Swann readies second Focus on Women sale for June 2

One from a lot containing two early 1970s Women’s Liberation Movement political posters protesting the Vietnam War, est. $300-$500

 

One from a lot containing two early 1970s Women’s Liberation Movement political posters protesting the Vietnam War, est. $300-$500
One from a lot of two 1970s Women’s Liberation Movement political posters protesting the Vietnam War, est. $300-$500

NEW YORK — Swann Galleries will present the second iteration of its Focus on Women auction Thursday, June 2. The sale emphasizes women’s experiences and contributions to literature, science, art, politics and thought. With published and manuscript material from the hand-press period, through the work of living artists, collectors will have a chance to bid on photographs, prints, books and archives. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Family Collection stars at Sworders, March 2

Photograph of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. with his second wife, Mary Lee, part of a collection of Fairbanks family photographs estimated at £200- £300
Photograph of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. with his second wife, Mary Lee, part of a collection of Fairbanks family photographs estimated at £200-£300

STANSTED MOUNTFICHET, UK – Hollywood royalty comes to Sworders this spring. A stand-alone auction on March 2 includes more than 100 lots from the family collection of the legendary American actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1909-2000). The archive of photographs, cinema posters, personal jewelry, objets of vertu, furniture, paintings and clothing was amassed during Fairbanks’s life as a film star, naval officer, producer and family man. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.

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