Richmond Barthe’s 1937 bronze, ‘African Boy Dancing,’ estimated at $150,000-$200,000
New York—Swann Galleries’s spring sale of African American Art will take place on April 22. The sale will present quality works spanning mediums and movements within the canon. Absentee and Internet live bidding will be available through LiveAuctioneers.
A 1776 engraving of the Late Battle at Charlestown on June 17, 1775, by Bernard Romans, estimated at $40,000-$60,000
NEW YORK – Printed & Manuscript Americana is at Swann Galleries on April 15 with a selection of American historical prints from a private collection, material from the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, religious ephemera and publications, and more. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.
Frederick Douglass, autograph letter signed, 1851, $112,500. Image courtesy Swann Auction Galleries
NEW YORK — Swann Galleries closed out February with an exceptional sale of Fine Books & Autographs, which saw a 90% sell-through rate and exceeded the total high estimate, bringing in $522,632. The auction brought forth historic autographs from political figures and celebrities alike, as well as first editions from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
