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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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