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January 21, 2019|Lauren Kristin|Photographs & Photobooks

Upcoming Highlights – Photographs: Art & Visual Culture

At Auction February 21 Complete Catalogue This auction features Robert Frank’s Yom Kippur, East River, New York, 1955, printed 1971; Robert Mapplethorpe’s Roy Cohn, 1981; André Kertész’s signed…

December 14, 2018 | Auctions 101

How to Consign to an Auction

Thinking about selling at auction? Allow us to be of assistance. Swann is a third-generation family business and the oldest specialty auction house in New York City, known for our…

August 13, 2018 | Photographs & Photobooks

A Look Inside the Catalogue: Photographs & Photobooks

At Auction October 18 Complete Catalogue Can cameras capture ghosts? Find out on October 16, from 6 to 8 pm, when writer Allison C. Meier will be at Swann…

April 23, 2018 | Photographs & Photobooks

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,…

March 1, 2018 | Photographs & Photobooks

A Look Inside the Catalogue: The Knowing Eye: Photographs & Photobooks

At Auction April 19 The Knowing Eye: Photographs & Photobooks features a rare vintage print of Alfred Eisenstaedt’s iconic Premier at La Scala, Milan, circa 1933, and Robert Frank’s quirky Portrait of art…

November 18, 2016 | Printed & Manuscript Americana

Records & Results: Printed & Manuscript Americana

The top lot of our November 17 sale of Printed & Manuscript Americana was an 1830 first edition of The Book of Mormon, which sold to a private collector for…

February 18, 2015 | Photographs & Photobooks

Edward J. Kelty: Circus Photographer

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus is currently on tour with its latest spectacle, Circus XTREME, and a collection of photographs coming up for auction at Swann Galleries…