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Books & Manuscripts

Book Collecting 101: A Beginner’s Guide to Advance Copies

Grace Meschery-McCormack, cataloguer for our Fine Books department, walks us through what advance copies of books ar…

Photographs & Photobooks

Records & Results: Fine Photographs — October 16, 2025

Swann Galleries’ fall 2025 auction of Fine Photographs delivered $1.1M with two auction records being set—one …

Photographs & Photobooks

Specialists’ Picks | Fine Photographs — October 16, 2025

Browse the selection of favorites from our Fine Photographs auction on October 16.

African American Art

Records & Results: African American Art — October 7, 2025

The October 7, 2025, auction of African American Art at Swann Galleries earned $2.1M, with nine auction records and …

Autographs

Linking Worlds: The Autographs of the Visually Impaired

Swann Galleries Autographs specialist, Marco Tomaschett, shares about collecting autographs by the visually impaired…

Fine Art

Records & Results | 19th & 20th Century Art — September 18, 2025

Swann Galleries’ 19th & 20th Century Art auction brought top results for Arthur Dove, MC Escher, the Bloo…

Photographs & Photobooks

Auction Highlights | Fine Photographs — October 16, 2025

Swann Galleries Fine Photographs October 18, 2025, auction features the full spectrum of the history of the photogra…

African American Art

Auction Highlights | African American Art — October 7, 2025

African American Art is at Swann October 7, 2025, and includes a standout early abstraction by Norman Lewis, as well…

Fine Art

The Bloomsbury Group of Artists

The Bloomsbury Group was a loose collective of people that included artists, writers and intellectuals living in Bri…

Vintage Posters

Auction Highlights | New York Sale — September 25, 2025

The highlights include desirable and sought-after works by print makers, photographers, designers and cartographers.…

Fine Art

Auction Highlights | 19th & 20th Century Art — September 18, 2025

The 19th & 20th Century Art auction will feature exciting European, American and Latin American artists from ac…

Records & Results | Printed & Manuscript Americana — June 12, 2025

Swann Galleries’ spring 2025 sale of Printed & Manuscript Americana reached $511,702, well into the auction’s p…

Vintage Posters

Auction Highlights: Vintage Posters — August 7, 2025

Swann’s meticulously curated August poster auction presents an exceptional collection of rare vintage treasure…

Illustration Art

The Importance of Fashion Illustration  

For decades, fashion illustrations served as a primary reference point for women’s dress. In societies stratif…

Illustration Art

Collecting Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings Illustrations

Bella Savignano walks us through Joan Wyatt’s ‘Middle Earth Album’ and her original art depicting …

Rick Stattler’s Specialist Picks: Five Standout Lots from the June 12, 2025 Americana Auction

We love all of the lots in our auctions equally.  Here are a few from our June 12 Americana sale, which are mor…

Illustration Art

The Golden Age of Paperback Cover Illustrations: A Look at the History of Pulp Fiction Paperback Illustration

With the end of World War II and the advent of the Korean War, the return of soldiers to the U.S. created a market f…

Auction Highlights: 20th Century Fine Art — June 26, 2025

Swann’s inaugural 20th Century Fine Art auction showcases a remarkable century of artistic innovation, from ic…

Modern & Post-War Art

Records & Results: Modern & Post-War Art — May 22, 2025

Global Artists Lead the Way in Modern & Post-War Art The Thursday, May 22 sale of Modern & Post-War Art brou…

Illustration Art

Auction Highlights — Illustration Art: Featuring The Collection of Lee Lorenz — June 17, 2025

Swann’s upcoming Illustration Art auction presents an extraordinary celebration of visual storytelling, featur…

Maps & Atlases

Caleb Kiffer’s Specialist Pick: Karl Bodmer’s Travels in the Interior of North America

The Thursday, May 29 auction of Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books features a rare unbound …

Auction Highlights: Printed & Manuscript Americana — June 12, 2025

Highlights of this exceptional auction span nearly five centuries of American history, featuring remarkable items fr…

Fine Art

Harold Porcher’s Specialist Picks: Five “Small Gems” to Watch in the May 22 Modern & Post-War Auction

We humans are adaptable. In conceiving creations, the artist must consider the space where the artwork will exist. S…

Fine Art

Auction Highlights: Contemporary Art — June 5, 2025

Our June Contemporary Art auction presents a dynamic convergence of artistic voices, from Pop Art icons to todayR…

Maps & Atlases

Auction Highlights: Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books — May 29, 2025

Our Spring auction features a varied selection of antique maps from around the globe satisfying all levels of collec…

Modern & Post-War Art

Auction Highlights: Modern & Post-War Art — May 22, 2025

Our May Modern & Post-War Art auction brings together the many subcategories of Modernist art, offering a treme…

Photographs & Photobooks

Fine Photographs Specialist Picks: Bonnie & Clyde and A Look at NYC From a Bygone Era

Aniston Eastes, Inventory Manager — Lot 46: A Suite of 10 Photographs Detailing the Infamous Life and Death of Bonni…

Vintage Posters

Nicholas D. Lowry on the William W. Crouse Collection

Art Deco at 100: Iconic Posters from the William W. Crouse Collection In Paris, on April 29, 1925, the Exposition de…

Books & Manuscripts

Auction Highlights: Focus on Women — May 15, 2025

This year’s Focus on Women gathers together important archives, first edition books, fine art, craft art, vern…

Vintage Posters

Art Deco at 100: The 1925 Paris Exhibition & the Birth of Art Deco Design

In Paris, on April 29, 1925, the Exposition des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes opened to the public. The ex…

Fine Books

Auction Highlights: Fine Books — April 22, 2025

From Holy Land travel books to signed Picasso illustrations, fine bindings to first editions—this auction spans cent…

Graphic Design

Auction Highlights — Art Deco at 100: Iconic Posters from the William W. Crouse Collection — April 24, 2025

On the centennial of the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, Swann Galleries pres…

Photographs & Photobooks

Auction Highlights: Fine Photographs — May 8, 2025

Timed Auction — Bidding Now Open!Lots begin closing Thursday, May 8 at 12 PM ET. Our Spring Fine Photographs auction…

Records & Results: Printed & Manuscript African Americana — March 2025

Swann’s Thursday, March 20 auction of Printed & Manuscript African Americana finished at $1,116,969, one of the …

Vintage Posters

What’s In My Auction: Bella Savignano on the Spring 2025 Subculture Sale

The upcoming Autographs & Subculture sale on Thursday, April 10, will feature an array of pop-culture icons. Whi…

Autographs

Auction Highlights Part 1: Autographs & Subculture — April 10, 2025

Auction Closing April 10 at 12 PM ET The autographs portion of the April 10 Autographs & Subculture auction incl…

Vintage Posters

Auction Highlights Part 2: Autographs & Subculture — April 10, 2025

Auction Closing April 10 at 12 PM ET This two-part auction continues with a selection that explores the underground …