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June 4, 2019|Lauren Kristin|Vintage Posters

Upcoming Highlights: Vintage Posters

At Auction August 7 Complete Catalogue Coming Soon For over 15 years our summer Vintage Posters auction has brought wonderful examples of beach and summer resort posters to market. The…

February 13, 2019 | Vintage Posters

Records & Results: Vintage Posters

Alphonse Mucha & Art Nouveau Lead Vintage Posters at Swann Our February 7 sale of Vintage Posters saw numerous firsts and records. Nicholas D. Lowry, Swann President, noted: “Lively bidding for ski posters and Art Nouveau images set…

January 31, 2019 | Vintage Posters

The Posters on Your Shelf: Scarce Books & Portfolios

At the end of the nineteenth century, the craze of poster collecting was at an all-time high. As a result, publishers formed subscription services in limited runs so that the…

January 9, 2019 | Vintage Posters

Upcoming Highlights: Vintage Posters

At Auction February 7 Complete Catalogue Our winter sale features tantalizing, rare Art Nouveau images and a panoply of evocative Ski and Winter Resort advertisements. In addition to…

August 7, 2018 | Vintage Posters

Records & Results: Vintage Posters

Poster Passion Leads to a Successful Auction Our August 1 Vintage Poster sale set at least six auction records, including a new high price for Sutro Baths. The exhibition for…

July 27, 2018 | Vintage Posters

Thirsty? Wine & Liquor Posters May Satisfy

We may be at the height of the craft beer renaissance, but the history of alcoholic beverages goes way back. Humans have proven, over millennia, that we like a good…

March 9, 2018 | Vintage Posters

Records & Results: Vintage Posters Featuring Highlights from the Gail Chisholm Collection

Vintage Posters Featuring Highlights from the Gail Chisholm Collection offered premier examples of advertising and propaganda from around the world, and broke several auction records. Nicholas D. Lowry, President of…

June 16, 2017 | Swann

Records & Results: Spring 2017

The spring 2017 season at Swann Galleries marked the 75th anniversary of our first auction. On March 27, 1942, Benjamin Swann held an auction dedicated to rare and antiquarian books.…

June 1, 2017 | Vintage Posters

Records & Results: Graphic Design

Our May 25 auction of Graphic Design offered a cornucopia of inspired works spanning fin de siècle Art Nouveau masters to modernist posters. The top lot of the sale was Col…

January 31, 2017 | Vintage Posters

Records & Results: Alphonse Mucha

On Thursday, January 26, we opened the 2017 season with a landmark sale of Alphonse Mucha & Masters of Art Nouveau: The Harry C. Meyerhoff Collection, the largest private collection of…

January 18, 2017 | Vintage Posters

Notes from the Catalogue: Harry C. Meyerhoff

What makes Alphonse Mucha & Masters of Art Nouveau: The Harry C. Meyerhoff Collection so special? Amazingly, this is the first auction dedicated to a private collection of posters and…

January 12, 2017 | Vintage Posters

Alphonse Mucha: Behind the Magic

Even those unfamiliar with Alphonse Mucha’s name will recognize the tendrils of hair and profusion of delicate flowers surrounding his seraphic models. But what of the man himself? How did these ethereal…

January 9, 2017 | Vintage Posters

Sarah Bernhardt, Mucha’s Muse

This post was written by Associate Cataloguer & Administrator for Vintage Posters Sarah Shelburne for our January 26 auction, Alphonse Mucha & Masters of Art Nouveau: The Harry C. Meyerhoff Collection. …

February 21, 2014 | Vintage Posters

The Art of Self Promotion: Posters for Lithography

In Belle Epoch France, posters were used to advertise everything from goods and services to exhibitions and magazines. The result was an all-out poster craze, with collectors putting aside images…

February 9, 2012 | Vintage Posters

Top Lots: Vintage Posters

Last week, we kicked off the auction season with a sale of Vintage Posters, with very strong results – in fact, it was our highest-grossing February poster sale to date.…

December 7, 2010 | Vintage Posters

The Sutro Baths: 1.7 Million Gallons of Water on a Poster

The Sutro Baths were the brainchild of former San Francisco Mayor and businessman Adolph Sutro. Built near his famous Cliff House, the baths occupied a stunning location overlooking the Pacific…

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