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The value of diaries on the market is largely driven by historical content and the quality of the writing. What coul…

At Auction June 11, 2020 Masterworks of 20th-Century Photography Michael Halsband’s iconic 1985 silver print, …

On June 8, 1961, a journalist for The Protestant Hour, a long-running and widely syndicated weekly radio program out…

Finding yourself at a loss for what to watch while social distancing? Take a look at what our specialists and staff …

Corey Serrant is the newest member of our African-American fine art department – in fact, he started the week …

Check this page for the most current updates. What to Know on Auction Day Last Update: March 8, 2022 These auctions …

Our Thursday, March 5, 2020 sale of 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings saw success: “With more internet…

At Auction June 4, 2020* Earliest Work by David Hammons to Come to Auction Post-War Paintings & Drawings: Norman…

In the latest installment in our Swann in Profile series, we welcome Harold Porcher as Director of our new Modern &#…

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William Sydney Porter, best known to posterity as the author O. Henry, was raised in North Carolina and moved west t…

It was a Who’s Who among American photographers in Classic & Contemporary Photographs on Tuesday, February 25. …

Rockwell Kent’s wood engravings and lithographs often convey solitude, spirituality and inner turmoil. Relatab…

The color woodcut is best known for being one of the most difficult printmaking methods, but artists over the centur…

Swann Galleries saw a successful sale of Fine Books & Manuscripts on Thursday, February 20 with literature and …

Swann Galleries’ Illustration Art Director Christine von der Linn weighs in on the burgeoning category: Illust…

For the first time in nearly a decade, first editions all six of Jane Austen’s major novels will be offered in…

Our sale of Vintage Posters on Thursday, February 13 was the house’s most successful February poster offering in ove…

Sarojini Naidu was an Indian writer and politician, born in Hyderabad, India in 1879. She wrote widely admired, movi…

Our winter-spring 2020 sale of Classic & Contemporary Photographs on February 25 is set to offer a rare color i…

This sale covers American history from the sixteenth to twentieth centuries, with a diploma from the Princeton Class…

Our winter-spring 2020 sale of Vintage Posters on February 13 is set to feature an extensive archive of over 350 pos…

Our Thursday, January 30 sale of African-American Art from the Johnson Publishing Company was an all-around success.…

Christopher Street Gay Liberation Day, 1971. Upcoming at auction. Remembering & Creating History Swann Galleries…

Prints, paintings and drawings include examples by Jean-François Millet, Joan Miró, René Magritte, Rufino Tamayo, Di…

Our January 30 sale of African-American Art from the Johnson Publishing Company features nearly 30 market newcomers.…

In an introduction to the catalogue for our January 30 sale of African-American Art from the Johnson Publishing Comp…

With the 2020 auction season on the horizon, we sat down with the newest addition to our books and manuscripts depar…

The 2010s brought Swann a number of notable moments including memorable sales, the establishment of two new departme…

As a new decade dawns, I am reminded that in order to move ahead Swann must continuously look into the historical re…

Photographs by outstanding American artists headline this auction: Berenice Abbott, Dawoud Bey, Margaret Bourke-Whit…

First editions of all of Jane Austen’s major novels, over 20 inscribed first editions by Graham Greene, autographmat…

Swann Galleries closed out the decade with a marathon sale of Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plat…

Founded by Nathaniel Currier in 1835, Currier & Ives was the major poster firm of the nineteenth century. James…

Swann Galleries’ sale of Illustration Art on Tuesday, December 10 featured an array of original works, from well-kno…

Ski poster enthusiasts always find something appealing in our winter Vintage Posters auction, but most exciting is t…

We welcome a new decade with 100 fine artworks from the collection of the Johnson Publishing Company, a great instit…

Our fall 2019 sale of Illustration Art on December 10 features a superb selection of artwork by women, whose contrib…

Sheila Gibson Stoodley, author of The Hot Bid, spoke with our Illustration Art Directors, Christine von der Linn abo…

“After twenty years of conducting auctions of Rare and Important Travel Posters it was validating to see the sale tu…