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Books & Manuscripts

June 17, 2025

Family Archives Command Premium Prices in Swann’s Spring Printed & Manuscript Americana Auction Swann Galleries’ spring 2025 sale of Printed & Manuscript…

June 12, 2025

Bella Savignano walks us through Joan Wyatt’s ‘Middle Earth Album’ and her original art depicting scenes from J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Lord of the…

June 10, 2025

We love all of the lots in our auctions equally.  Here are a few from our June 12 Americana sale, which are more equal than the others. The Iconic… Thomas…

June 10, 2025

With the end of World War II and the advent of the Korean War, the return of soldiers to the U.S. created a market for popular reading focused on adventure, masculinity, and…

May 21, 2025

The Thursday, May 29 auction of Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books features a rare unbound copy of Karl Bodmer’s Travels in the Interior of North…

May 20, 2025

Highlights of this exceptional auction span nearly five centuries of American history, featuring remarkable items from colonial exploration to modern presidential photography.

May 6, 2025

Our Spring auction features a varied selection of antique maps from around the globe satisfying all levels of collector interest.

April 23, 2025

This year's Focus on Women gathers together important archives, first edition books, fine art, craft art, vernacular photography and more in a very special sale celebrating…

April 8, 2025

From Holy Land travel books to signed Picasso illustrations, fine bindings to first editions—this auction spans centuries for every kind of fine book collector.

March 26, 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…