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November 18, 2016|Ferry Foster|Printed & Manuscript Americana

Records & Results: Printed & Manuscript Americana

The top lot of our November 17 sale of Printed & Manuscript Americana was an 1830 first edition of The Book of Mormon, which sold to a private collector for…

October 25, 2016 | Early Printed Books

Records & Results: Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books

The October 18 sale of Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books was our top-earning sale in the category since the house’s October 2012 offering of Aldine Imprints & Early Printed…

October 21, 2016 | Vintage Posters

California Dreaming? Travel Posters Can Take You There

Every autumn we continue our tradition of offering the finest travel posters available. On October 27, the selection reflects the excitement and globalization of the early- to mid-twentieth century, with posters featuring…

October 6, 2016 | Early Printed Books

A Monumental Collection: Early Adventure Literature from the Estate of Timothy Treacy

This year we are honored to offer material from the collection of Timothy Treacy. So prolific was Treacy as a collector that material from his estate can be found in multiple…

May 15, 2015 | Maps & Atlases

A Famous Cartographic Blunder: The Island of California

Henry Briggs, The North part of America Conteyning… the large and goodly Iland of California, double-page engraved map, London, 1625. Estimate $8,000 to $12,000. For more than a century,…

January 16, 2014 | African-American Fine Art

California Artists Pauline Powell Burns and Beulah Woodard

Among the featured artists in Swann’s February 13th auction, Shadows Uplifted: The Rise of American-American Fine Art, are Pauline Powell Burns and Beulah Ecton Woodard. These early Californian artists stand…