Printed & Manuscript Americana

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 …

Books & Manuscripts

Collector’s Guide: A Look at Whaling History on Paper

The adventure, romance, and sometimes horror of the whaling industry have never ceased drawing the attention of coll…

African American Art

Rick Stattler’s Auction Selections for Spring 2023

Spring has just about sprung, and Swann Galleries’ resident Americana specialist, and director of the house…

Printed & Manuscript Americana: April 13, 2023 Auction Highlights

Our April 13 Printed & Manuscript Americana auction features an exciting an array of Civil War material represen…

2022: Year in Review

2022 was a historic year for Swann in more ways than one. The house celebrated its 80th year of auctions, bringing w…

Books & Manuscripts

Family Papers of Lincoln’s Secretary of the Navy Brings $281k in Fall 2022 Americana Auction at Swann

Swann’s fall 2022 auction of Printed & Manuscript Americana held on September 29 earned $960k. Civil War-era mat…

Auctions 101

Auctions 101: Provenance Research

Stattler explains the detective work that sometimes goes into researching an item’s history and provenance Auc…

Printed & Manuscript Americana

Printed & Manuscript Americana: September 29, 2022 Auction Highlights

The sale is also rich in graphic content, including a large battlefield painting titled The 16th Maine Volunteers, F…

Rick Stattler’s Specialist Picks: Two Unique Items from the April 7, 2022, Americana Auction

The material that passes through Swann on a daily basis ranges in value and interest, sometimes we see an item crop …

Upcoming Highlights: Printed & Manuscript Americana April 7, 2022

Related Reading: Old Diaries Tell the Stories of Overlooked Americans Get Updates for Auction Day Related Reading: S…

19th & 20th Century Literature

2021: Year in Review

As we close out another successful year at Swann we look back at our record-filled sales.

African American Art

Artists of the WPA & the Dawn of a New American Identity

The New Deal not only established a great legacy, but a greater generation of artists whose works defined the Americ…