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Rick Stattler’s Auction Selections for Spring 2023
Spring has just about sprung, and Swann Galleries’ resident Americana specialist, and director of the house…
Printed & Manuscript Americana: April 13, 2023 Auction Highlights
Our April 13 Printed & Manuscript Americana auction features an exciting an array of Civil War material represen…
Printed & Manuscript African Americana: March 30, 2023 Auction Highlights
The field of African American visual art is documented through exhibit posters and catalogues, two pieces of illustr…
Auctions 101: Provenance Research
Stattler explains the detective work that sometimes goes into researching an item’s history and provenance Auc…
Printed & Manuscript Americana: September 29, 2022 Auction Highlights
The sale is also rich in graphic content, including a large battlefield painting titled The 16th Maine Volunteers, F…
Rick Stattler’s Specialist Picks: Two Unique Items from the April 7, 2022, Americana Auction
The material that passes through Swann on a daily basis ranges in value and interest, sometimes we see an item crop …
At Auction March 24 — Selections from the Collection of Jack Greenberg
Offerings from the Collection of Civil Rights Attorney Jack Greenberg in our March 24 sale of Printed & Manuscri…
Upcoming Highlights: Printed & Manuscript Americana April 7, 2022
Related Reading: Old Diaries Tell the Stories of Overlooked Americans Get Updates for Auction Day Related Reading: S…
Printed Manuscript & African Americana: March 24, 2022 Auction Highlights
Jack Greenberg Collection Also featured is a collection from the late Jack Greenberg, the longtime head of the NAACP…
Women & the Civil War
Men did the bulk of the fighting in the Civil War, but women were involved on every level—from managing family farms…
Selections From a Noteworthy Collection of American Historical Prints
Our April 15, 2021 auction of Printed & Manuscript Americana opens with a noteworthy collection of historical pr…
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…