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February 28, 2019|Lauren Kristin|Swann

Upcoming Highlights: The Pride Sale

Swann Galleries’ first Pride Auction, an exploration and celebration of the art, influence, history and experience of the LGBTQ+ community, being held in the same month as WorldPride and the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, is shaping up to be a landmark event.

February 26, 2019 | Books

Swann Galleries’ Guide to Rare Book Week 2019 in NYC

Rare Book Week kicks off March 5 in NYC. We gathered a selection of our favorite events happening throughout the week, as well as several not-to-be-missed exhibitions. See you there!…

December 21, 2018 | Swann

2018: Year in Review

A year of records, debuts and rediscovered works. As we reflect on 2018, we look back at an excellent year of auctions. In April we held our highest-grossing African-American Fine Art…

December 14, 2018 | Auctions 101

How to Consign to an Auction

Thinking about selling at auction? Allow us to be of assistance. Swann is a third-generation family business and the oldest specialty auction house in New York City, known for our…

November 9, 2018 | Auctions 101

Optimize Your Swann Client Account

A Swann Client Account enables you to Track Lots, create Keyword Alerts and place order bids. Use this guide to get the most out of these features. Don’t have a…

September 26, 2018 | Auctions 101

Shipping it Yourself? A Few Tips

Guidelines for Packing & Shipping You’ve spoken to a specialist, received preliminary estimates, and are ready to send your material to Swann for placement in an auction. Thinking about…

July 18, 2018 | Contemporary Art

Specialists in the Field: Rockaway! 2018

Lauren Kristin at Narcissus Garden by Yayoi Kusama Communications Digital Content Coordinator Lauren Kristin shares their most recent venture to Rockaway! 2018. Rockaway! is an ongoing public…

June 28, 2018 | Swann

Specialists in the Field: Summer Reading List 2018

Our Specialists in the Field summer series is back for 2018! As before we’ll start with our reading list. Here’s what some of us are cracking into in the off-season.…

June 25, 2018 | Swann

2017-18 Year in Review

The 2017-18 auction season at Swann Galleries was replete with record prices and rediscovered paintings, offering works created as early as the fifteenth century and as recently as last year.…

June 4, 2018 | Swann

Pride Month: Some Artists I Love

This post is by Keavy Handley-Byrne of our Photographs & Photobooks department. To celebrate Pride Month, I wanted to share a couple of queer artists’ work in recognition of…

December 28, 2017 | Swann

2017: Year in Review

In our diamond anniversary year, we offered a star-studded roster of 30 auctions, setting nearly 100 records and introducing countless items to the market, including a previously unknown photograph of Harriet…

July 13, 2017 | Swann

Specialists in the Field: Summer Reading List

Specialists in the Field is an informal summer segment of the blog in which we speak to specialists at Swann about their extracurricular activities. Unsurprisingly, their interests are generally aligned…

June 16, 2017 | Swann

Records & Results: Spring 2017

The spring 2017 season at Swann Galleries marked the 75th anniversary of our first auction. On March 27, 1942, Benjamin Swann held an auction dedicated to rare and antiquarian books.…

December 19, 2016 | Swann

Records & Results: Fall 2016

Fall 2016 has been a successful season at Swann. In 13 sales, we set more than 50 auction records and offered 4,497 lots, including a rediscovered illustration by Dr. Seuss, a…

August 16, 2016 | Swann

2015-16: A Year of Records

Last year Swann Galleries saw 95 records and first appearances across 31 sales with some of our departments even breaking their own records. Treasures ranging from previously unknown works to…

August 19, 2014 | Swann

Warm Weather Specialists: What Our Experts Are Up to in Summer 2014

Our auction rooms may be dark until September, but that doesn’t mean our specialists aren’t busy these days. In addition to combing through consignments and cataloguing lots for our Fall…

May 21, 2009 | Swann

Swann President Nicholas D. Lowry on the Recession

Nicholas D. Lowry, Swann President and Current President of the International Auctioneers consortium, recently shared his thoughts on the impact of the economic downturn on the auction business. The Cycle…

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