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Auctions 101

April 30, 2025

Five Steps to Consider When Consigning Your Collection at Swann If you have a fine art collection and you are ready to have our specialists consider it for auction, here is a…

January 31, 2025

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,…

September 19, 2022

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…

May 28, 2021

When we’re cataloging and come across a certain item that seems unusual and not readily found in auction database records, dealer catalog listings, or sometimes even standard…

December 23, 2020

In a year that was unlike any in our lifetimes, Swann’s specialists and staff proved to be as resilient and innovative as ever, bringing forward new and safe ways to hold…

October 1, 2020

…and what we mean when we say something is “Rare.” Just when you think you have seen it all… I am always amazed when I realize how much more there is to learn…

October 7, 2019

Bibliophiles of every denomination—Americana, autographs, art books, archives, atlases, ephemera, literature, maps—can…

August 8, 2019

This Year’s Shelf Sale Will Begin on Thursday, July 18 at 12 PM ET A Bookseller’s Bonanza Each lot in the sale is usually delineated by shelf, organized by subject,…

July 29, 2019

So you’ve fallen in love with a vintage poster. What's next? Here are some of the most important things to consider when looking to buy a vintage poster.

June 10, 2019

Auctions offer a moment where the sometimes-incalculable significance of an object is quantified. The price is reached through collaboration: specialists, consignors, the market,…