The 2010s brought Swann a number of notable moments including memorable sales, the establishment of two new departments, and the celebration of the 75th anniversary of our first sale. Here we take a look at some of favorite highlights from the last ten years.
The June 3 auction of Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books is marked by a number of unique or exceedingly rare examples of cartographic material and decorative…
The watercolor battle scene is done from the perspective of Admiral Nelson’s squadron as it approached Napoleon’s fleet in Abu Qir Bay. Swann Galleries’ June 3 auction…
Among the highlights of Swann’s June 6 auction of Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Historical Prints, Ephemera is a Final Commissioner’s Map of New York City by John…
The February 28 auction of Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books offered a number of incunabula, early printed editions of Greek plays by Euripides, Pindar and Sophocles as well…
Kitagawa Utamaro, A Picture Book, An Abundance of New Leaves (Ehon Wakaba Sakae), circa 1794. Estimate: $1,000 to $1,500. Environmental disasters, both natural and manmade, have defined much of Japan’s…
