October 26, 2018Kelsie JankowskiAutographs “Love – PFC. Kurt Vonnegut, Infantry” Read more about “Love – PFC. Kurt Vonnegut, Infantry” The highlight among literary autographs in our November 8 Autographs sale was a group of letters from Kurt Vonnegut, an American writer best known for his science-fiction infused anti-war novel Slaughterhouse-Five, 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 Keep It Under Your Stetson 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… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Records & Results: Vintage Posters August 4, 2017 Vintage Posters Records & Results: Vintage Posters More than 600 colorful advertisements and announcements crossed the block at our sale of Vintage Posters on Wednesday, August 2. The encyclopedic selection represented a century’s worth of development in… Share Facebook Twitter
Read more about Abram Games’s Sultry Poster Causes a Stir 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,… Share Facebook Twitter
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,… 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
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… Share Facebook Twitter
October 12, 2011 Photographs & Photobooks Franz Krieger WWII Album Comes to Auction Franz Krieger’s mysterious album will be coming to Swann Galleries. In June 2011, New York Times journalists James Barron and David W. Dunlap posted an article about a mystery WWII… Share Facebook Twitter
August 1, 2011 Vintage Posters WWII Poster Montage in Captain America Sharp-eyed vintage poster enthusiasts are marveling over the closing title sequence of this summer’s blockbuster movie Captain America, The First Avenger, which hit theaters on July 22nd. The movie’s closing… Share Facebook Twitter