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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…

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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…

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Records & Results: Spring 2017

The spring 2017 season at Swann Galleries marked the 75th anniversary of our first auction. On March 27, 1942, Benja…

Illustration Art

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…

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75 years of Madeline

In honor of the 75th anniversary of everyone’s favorite French schoolgirl, our Art Books specialist Christine …

Art Press & Illustrated Books

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…

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Of Provenance & Peter Rabbit

Christine von der Linn, Swann’s Art & Illustrated Books expert, shares some insight into this week’s…

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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 …

Illustration Art

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…