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Auctions 101: Consigning Your Rare Book Collection At Auction
How do you assess your rare book collection and know if it’s right for sale at auction? At Swann Galleries, we receive many inquiries from folks wondering what to do with shelves and shelves of books....
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Auction Highlights: Fine Photographs — February 13, 2025
At Auction Thursday, February 13 at 12:00 PM ET Catalogue & Bidding The February Fine Photographs auction brings together twentieth-century masters in a curated selection of diverse and rare...
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Auction Highlights: Vintage Posters & Graphic Design — February 20, 2025
At Auction Thursday, February 20 at 10:30 AM ET Catalogue & Bidding Swann’s upcoming auction presents a diverse collection of vintage posters spanning winter sports and travel, Art Nouveau,...
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What Is Subculture?
Punks, goths, mods, beatniks, club kids, and hippies: a shortlist of an endless supply of social factions that make up the fabled “underground.” In the grander societal context, they are known as...
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Auction Highlights: 19th & 20th Century Art — March 6, 2025
At Auction Thursday, March 6 at 12:00 PM ET An eclectic and engaging dialogue between several European, American, and Latin American artistic traditions and movements, this auction will include...
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An Overview of Secessionist Posters
The German and Austro-Hungarian answer to the growing Art Nouveau movement of the 1890s was first dubbed the Jugendstil, or “Youth Style” movement, characterized by its stylized graphics. More broadly...
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Artist Profile: Edward Weston
A Weston by Any Name: Identifying Photographic Prints by Edward, Brett & Cole Weston Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Carmel Highlands, California, silver print, 1945, printed 1974. Sold December 17,...
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Records & Results: The Collection of Patricia Scipio-Brim – February 2025
Swann Galleries offered the single-owner collection of African American art, Abstract Beauty: The Collection of Patricia Scipio-Brim, on Thursday, February 6. The auction was an overall success, with...
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Auction Highlights: Printed & Manuscript African Americana — March 20, 2025
At Auction Thursday, March 20 at 10:30 AM ET Highlights of this March auction include material related to many of the nation’s most important civil rights leaders, including a manuscript recollection...
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Mexican Muralists & Their Impact on the WPA
The Whitney Museum of American Art’s recent exhibition, Vida Americana: Mexican Muralists Remake American Art, 1925-1945, was a comprehensive evaluation of post-revolution art in Mexico and the...
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Auction Highlights: African American Art — April 3, 2025
At Auction Thursday, April 3 at 12:00 PM ET Swann Galleries’ Spring 2025 auction of African American Art will be held on Thursday, April 3. The auction will feature a standout selection of artworks...
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Records & Results: 19th & 20th Century Art — March 2025
Excellence Across Continents: Johnson, Lam & Costa Bring $700k Auction Triumph The Thursday, March 6 auction of 19th & 20th Century Art brought $723k, with 81% of lots finding buyers. Of the...
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Rosa Parks Material At Auction March 20, 2025
“I was amazed & astonished at the youthful appearance and the profound and eloquent speech. . . . I knew I would never forget him.” Featured in the March 20, 2025, auction of Printed &...
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Consigning A Collection: The Story of Reba W. & Dave H. Williams Collection...
One of the aspects that I love most about working at an auction house is the daily chance of unexpected objects or artworks being presented. This unpredictability keeps you on your toes and constantly...
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Auction Highlights: Old Master Through Modern Prints ft. The Williams...
At Auction Tuesday, April 15 at 10:30 AM ET Catalogue & Bidding The Reba W. & Dave H. Williams Collection of Color Woodcuts Lot 59: Blanche Lazzell, Petunia Planes, color woodcut, 1952....
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Sarah McMillan on the Reba W. & Dave H. Williams Collection of Color Woodcuts
“Collecting is a series of small victories, making discoveries, acquiring objects over time and learning their histories, and then sharing these objects and their stories with others of similar...
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Auction Highlights Part 2: Autographs & Subculture — April 10, 2025
Auction Closing April 10 at 12 PM ET Browse the Catalogue: Subculture Lots 143 – 276 Browse Highlights from the Autographs Section This two-part auction continues with a selection that explores the...
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Auction Highlights Part 1: Autographs & Subculture — April 10, 2025
Auction Closing April 10 at 12 PM ET Browse the Catalogue: Autographs Lots 1 – 142 Browse Highlgihts from the Subculture Section The autographs portion of the April 10 Autographs & Subculture...
View ArticleWhat’s In My Auction: Bella Savignano on the Spring 2025 Subculture Sale
The upcoming Autographs & Subculture sale on Thursday, April 10, will feature an array of pop-culture icons. While prepping for the auction, Bella Savignano, whose background specializes in...
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Records & Results: Printed & Manuscript African Americana — March 2025
Swann’s Thursday, March 20 auction of Printed & Manuscript African Americana finished at $1,116,969, one of the best sales of the year so far and one of the best since this annual auction was...
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