June 4, 2019Wren KrisztinVintage Posters Upcoming Highlights: Vintage Posters Read more about Upcoming Highlights: Vintage Posters At Auction August 7 Complete Catalogue For over 15 years our summer Vintage Posters auction has brought wonderful examples of beach and summer resort posters to market. The tradition continues… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Spring 2019: Illustration Art March 29, 2019 Illustration Art Spring 2019: Illustration Art At Auction June 4, 2019 Exhibition Opens May 30 – June 4 The exhibition is free to attend and open to the public. We welcome special and educational groups with… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Upcoming Highlights: 19th & 20th Century Literature March 29, 2019 19th & 20th Century Literature Upcoming Highlights: 19th & 20th Century Literature At Auction May 14 Complete Catalogue This sale features significant material by the man behind everyone’s favorite MI6 agent, James Bond, including a first edition of Casino Royale, Ian Fleming’s… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Upcoming Highlights: Contemporary Art March 12, 2019 Contemporary Art Upcoming Highlights: Contemporary Art At Auction May 16 Complete Catalogue David Hockney’s Red Celia, a portrait of designer Celia Birtwell, for which Hockney looked to Picasso and Matisse for inspiration, is among the highlights,… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Graphic Design March 1, 2019 Vintage Posters Graphic Design At Auction May 23 Complete Catalogue Graphic Design continues to be a favorite among our poster auctions, with work by important designers like A.M. Cassandre, Charles Loupot, Ludwig Hohlwein, Jean… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Upcoming Highlights: Printed & Manuscript Americana March 1, 2019 Printed & Manuscript Americana Upcoming Highlights: Printed & Manuscript Americana At Auction April 16 Complete Catalogue This sale includes a dramatic Texan diary by William Farrar Smith, commanding an expedition to find the best trail from San Antonio to… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Upcoming Highlights: Printed & Manuscript African Americana February 23, 2019 Printed & Manuscript African Americana Upcoming Highlights: Printed & Manuscript African Americana At Auction March 28 Complete Catalogue A highlight is volume one, issue one of the Mirror of Liberty, July 1838–the first African-American periodical–edited by David Ruggles, and believed to be… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Upcoming Highlights: Autographs December 2, 2018 Autographs Upcoming Highlights: Autographs At Auction March 21 Complete Catalogue This spring auction brings an assortment of hard-to-find items from world leaders, writers, musicians, scientists and other notable figures. Presidential autographs include a… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Upcoming Highlights: Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books November 20, 2018 Books & Manuscripts Upcoming Highlights: Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books At Auction March 7 Complete Catalogue Early manuscripts, incunabula, and post-incunabula lead the sale. These include a richly illuminated manuscript prayer book in Latin and French from the second… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about A Look Inside the Catalogue: Illustration Art October 25, 2018 Illustration Art A Look Inside the Catalogue: Illustration Art At Auction December 6 Complete Catalogue From Children’s Literature An original color drawing by H.A. Rey showing Curious George, from the first appearance of the children’s icon, leads… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about A Look Inside the Catalogue: Old Master Through Modern Prints September 15, 2018 Prints & Drawings A Look Inside the Catalogue: Old Master Through Modern Prints At Auction November 1 Complete Catalogue Old Masters An exceptional selection of Old Master prints by visionaries such as Rembrandt van Rijn and Albrecht Dürer is led by the… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about A Look Inside the Catalogue: African-American Fine Art August 10, 2018 African-American Fine Art A Look Inside the Catalogue: African-American Fine Art At Auction October 4 Complete Catalogue Highlights from our upcoming selection of fine art by African-American masters. Elizabeth Catlett Works by figurative greats include the earliest sculpture… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about A Look Inside the Catalogue: American Art April 1, 2018 American Art A Look Inside the Catalogue: American Art At Auction June 14 This highly curated sale of American Art presents original works in a variety of media, including drawings, watercolors and sculpture. Offerings range from nineteenth-century paintings… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about A Look Inside the Catalogue: Illustration Art March 13, 2018 Illustration Art A Look Inside the Catalogue: Illustration Art At Auction June 5 A look inside the highly-anticipated catalogue for our upcoming Illustration Art auction. Complete Catalogue Comic Strips Comics that defined the twentieth century include Peanuts strips by… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about A Look Inside the Catalogue: Autographs January 15, 2018 Autographs A Look Inside the Catalogue: Autographs Gracing this March 22 sale is a poem completed by Walt Whitman on his deathbed, transcribed by a secretary and signed, with holograph edits. It was his last poem, entitled A… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about A Look Inside the Catalogue: Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books August 31, 2017 Maps & Atlases A Look Inside the Catalogue: Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books At Auction December 13 Complete Catalogue Maps An example of Abraham Ortelius’s map of Iceland will be included, famously and prominently featuring one of the most beloved aspects of… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Collection of Rare and Important Bibles to be Offered at Swann in 2009 August 13, 2009 Printed & Manuscript Americana Collection of Rare and Important Bibles to be Offered at Swann in 2009 Two of Swann Galleries’ autumn 2009 auctions feature desirable Bibles from the collection of Mel and Julie Meadows—it is the largest offering of Bibles to come up for auction in recent years. Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Howard Hughes Material to be Offered in September 17, 2009 Sale of Printed & Manuscript Americana July 20, 2009 Printed & Manuscript Americana Howard Hughes Material to be Offered in September 17, 2009 Sale of Printed & Manuscript Americana Swann will kick off our fall season with an auction of Printed & Manuscript Americana September 17, 2009 which features an archive of material related to the reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes. Share Facebook Twitter