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Early Modern Women’s Books: Scholar Sarah Lindenbaum on Gift Books
Cartwright, Comedies, Tragi-Comedies, with Other Poems (1651): Books owned by Mary Kemeys Sarah Lindenbaum is an independent scholar currently working on a book about the life and library of...
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Focus On Women: June 1, 2023 Auction Highlights
Sojourner Truth, Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a Northern Slave, first edition, Boston, 1850. Estimate $10,000 to $15,000. Swann’s Focus on Women auction, scheduled for June 1st, pulls together an...
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Contemporary Art: Featuring the Collection of Norman Dolph — June 8, 2023...
Jasper Johns, False Start II, color lithograph, 1962. Estimate $50,000 to $80,000. Our spring auction of Contemporary Art will showcase a variety of exceptional works in all media including painting,...
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Artist Profile: William Addison Dwiggins
William Addison Dwiggins was a multi-hyphenate artist: book designer, typographer, illustrator, writer, marionette maker. He rose to prominence through his advertising and publishing work in the...
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Artist Profile: Edith Schloss
Our May 25, 2023 Modern & Post-War Art auction features a wide array: from the Post-Impressionist era, a work on paper by Gwen John, up to the works of abstract artist James Siena. Among the...
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Fine Books & Autographs: June 15, 2023 Auction Highlights
Pancho Villa, Autograph Letter Signed, to the governor of Chihuahua soliciting help in persuading authorities to release him from prison, Mexico City, 1912. Estimate $7,000 to $10,000. Our June Fine...
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Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books: June 22, 2023 Auction...
View Lots Lot 151: Theodore Ditterline, Sketch of the Battles of Gettysburg, July 1st, 2d, and 3d, 1863, New York, 1864. Estimate $2,500 to $3,000. Our spring Maps & Atlases, Natural History &...
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Records & Results: Focus on Women — June 1, 2023
The house’s third iteration of Focus on Women on June 1, 2023, an auction dedicated to the contributions of women to art, life, and society, brought $361,090, a total more than the presale estimate...
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Illustration Art from the June 15, 2023 Auction
A standout offering of original illustration art features in the June 15 sale of Fine Books & Autographs. Below is a selection of highlights from the auction. Charles Schulz Charles Schulz, The...
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Vintage Posters: August 3, 2023 Auction Highlights
Leopoldo Metlicovitz, Alla Spezia, 1907. Estimate $10,000 to $15,000. The summer poster auction features one of the largest and most impressive collections of Italian Liberty-style posters to come to...
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A Look Back At Swann’s Book & Manuscripts Sales
Winter/Spring 2023 Brings a Record-Breaking Season for the Books & Manuscripts Department Books and manuscripts had a standout winter/spring season at Swann. “As a company whose origins are as a...
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LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History — August 17, 2023 Auction Highlights
Hugh Steers, In the Paper, oil on canvas, 1989. Estimate $40,000 to $60,000. This summer’s LGBTQ+ auction is a testament to the growing interest in the newly defined area of collecting. As in previous...
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Alphonse Mucha Postcards
Coming up in our Vintage Posters Auction on August 3 is a remarkable collection of postcards by Alphonse Mucha. The collection, which represents nearly all of the postcards from Mucha’s French period,...
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Advertising History: A Brief Look At the Use of Polar Bears in Ads
For many of us, a polar bear holding a bottle immediately brings to mind the red and white colors of Coca-Cola. Polar bears as brand mascots–and even polar bears drinking out of bottles–however, long...
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Tenderness in Queer Photography
At Auction August 17: Gay Pride Parade, A small group of 11 photographs documenting early Pride Marches in New York City, including the first ever in 1970, circa 1970-71. When you think of queer...
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View from The Podium: What’s Old is New Again
It seems like a cliché in our rarified world of auctions to use the expression “What’s Old is New Again,” and yet, here we are in the heat of an oppressive summer and at Swann, we find ourselves on...
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Records & Results: LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History — August 17, 20203
The August 17, 2023, LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History auction was a testament to the growing interest in the newly defined area of collecting. In keeping with previous years, the material...
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American Art: Featuring Works From the Estate of Will Barnet — September 21,...
View Lots William Morris Hunt, Foggy Morning at Magnolia, oil on canvas, 1877. Estimate $3,000 to $5,000. Our annual American Art sale leads off the Fall auction season at Swann with a panorama of...
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Auction Highlights: Printed & Manuscript Americana — September 28, 2023
View Lots The September 28, 2023, Americana auction is rich in material from the American Revolution and the Civil War. Highlights include early printed journals of the Continental Congress, a...
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