old Master through Modern Prints boasts several...
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Romana Javitz: Champion of FSA Photographers
Romana Javitz (1903-80) was curator of The New York Public Library’s Picture Collection from 1928 to 1968, where she assembled one of the most historically important and artistically significant...
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Family Papers of Lincoln’s Secretary of the Navy Brings $281k in Fall 2022...
Swann’s fall 2022 auction of Printed & Manuscript Americana held on September 29 earned $960k. Civil War-era material earned nearly $470,000 of that total. Collectors joined the sale through the...
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Autograph Collector’s Guide
Swann Autographs specialist Marco Tomaschett shares the ins and outs of starting your own rare autograph collection If you’re new to autograph collecting, bearing in mind a few things while you seek...
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Rare & Important Travel Posters — Featuring Highlights from the Victor...
Tom Purvis, East Coast Joys / Travel By L.N.E.R, set of 6 posters, 1931. Estimate $20,000 to $30,000. An unparalleled collection of American railway posters assembled by Victor Ryerson includes rare...
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Records & Results: October 2022 African American Art Auction
Swann Galleries’ October 6, 2022 sale of African American Art delivered $3.7M with auction debuts and records for artists in the top 15 lots of the auction. Of the auction, Nigel Freeman, director of...
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October 2022 Sale of Early Printed Books Brings the Highest-Grossing Auction...
The fall 2022 sale of Early Printed Books at Swann Galleries was the highest-grossing auction for the category at $1.1 million and ranks among the top ten book sales in the house’s 80-year history....
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Contemporary Art: November 17, 2022 Auction Highlights
John Chamberlain, Untitled, steel, 1954. Estimate $70,000 to $100,000. This fall’s Contemporary Art auction will offer an exciting array of works in all media, including painting, sculpture, drawing...
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A Look at Maurice Logan’s Designs for the Southern Pacific Railway
The November 10, 2022, auction of Rare & Important Travel Posters includes the largest run of Maurice Logan posters that have ever been offered for sale at a single time—19 in all, including 18...
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