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John Augustine Washington III & Mount Vernon
From the catalogue for our March 30 sale of Printed & Manuscript African Americana. The sale will feature a run …
Was Walter Sickert Really Jack the Ripper?
Though the official identity of Jack the Ripper has never been determined, there are those who believe Walter Sicker…
Edgar Allan Poe: Birthday & A Lost Photograph
Today, on what would be Edgar Allan Poe’s 207th birthday, we take a look at an exceedingly rare and unusual lo…
Alphonse Mucha: Behind the Magic
Even those unfamiliar with Alphonse Mucha’s name will recognize the tendrils of hair and profusion of del…
On A Previously Unknown First State of de Wit’s Map of the Netherlands
This post was written by Maps & Atlases Specialist Caleb Kiffer in advance of our December 8, 2016 auction of Ma…
A Bright Light at a Dark Time: The WPA Handicraft Project
One unusual piece in our December 2016 auction of Art, Press & Illustrated Books was a six-volume folio of texti…
Le Corbusier’s Color Theory Sample Book
Before the holidays drive you up a wall, let an unusual piece in our December 1, 2016 sale of Art, Press & Illus…
Civil War Correspondence Between Sweethearts: “Scattered, Knew Not Where To Go”
Coming to auction November 17, 2016: Printed & Manuscript Americana Charles L. Taylor married his sweetheart Har…
Signed First Edition of Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet
This is the first time a signed first edition of The Prophet has appeared at auction. Interestingly, Gibran, th…
An Eighteenth Century Pye Recipe
When recipe books come to Swann, the only thing to do is test them out. In our upcoming October 18 sale of Early Pri…