April 23, 2018Swann NewsPhotographs & Photobooks Records & Results: The Knowing Eye: Photographs & Photobooks Read more about Records & Results: The Knowing Eye: Photographs & Photobooks Our April 19 auction The Knowing Eye: Photographs & Photobooks was led by the only known extant print of River Rouge Plant, Detroit (with Ford signage on freight car), 1947,… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about A Walker Evans Print, The Only One of Its Kind April 13, 2018 Photographs & Photobooks A Walker Evans Print, The Only One of Its Kind The cover lot of our April 19 auction, The Knowing Eye: Photographs & Photobooks is the only known extant print of Walker Evans’s graphic silver print, River Rouge Plant, Detroit, Michigan… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Cataloguing History’s Darker Moments February 12, 2018 Photographs & Photobooks Cataloguing History’s Darker Moments In advance of our February 15 auction of Icons & Images: Photographs & Photobooks, we asked Associate Director Deborah Rogal to talk about the planning that goes into a successful… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Photographer Lewis Hine & The Invention of the Photo Story January 29, 2018 Photographs & Photobooks Photographer Lewis Hine & The Invention of the Photo Story Daile Kaplan Reflects on Lewis Hine’s Legacy Swann Vice President and Director of Photographs & Photobooks Daile Kaplan is the preeminent scholar of Lewis Hine. Her books on his work… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Bertha Trujillo: Matadora in Photographs January 17, 2018 Photographs & Photobooks Bertha Trujillo: Matadora in Photographs On May 30, 1968, Bertha Trujillo became the first woman awarded a doctorate of matadorship, the highest technical level achieved in bullfighting. The photographs appearing in our February 15 auction… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Daile Kaplan on The Thrill of Photographic Discovery July 14, 2017 Photographs & Photobooks Daile Kaplan on The Thrill of Photographic Discovery With the recent NPR coverage questioning whether an anonymous photograph actually depicts Amelia Earhart on a wharf in Jaluit Atoll, photography’s role as historic evidence is once again in the… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Records & Results: Spring 2017 June 16, 2017 Swann Records & Results: Spring 2017 The spring 2017 season at Swann Galleries marked the 75th anniversary of our first auction. On March 27, 1942, Benjamin Swann held an auction dedicated to rare and antiquarian books.… Share Facebook Twitter
February 19, 2014 Photographs & Photobooks The Photobook Library of Bill Diodato: An Eye on the American Scene The vast American scene has long captivated photographers. Some took to the road while others focused on the urban street. The portrait studio also emerged as a site of aesthetic… Share Facebook Twitter
February 12, 2014 Photographs & Photobooks Bill Diodato on Collecting On February 27 Swann will auction the Library of Bill Diodato, comprising an excellent assortment of photobooks and photographs. Diodato–a prominent commercial and fine-art photographer–shares his thoughts on collecting in… Share Facebook Twitter
October 5, 2012 Photographs & Photobooks $1.44 Million for Edward S. Curtis’s The North American Indian Yesterday Swann sold a complete set of Edward S. Curtis’s The North American Indian for $1,440,000–the highest priced item ever sold at New York’s premiere auction house for works on… Share Facebook Twitter
August 7, 2012 Photographs & Photobooks An American Masterpiece: Edward S. Curtis’s The North American Indian On October 4, Swann will offer a complete set of Edward S. Curtis’s The North American Indian in our auction of Fine Photographs & Photobooks. Consigned by well-known bookman John King, this complete set… Share Facebook Twitter
December 14, 2011 Photographs & Photobooks Top Lots: Important Photobooks & Photographs Important Photobooks & Photographs sold well in Tuesday’s auction, with several records set and strong interest in some very interesting pieces. The top lot of the sale, Andrew J. Russell’s… Share Facebook Twitter
May 23, 2011 Photographs & Photobooks Important Photobooks & Photographs The top lot in Swann Galleries’ Important Photobooks and Photographs auction was A Hungarian Memory, André Kertész’s portfolio of 15 silver prints of the artist’s homeland, which brought $48,000, a record… Share Facebook Twitter
May 17, 2011 Maps & Atlases Pictorial Japan at Swann Galleries 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… Share Facebook Twitter