NEW YORK — November at Swann Galleries featured a marathon of fine art auctions including a two-day sale of Old Master Through Modern Prints and Master Drawings, a private collection of Contemporary Artists’ Books, as well as contemporary art, and travel posters. Combined the auctions earned $6.7 million and established an exceptional 30 records for the market.
NEW YORK — Illustration Art at Swann Galleries has celebrated the artistic achievements of illustrators for nearly a decade, offering original artworks intended for publication, including newspapers, books, magazines and more. The auction house’s winter offering is slated for Thursday, December 16, and will feature illustrations for literature, animations from Walt Disney Studios, Sunday comics, cartoons for The New Yorker, and more. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK — Swann Galleries will present a selection of 111 works by artists expanding the boundaries of abstraction, in a variety of mediums, throughout the mid-century and post-war period in a Thursday, December 2 sale of Modern & Post-War Art. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK — Contemporary Art is on offer at Swann Galleries Tuesday, November 16 with a robust selection of works from the 21st century’s leading artists, as well as exceptional material by midcentury practitioners. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK—On Tuesday, November 9, Swann Galleries will hold Contemporary Artists’ Books: The Property of a Texas Collector — an astonishing single-owner auction of works, many known only via institutional copies. The sale includes an abundance of deluxe issues produced in small limitations often out of reach of even the most determined collector. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK — Fine Books & Autographs are at Swann Galleries Thursday, October 28 with a selection of exceedingly rare material set to hit the auction block. Autographs, literature and art books alike will feature scarce to market offerings ranging from pop culture phenoms and scientists to groundbreaking writers and visual artists. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK — “We are beyond thrilled with the results of the October 7 auction, which was a historic sale for Swann Galleries: our first auction to hammer over $4 million. Great excitement about our sale offerings resulted in auction record prices for eleven artists, including Belkis Ayon, Elizabeth Catlett and Howardena Pindell, and significant prices for many others, including Edward Bannister, Richmond Barthé and Hale Woodruff,” noted Nigel Freeman, director of African American Art at Swann Galleries. The sale totaled more than $5 million, including buyer’s premium.
NEW YORK — The Thursday, October 21 sale of Fine Photographs at Swann Galleries will offer exceptional examples from the medium’s brightest practitioners. Works will include those made in the nineteenth century through the modern era. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
NEW YORK — The Swann Galleries fall offering of Printed & Manuscript Americana was held on September 30, delivering remarkable results across the board. The auction brought $938,298, with 89% of lots finding homes, demonstrating an upward trend and strength in the category. It is the fifth straight Swann auction of Americana to have a more than 80% sell-through rate, with sale totals reaching or exceeding the high estimate.
NEW YORK — The Thursday, October 14 sale of Early Printed Books at Swann Galleries features travel, medicine, and science publications, and offers a chance for rare book buyers to travel through time and around the world to shop for historically and culturally significant works and objects. The auction presents a curated selection of Renaissance and early modern printing, including scholarly editions of Greek and Latin classics; manuscripts and early printing; a curated selection of medical works; and books that document global contributions to our shared culture. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.