January 9, 2019Lauren KristinVintage Posters Upcoming Highlights: Vintage Posters Read more about Upcoming Highlights: Vintage Posters At Auction February 7 Complete Catalogue Our winter sale features tantalizing, rare Art Nouveau images and a panoply of evocative Ski and Winter Resort advertisements. In addition to… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Records & Results: Vintage Posters August 7, 2018 Vintage Posters Records & Results: Vintage Posters Poster Passion Leads to a Successful Auction Our August 1 Vintage Poster sale set at least six auction records, including a new high price for Sutro Baths. The exhibition for… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about The Hot Bid Interviews Nicho on Cassandre’s “Best Way” July 10, 2018 Vintage Posters The Hot Bid Interviews Nicho on Cassandre’s “Best Way” Sheila Gibson Stoodley, author of The Hot Bid, interviewed our President & Principal Auctioneer Nicholas D. Lowry about the most expensive travel poster ever sold. Sheila’s blog, The Hot Bid showcases… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about How Car Posters Drove Graphic Design April 25, 2018 Vintage Posters How Car Posters Drove Graphic Design In the dawn of the motor car, most automobile purveyors relied on a “keeping up with the Joneses” mentality, touting ever-evolving technology and styles to drive car sales. A selection… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Erik Nitsche’s Modernist Vision February 23, 2018 Vintage Posters Erik Nitsche’s Modernist Vision One of many highlights in our March 1 sale of Vintage Posters is a run of posters designed by Erik Nitsche in a series of campaigns for General Dynamics. Nitsche’s… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Gail Chisholm: A Life in Posters February 16, 2018 Vintage Posters Gail Chisholm: A Life in Posters Nearly a quarter of our March 1 auction of Vintage Posters was devoted to highlights from the collection of renowned poster dealer and aficionado Gail Chisholm. The sale opened with more… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Vintage Posters 101 January 23, 2018 Auctions 101 Vintage Posters 101 So you’ve fallen in love with a vintage poster. What next? Here are some of the most important things to consider when talking about, looking for, and decorating with vintage… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Marvel at Early Aviation Posters from 1910 October 25, 2017 Vintage Posters Marvel at Early Aviation Posters from 1910 The development of manned flight from hot air balloon to heavier-than-air machines was recorded and disseminated to the public via promotional posters. Some of the most influential works from this… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about American War Posters, 100 Years Later July 10, 2017 Vintage Posters American War Posters, 100 Years Later Our August 2 auction of Vintage Posters will feature an exceptionally wide array of World War I imagery, honoring the centennial anniversary of the U.S.’s entry into the fray. More… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Graphic Design in the Vienna Secession May 23, 2017 Vintage Posters Graphic Design in the Vienna Secession This post includes notes from the catalogue of our May 25 auction of Graphic Design, featuring an extensive selection of works out of the Wiener Werkstätte, the design school for the… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Psychedelic Concert Posters May 12, 2017 Vintage Posters Psychedelic Concert Posters This post was written by Sarah Shelburne of the Vintage Posters department using examples from the May 25 auction of Graphic Design. Few art forms have been as… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Ski Posters Swoosh into Swann March 14, 2017 Vintage Posters Ski Posters Swoosh into Swann Our March 16 sale of Vintage Posters will offer 91 early twentieth-century ski posters, representing all areas of interest avid ski poster collectors seek, from geographic variety to stylistic innovation. The… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Records & Results: Alphonse Mucha January 31, 2017 Vintage Posters Records & Results: Alphonse Mucha On Thursday, January 26, we opened the 2017 season with a landmark sale of Alphonse Mucha & Masters of Art Nouveau: The Harry C. Meyerhoff Collection, the largest private collection of… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Notes from the Catalogue: Harry C. Meyerhoff January 18, 2017 Vintage Posters Notes from the Catalogue: Harry C. Meyerhoff What makes Alphonse Mucha & Masters of Art Nouveau: The Harry C. Meyerhoff Collection so special? Amazingly, this is the first auction dedicated to a private collection of posters and… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Alphonse Mucha: Behind the Magic January 12, 2017 Vintage Posters Alphonse Mucha: Behind the Magic Even those unfamiliar with Alphonse Mucha’s name will recognize the tendrils of hair and profusion of delicate flowers surrounding his seraphic models. But what of the man himself? How did these ethereal… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Sarah Bernhardt, Mucha’s Muse January 9, 2017 Vintage Posters Sarah Bernhardt, Mucha’s Muse This post was written by Associate Cataloguer & Administrator for Vintage Posters Sarah Shelburne for our January 26 auction, Alphonse Mucha & Masters of Art Nouveau: The Harry C. Meyerhoff Collection. … Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about California Dreaming? Travel Posters Can Take You There October 21, 2016 Vintage Posters California Dreaming? Travel Posters Can Take You There Every autumn we continue our tradition of offering the finest travel posters available. On October 27, the selection reflects the excitement and globalization of the early- to mid-twentieth century, with posters featuring… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about The Greatest Show on Earth: How Circuses Reused Effective Design July 25, 2016 Vintage Posters The Greatest Show on Earth: How Circuses Reused Effective Design In the summer heat, it’s hard to imagine performing acrobatic feats and superhuman demonstrations. At Swann we get our exercise vicariously by investigating some of the circus posters from our… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about L’Estampe Originale: Promoting Printmakers in the Late Nineteenth Century February 10, 2015 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings L’Estampe Originale: Promoting Printmakers in the Late Nineteenth Century L’Estampe Originale, a series of nine print albums published by André Marty from 1893-95, represented the zenith of the print trade in the late 19th century. Publishers and dealers used… Share Facebook Twitter
February 10, 2015 Vintage Posters The New York World’s Fair in Posters Among the broad selection of Vintage Posters coming to auction on February 12 are a run of New York World’s Fair advertisements that were designed to promote the 1939-40 exhibition.… Share Facebook Twitter
December 2, 2014 Vintage Posters Nicholas Lowry on Travel Posters from the Julius Paul Collection Swann President and Posters specialist Nicholas D. Lowry writes beautifully about the December 17 auction of Travel Posters from the Julius Paul Collection. Read on for his notes on the sale.… Share Facebook Twitter
July 11, 2014 Vintage Posters Keep Calm and Poster On The image is so iconic, it’s been co-opted countless times, but in Swann Galleries’ upcoming Vintage Posters auction we have the original: a 1939 Keep Calm and Carry On poster. When… Share Facebook Twitter
May 5, 2014 Vintage Posters Where He Crosses Over: Edward Gorey Posters & Postcards Lot 268: Edward Gorey’s poster for New York City Ballet is a classic image– and not necessarily one that brings to mind Gorey. “I didn’t know GOREY did that… Share Facebook Twitter
April 29, 2014 Vintage Posters Records & Results: Vintage Posters The three top lots in Swann Galleries’ April 24 auction each set new auction records in a sale marked by incredible results for esoteric images. Lot 1 was Bertold Löffler’s Kunstschau… Share Facebook Twitter
December 3, 2013 Vintage Posters One of a Kind: Josef Hoffmann’s Wiener Werkstätte Poster A unique item among the scarce posters in the recently restituted Julius Paul Collection that Swann is auctioning on December 18 is Josef Hoffmann’s hand-stenciled poster announcing the opening of the first… Share Facebook Twitter
January 13, 2012 Vintage Posters Is this the world’s first ski poster? Ernest Haskell’s Truth / Xmas, New York, 1896. Skiing for sport began in the mid-nineteenth century in Northern Europe, although the activity as a means of transport and hunting dates… Share Facebook Twitter