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Records & Results: Illustration Art
The grand finale of our 2017 roster was a successful auction of Illustration Art on December 14. Highlights of the s…
Ingeborg Willy & the Making of Snow White
A scrapbook, presumably kept by an inker at Walt Disney Studios, reveals much about the production of Snow White. Th…
Records & Results: Spring 2017
The spring 2017 season at Swann Galleries marked the 75th anniversary of our first auction. On March 27, 1942, Benja…
Aubrey Beardsley & Le Morte d’Arthur
On September 29, 2016, five rare pen-and-ink illustrations for Aubrey Beardsley’s first published work, Sir Th…
75 years of Madeline
In honor of the 75th anniversary of everyone’s favorite French schoolgirl, our Art Books specialist Christine …
The Glory of Gorey: Swann to Offer the Sam Speigel Collection
On May 7, 2014, Swann will auction one of the top private collections of Edward Gorey books, illustrations and ephem…
Of Provenance & Peter Rabbit
Christine von der Linn, Swann’s Art & Illustrated Books expert, shares some insight into this week’s…
Man-Cave-iana: The Birth of the Drool
Renewed interest in and appreciation of so-called genre illustration art has resulted in the growth of colorful and …
Charles Schultz’ Peanuts in Illustration Sale
Few comic strips are more beloved than Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts, and few characters more enduring than Char…