Family Collection Brings Record Results in One of Swann’s Highest-Grossing Poster Sales to Date
Our May 25 auction of Graphic Design offered a cornucopia of inspired works spanning fin de siècle Art Nouveau maste…
In January of 1819, Captain William Hodgson steered the three-masted merchant ship Transit down the River Avon from …
Bernhardt Wall was an American illustrator active in the first half of the twentieth century. A selection of fine, e…
Specialist Caleb Kiffer of our Maps & Atlases department on one of his favorite pieces in our June 7 auction of …
This post includes notes from the catalogue of our May 25 auction of Graphic Design, featuring an extensive selectio…
First editions and inscribed copies filled the shelves at our May 16 auction of 19th & 20th Century Literature. …
This post was written by Sarah Shelburne of the Vintage Posters department using examples from the May 25 auction of…
Brothers George and Isaac (who often went by his middle name of Robert) Cruikshank were famed early nineteenth-centu…
The community of East Hampton has long been known as an avant-garde artist enclave. Our May 11 auction of Contempora…
On Thursday, May 4, we held an auction of Autographs, with twentieth-century highlights by authors taking the spotli…
These examples come from our May 11 auction of Contemporary Art. From the initial proliferation of engraving in the …
On Tuesday, May 2, we offered Old Master Through Modern Prints, with highlights from as long ago as 1495 and as rece…
In 1926, Thomas Hart Benton was a teacher at the Art Students League of New York. Disappointed by the lack of a pain…
Notes from the catalogue of our May 11 auction of Contemporary Art. Though Motherwell is known for his integr…
Swann is honored to commemorate the legacy of Marlene Dietrich by offering for the first time select items that have…
Our May 2 auction of Old Master Through Modern Prints offers a rare opportunity to see works by some of the earliest…
On Thursday, April 27, our tenth consecutive auction of Printed & Manuscript Americana exceeded $700,000. Much o…
It’s hard not to judge a book by its cover when it is encased in a fine Cosway-style binding. Two of these sum…
The complete set of The Cherokee Messenger, Oklahoma’s earliest periodical, will be coming to auction in our P…
On Thursday, April 20, our sale ofImages & Objects: Photographs & Photobooks set multiple records for early …
The following are notes from the catalogue for our April 20 sale of Images & Objects: Photographs & Photoboo…
While we live in a digital age, faced with a tsunami of photographs on all manner of devices, many modern artists ha…
The Photographs & Photobooks department contributed to this post on Danny Lyon’s eponymous portfolio in ou…
From the catalogue of our April 6 sale of African-American Fine Art. Assemblage emerged as a dynamic n…
From the catalogue for our March 30 sale of Printed & Manuscript African Americana. The sale will feature a run …
Though the official identity of Jack the Ripper has never been determined, there are those who believe Walter Sicker…
Today, on what would be Edgar Allan Poe’s 207th birthday, we take a look at an exceedingly rare and unusual lo…
Even those unfamiliar with Alphonse Mucha’s name will recognize the tendrils of hair and profusion of del…
This post was written by Maps & Atlases Specialist Caleb Kiffer in advance of our December 8, 2016 auction of Ma…
One unusual piece in our December 2016 auction of Art, Press & Illustrated Books was a six-volume folio of texti…
Before the holidays drive you up a wall, let an unusual piece in our December 1, 2016 sale of Art, Press & Illus…
Coming to auction November 17, 2016: Printed & Manuscript Americana Charles L. Taylor married his sweetheart Har…
This is the first time a signed first edition of The Prophet has appeared at auction. Interestingly, Gibran, th…
Edward Ruscha is a pioneer of the American photobook. Between 1962 and 1978 he produced no fewer than sixteen artist…
When recipe books come to Swann, the only thing to do is test them out. In our upcoming October 18 sale of Early Pri…
On September 29, 2016, five rare pen-and-ink illustrations for Aubrey Beardsley’s first published work, Sir Th…
With the presidential primary election in full swing, we’re all up to our eyeballs in satirical columns and ca…
With an almost two hundred year history, the Dutch East India Company (known in Dutch as Vereenigde Oost-Indische Co…
Through her poignant writing and tragic story, Anne Frank has become a source of inspiration for millions. Two of ou…
February 14, 1952 Much has changed over the course of our 75-year history here at Swann Galleries, from new depart…
