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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
