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June 4, 2019|Lauren Kristin|Vintage Posters

Upcoming Highlights: Vintage Posters

At Auction August 7 Complete Catalogue For over 15 years our summer Vintage Posters auction has brought wonderful examples of beach and summer resort posters to market. The tradition continues…

July 30, 2018 | Vintage Posters

Keep It Under Your Stetson

Wartime propaganda can serve a variety of purposes, from recruitment and morale-building to conservation. During World War II all of these played a role in the Office of War Information’s…

July 17, 2017 | Vintage Posters

Abram Games’s Sultry Poster Causes a Stir

Our August 2 auction of Vintage Posters features the largest — and best — selection of war posters we have ever offered. As England prepared to enter World War Two,…

June 27, 2017 | American Art

Mrs. Stimson Joins Her Husband at the Huntington Historical Society

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lewis Stimson lived in an estate in Huntington, Long Island. In his memoir, he wrote of her, “That marriage has now lasted over fifty-four years, during…

April 27, 2017 | Printed & Manuscript Americana

Records & Results: Printed & Manuscript Americana

On Thursday, April 27, our tenth consecutive auction of Printed & Manuscript Americana exceeded $700,000. Much of the top material was unique or extremely rare, including diaries, letters and archives, many…

August 16, 2016 | Swann

2015-16: A Year of Records

Last year Swann Galleries saw 95 records and first appearances across 31 sales with some of our departments even breaking their own records. Treasures ranging from previously unknown works to…

July 24, 2015 | Vintage Posters

Called to Action: A look at World War I & II Posters

Swann Galleries’ biannual Vintage Posters sale is coming around again on August 5, and as always the sale features a number of iconic images from World War I and II.…

August 8, 2014 | Vintage Posters

WWI&II, Grand Prix and Tennis Images Led Swann’s Top August Posters Auction of All Time

Alphonse Mucha’s Art Nouveau advertisement for JOB rolling papers was the top lot in our August 6 auction Coming on the heels of tremendous media coverage (see: The Telegraph,…

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…

July 22, 2013 | Vintage Posters

Notes From the Catalogue: WWII Propaganda Posters

Our August 7 auction of Vintage Posters features an array of wartime propaganda from both the American home front and abroad. The selection of American posters from the Second World War showcases…

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