With the 2020 auction season on the horizon, we sat down with the newest addition to our books and manuscripts department, Devon Eastland, senior specialist for early printed books, to discuss all things books and material culture.
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Bibliophiles of every denomination—Americana, autographs, art books, archives, atlases, ephemera, literature, maps—can find their niche at Swann Galleries. Originally founded in New York as a book auction house, we hold regular specialized sales devoted to books, printed material and manuscripts.
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It was an honor to organize and curate such exceptional, poignant, beautiful and rare pieces, from first editions by James Baldwin to an inscribed first edition of Walt Whitman’s Memoranda of the War to his lover Peter Doyle. The auction was filled with historic material that resonated with us, and its results made as all proud of the effort.
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…
