19th & 20th Century Literature

Books & Manuscripts

Book Collecting 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Advance Copies

Grace Meschery-McCormack, cataloguer for our Fine Books department, walks us through what advance copies of books ar…

Books & Manuscripts

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…

2024: Year in Review

2024 was an eventful year for Swann that brought about exciting changes, including the reorganization of our Fine Ar…

This Season’s Successes: Winter-Spring 2024 Auctions in Review

In the 2024 Winter-Spring season, Swann Galleries continued to provide high-quality auctions of unusual and rare mat…

8 Works to Collect For Spring

In celebration of the changing of the seasons we’re sharing a selection of works coming up for auction this mo…

19th & 20th Century Literature

2023: Year in Review

Swann Galleries continued to offer exceptional auctions of quality material in 2023. The year featured several colle…

Auction Highlights: Fine Books & Autographs — October 26, 2023

Autographs The spirits of conflict and exploration are intertwined in the autographs on offer. Among the most respec…

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 …

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 wo…