Browsing Tag Vintage Posters
Play Ball!: The Unlikely Tradition of Baseball Ephemera at Swann
With the arrival of baseball’s Opening Day, spring is truly here. Swann does not handle baseball memorabilia in…
Artist Record for H.A. Volodimer in Winter 2021 Sale of Vintage Posters
Our winter 2021 offering of Vintage Posters on February 18 saw the highest recent sell-through rate of the house’s l…
As Seen on TV: Vintage Posters
Missing our Poster Auction Exhibitions? An easy way to see the posters Swann has to offer, right from your couch. Je…
A Brief History of Guinness Posters & Alice in Guinnessland
James Joyce allegedly proclaimed that Guinness was “the wine of Ireland,” and a 1973 ad for the company featured a r…
First Auction of Artists of the WPA at Swann Establishes Four Records
The Artists of the WPA were on display in our February 4, 2021, auction. The multi-departmental sale was headed by H…
Vintage Posters: Auction Highlights February 2021
At Auction February 18, 2021 Literary Posters Art Nouveau Bicycles, Automobiles & Aviation Food and Drink Skiing…
The Artists of the WPA: The Promise of a New Deal
On February 4, 2021, Swann offered: The Artists of the WPA. The first iteration of the multi-departmental sale, feat…
2020: Year in Review
In a year that was unlike any in our lifetimes, Swann’s specialists and staff proved to be as resilient and in…
Seven Artists Records for Fall 2020 Travel Posters at Swann
Auction Discoveries: Frank Lemen and Anthony Hansen “With over an over 80% sell-through rate, and with 16 of t…
Collector’s Guide: Railway Posters
Nicholas D. Lowry Picks His Top Locomotive Travel Posters Among the earliest European travel posters were produced b…
The Excitement of Discovering “Previously Unrecorded” Travel Posters
…and what we mean when we say something is “Rare.” Just when you think you have seen it all… I am …
Fall 2020 Preview: Rare & Important Travel Posters
In an era in which armchair traveling has become the new normal, it has never been more engaging to stay at home and…