Books & Manuscripts

The Value of First Edition Dust Jackets

Trolling ne plus ultra Gatsby in the Original Jacket Even those with but a passing familiarity with the rare book tr…

Autographs

Fire and the Wizards of Light: Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison

Among the great American inventors, Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla are remarkable for having both collaborated and c…

Books & Manuscripts

Devon Eastland on Librarian George Parker Winship

When I was an undergraduate, I only knew George Parker Winship’s name because of the series of lectures delivered in…

Upcoming Highlights: Fine Books & Autographs—At Auction October 28, 2021

Including autographs by Kurt Cobain, Pancho Villa, Mark Twain, as well as pristine first editions featuring Virginia…

The Book of Mormon Earns Record at $112k in Fall 2021 Americana Auction

American Revolution material brings strong results, alongside Latin Americana The fall 2021 offering of Printed &…

Printed & Manuscript Americana

Women & the Civil War

Men did the bulk of the fighting in the Civil War, but women were involved on every level—from managing family farms…

Books & Manuscripts

Upcoming Highlights: Early Printed Books—At Auction October 14, 2021

This October’s Early Printed Books sale featuring travel, medicine, and science offers another chance for rare book …

Upcoming Highlights: Printed & Manuscript Americana—At Auction September 30, 2021

Manuscript diaries, broadsides, archives and more, ranging from the Revolutionary era, frontier expeditions, colonia…

LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History Auction Bests Itself for the Third Year in a Row

Auction Brings $1.3M and Records Abound New Record for Tom of Finland, Shattering Top Price Set by Swann Last Year &…

First Sale Dedicated to the Accomplishments of Women at Swann Exceeds High Estimate

Early Printed Book, Archives, Vernacular and Fine Art Photography, Among other Material, Draws Interest Among Collec…

Books & Manuscripts

Devon Eastland on Caroline Schimmel & the Challenges of Creating Diverse Collections Driven by Women

Ahead of Swann’s first auction dedicated to the accomplishments of women on July 15, senior specialist and cur…

Autographs

Part II: For Love of the King: the Wild Story of a Forged Wilde Story

Marco Tomaschett, Swann autographs specialist, explores the events and personalities surrounding For Love of th…