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....
View ArticleAuction 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...
View ArticleAuction 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,...
View ArticleWhat 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...
View ArticleAuction 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...
View ArticleAn 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...
View ArticleArtist 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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