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April 23, 2025

This year's Focus on Women gathers together important archives, first edition books, fine art, craft art, vernacular photography and more in a very special sale celebrating…

December 3, 2024

This December we are pleased to offer more than 100 lots from the Collection of Neil Robert Berzak. Rich in 20th-century masters, this collection features both rare and important…

September 15, 2020

You may never have wondered about the birth of the Alaskan film industry. The first Hollywood film studio was launched in 1911, and from there the industry spread up and down the…

January 21, 2019

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,…

December 14, 2018

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

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 to illuminate the…

April 23, 2018

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

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…