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Books & Manuscripts

The Earliest French Erotica

A titillating section in our March 8 auction of Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books contains two s…

Vintage Posters

Erik Nitsche’s Modernist Vision

One of many highlights in our March 1 sale of Vintage Posters is a run of posters designed by Erik Nitsche in a seri…

Vintage Posters

Gail Chisholm: A Life in Posters

Nearly a quarter of our March 1 auction of Vintage Posters was devoted to highlights from the collection of renowned…

Photographs & Photobooks

Photographer Lewis Hine & The Invention of the Photo Story

Daile Kaplan Reflects on Lewis Hine’s Legacy Lewis Wickes Hine was one of the most important social documentar…

Auctions 101

Vintage Posters 101

So you’ve fallen in love with a vintage poster. What next? Here are some of the most important things to consi…

Maps & Atlases

What Sets A Chart Apart?

We asked specialist Caleb Kiffer to reminisce about some of the most interesting and important charts we’ve ha…

Photographs & Photobooks

Bertha Trujillo: Matadora in Photographs

On May 30, 1968, Bertha Trujillo became the first woman awarded a doctorate of matadorship, the highest technical le…

The Top Five Fahrenheit 451s

According to our Literature specialist John D. Larson, there are five first editions of Fahrenheit 451 of interest t…

Swann

2017: Year in Review

In our diamond anniversary year, we offered a star-studded roster of 30 auctions, setting nearly 100 records and int…

Illustration Art

Records & Results: Illustration Art

The grand finale of our 2017 roster was a successful auction of Illustration Art on December 14. Highlights of the s…

Maps & Atlases

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

Maps were so plentiful at our December 5 auction of Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books that…

Illustration Art

Ingeborg Willy & the Making of Snow White

A scrapbook, presumably kept by an inker at Walt Disney Studios, reveals much about the production of Snow White. Th…