Family Collection Brings Record Results in One of Swann’s Highest-Grossing Poster Sales to Date
Old Master Prints The November 2, 2023, auction begins with a selection of classic prints by old master artists from…
Devon Eastland shares her picks for the October 12, 2023, sale of Early Printed books. Gothic Novels If you’ve read …
Autographs The spirits of conflict and exploration are intertwined in the autographs on offer. Among the most respec…
One of the best-known modern Romanian historians, Nicolae Iorga, has the distinction of being one of the few scholar…
Post-war Japanese photography witnessed significant developments and innovations that reflected the changing social,…
In 1946, in what would become the last year of their brief marriage, Elizabeth Catlett and Charles White shared a ca…
The October 19, 2023, sale of African American Art will feature exceptional modern and contemporary works of abstrac…
The fall Early Printed Books auction on October 12, 2023, will feature lots from three important collectors, includi…
Our October 5, 2023, Fine Photographs auction features a wide range of rare and important work including an unusuall…
Swann Galleries’ September 21, 2023, American Art sale features a special section of approximately 30 works by Will …
The September 28, 2023, Americana auction is rich in material from the American Revolution and the Civil War. Highli…
There are numerous dynamic works by early twentieth- century American modernists, including Edward Hopper, Abra…
The August 17, 2023, LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History auction was a testament to the growing interest in t…
It seems like a cliché in our rarified world of auctions to use the expression “What’s Old is New Again,” and yet, h…
“You can’t build a movement without being seen.” – JEB Related Reading Do you have photograp…
Coming up in our Vintage Posters Auction on August 3 is a remarkable collection of postcards by Alphonse Mucha. The …
On offer are a number of original works of art by Tom of Finland and other artists associated with or influenced by …
Winter/Spring 2023 Brings a Record-Breaking Season for the Books & Manuscripts Department Books and manuscripts …
French Art Nouveau posters are led by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s magnificent poster of Aristide Bruant, Ambas…
A standout offering of original illustration art features in the June 15 sale of Fine Books & Autographs. Below …
The house’s third iteration of Focus on Women on June 1, 2023, an auction dedicated to the contributions of wo…
Our spring Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books sale will offer an arrangement of varied mate…
The date was mid-April 1966 and Norman Dolph sat at the soundboard at the ramshackle Scepter Studios on We…
Our June Fine Books & Autographs sale features remarkable items signed by U.S. Presidents, musicians, and entert…
Our May 25, 2023 Modern & Post-War Art auction features a wide array: from the Post-Impressionist era, a work on…
William Addison Dwiggins was a multi-hyphenate artist: book designer, typographer, illustrator, writer, marionette m…
Highlights include a stunning impression of Jasper Johns’ scarce, early False Start II, dating from his first …
Swann’s Focus on Women auction, scheduled for June 1st, pulls together an eclectic set of material representin…
Cartwright, Comedies, Tragi-Comedies, with Other Poems (1651): Books owned by Mary Kemeys Sarah Lindenbaum is a…
Swann started as a specialized auction house for rare books in 1941 and we continue to hold auctions dedicated to th…
Among the highlights are a large oil by African American abstract painter, Norman Lewis, dated 1966, and an oil from…
Swann’s annual Graphic Design auction gets better and better with each passing year. As more people find interest an…
Beyond Fashion: Photography in a Category Overlooked in the Fine Art Lexicon Though ostensibly fashion photography i…
Perhaps the most impressive offering in our nineteenth century section is the original first edition of Francisco de…
A period hand-colored edition of Tasso’s La Gieursalemme Libertata features extraordinary work, with full-page…
The adventure, romance, and sometimes horror of the whaling industry have never ceased drawing the attention of coll…
The March 2023 sale of Printed & Manuscript African Americana brings $1.3M making it the highest-grossing sale …
Spring has just about sprung, and Swann Galleries’ resident Americana specialist, and director of the house…
Photography’s immediate importance in documenting and sharing information serves as an early theme, including Roger …
