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Abstraction features heavily in our October 2019 sale of African-American Fine Art, including first-generation abstr…

A strong section of fine sculpture coming on October 8 includes works by Selma Burke, Elizabeth Catlett, Sargent Joh…

Browse upcoming highlights from the three sections of the robust October 10 auction: Autographs, Literature, Art, Pr…

Our summer sale of Vintage Posters on August 7, 2019, was a lively event with active bidding across all platforms br…

This Year’s Shelf Sale Will Begin on Thursday, July 18 at 12 PM ET A Bookseller’s Bonanza Each lot in th…

Highlights this fall from the African-American Fine Art department: sculptures by Elizabeth Catlett, Sargent Johnson…

This fall, our Printed & Manuscript Americana auction will be held on September 26, and include manuscript diar…

This Prints & Drawings auction comes on September 19, 2019, and features mainstay American artists Edward Hoppe…

We celebrate the author, now recognized as one of the cornerstones of American literature, on what would have been h…

So you’ve fallen in love with a vintage poster. What’s next? Here are some of the most important things to con…

Featured in our August 7 sale of Vintage Posters is a rare selection of four advertisements for the first Bolivarian…

    And a wonderful seven years it has been! My title here is Vintage Posters Specialist and Department Ma…

    On the challenges of getting the media to tell LGBTQ+ stories and the role of art in changing the narr…

We offer no conclusions to this chaos. However, we have offered some pretty spectacular photographs from the astrona…

A season of firsts. The 2019 spring auction season at Swann Galleries delivered an impressive range of sales, rife w…

The Last Palace by Norman Eisen Nicholas D. Lowry, President & Principal Auctioneer I have been waiting to read …

    The Pride Sale on Thursday, June 20 offered a curated selection of LGBTQ+ art, photography, literature…

    American Modernists         Suzy Frelinghuysen’s Cubist-inspired oil and collage w…

    “There was strong bidding across the board and it’s hard not to be pleased with the general outcome of…

The Gay Day Archive   Today, at least a million spectators line the Pride parade route along Fif…

“Every woman who wants to be beautiful should be beautiful”…

  “I was extremely pleased with the collector participation in all subject areas of the sale, but Broadwa…

Auctions offer a moment where the sometimes-incalculable significance of an object is quantified. The price is reach…

Our June 13 sale of American Art features an impressive selection of city, landscape and coastal scenes. The offerin…

Charles Loupot Reaches New Heights in Swann Graphic Design Auction debuts for Tadanori Yokoo   Our auction of G…

Complete Catalogue Exhibition Open August 1 – 6 The exhibition is free to attend and open to the public. We welcome …

Print Record for Franz Kline in Swann Contemporary   Our May 16 sale of Contemporary Art brought a record price…

The Pride Sale An Exploration & Celebration of the Art, Influence & History of the LGBTQ+ Community We invit…

Lewis Evans’ General Map of the Middle British Colonies in America was one of the most significant and influen…

Rare Bond Titles Lead Literature at Swann     John Larson: “The enduring app…

At Auction June 13 Complete Catalogue Exhibition Open June 8 – June 13 The exhibition is free to attend and ope…

The art of salesmanship has long been dissected in search of methods to effectively and efficiently hook customers a…

Roy Lichtenstein is known for his commercial art-inspired works that provided parody through Pop Art and elevated th…

Zapata Sets Print Record for Diego Rivera at $45k   With seven records …

An Exploration & Celebration of the Art, Influence & History of the LGBTQ+ Community Our first Pride Sale, b…

On May 14, 2019, we are brought a selection of 13 Ian Fleming first editions to auction. Fleming, a former intellige…

Our largest offering of Latin American prints and originals to date comes across the block in our Old Master Through…

Martín Chambi & Images of South America  Lead Classic & Co…

Mexican Imprints Bring Significant Interest  in Swann Americana Sale   Our Printed &am…

At Auction June 6 Complete Catalogue Exhibition Open June 1 – June 6 The exhibition is free to attend and open to th…