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Mexican Revolutionary Emiliano Zapata

Some people made such an impact on history that we see them in multiple sales each season, across widely disparate g…

Photographs & Photobooks

Black and White All Over: The Riddle of Classical Photography

The following was written by Vice President and Director of Photographs & Photobooks, Daile Kaplan:   I lov…

Vintage Posters

Records & Results: Vintage Posters

More than 600 colorful advertisements and announcements crossed the block at our sale of Vintage Posters on Wednesda…

Vintage Posters

The Symbiotic Relationship Between Tattoos & Posters

An unusual lot in our upcoming auction of Vintage Posters features a colorful individual: Captain Costentenus, a Gre…

Vintage Posters

Isle Adam: Timeless & Inspiring

Shrewd perusers of our sales may notice a familiar eave lurking in the catalogue for our upcoming auction of Vintage…

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 ha…

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 th…

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, R…

American Art

Records & Results: American Art

We closed our Spring 2017 season with a climactic sale of American Art on Thursday, June 15. The annual auction offe…

Swann

Records & Results: Spring 2017

The spring 2017 season at Swann Galleries marked the 75th anniversary of our first auction. On March 27, 1942, Benja…

Books & Manuscripts

Records & Results: Art, Press & Illustrated Books

Our June 13 auction of Art, Press & Illustrated Books offered a spectrum of books that doubled as objets d’art, …

Maps & Atlases

Records & Results: Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books

Our June 7 auction of Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books saw strong results with multiple a…