Swann was founded in 1941 as an auction house specializing in Rare and Antiquarian Books and is now the largest specialist auctioneer of Works on Paper in the world. Swann conducts approximately 40 sales a year, with departments devoted to Books, Autographs, Maps & Atlases, Photographs & Photobooks, Prints & Drawings, Vintage Posters, African-American Fine Art and Illustration Art. On March 27, 2017, Swann celebrated 75 years of auctions.
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Latest Content from Swann Auction Galleries
Sci-Fi Collection Dominates Swann Literature Auction
- June 4th, 2018 10:58
Science fiction ruled on May 15 at Swann Galleries’ auction of 19th & 20th Century Literature. Selections from the Estate of Stanley Simon, featuring 84 rare and first editions of ...
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Swann to Offer Science Fiction Collection of Stanley Simon
- June 4th, 2018 10:55
Cornerstones of science fiction from the Estate of Stanley Simon form the backbone of Swann Galleries’ May 15 auction of 19th & 20th Century Literature. Stanley Simon was a ...
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Personalized Portrait by Matisse Leads Swann Print Auction
- June 4th, 2018 10:53
With highlights spanning six centuries, Swann Galleries’ auction of Old Master Through Modern Prints on May 8 offered works by the greatest innovators in the field. The sale totaled more ...
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Early Portraits by Picasso & Rembrandt Lead Swann Prints Auction
- June 4th, 2018 10:50
Swann Galleries’ offering of Old Master Through Modern Prints on Tuesday, May 8 forms a comprehensive survey of Western art history and the development of the modern style. More than 500 ...
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$149K Man Ray Sets Record at Swann Graphic Design Auction
- June 4th, 2018 10:27
Swann Galleries’ auction of Graphic Design on May 3 offered vintage posters that defined the styles of the twentieth century. In a highly-curated selection of just over 250 lots, the ...
Read More...![Lot 76: Man Ray, [London Transport] – Keeps London Going, 1938. Estimate $80,000 to $120,000.](/images/cache/76-Ray171x270e400x270_.jpg "Lot 76: Man Ray, [London Transport] – Keeps London Going, 1938. Estimate $80,000 to $120,000.")
$100K Man Ray Leads Swann Galleries Auction Celebrating Graphic Design
- June 4th, 2018 10:24
Swann Galleries will offer an auction of Graphic Design on Thursday, May 3, celebrating innovation in the field, with an array of vintage posters, along with a coterie of fine ...
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$100K Klimt Leads Fine Books & Graphics at Swann
- June 4th, 2018 10:21
Swann Galleries offered an auction of Fine Illustrated Books & Graphics on April 26, with highlights by artists of the twentieth century and scarce volumes from fine presses. ...
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Visual Feast of Scarce Volumes in Fine Illustrated Books & Graphics
- June 4th, 2018 10:18
Swann Galleries’ Thursday, April 26 auction of Fine Illustrated Books & Graphics will offer books, magazines, portfolios, editions and unique works, with material that changed the ...
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Delaney, White & Woodruff Set Records at Swann
- June 4th, 2018 10:12
Swann Galleries held their highest-grossing auction to date on April 5, totaling $4.5M—more than $1M over the high estimate of the sale. The 160 works that made up the highly curated ...
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Swann’s $1M Americana Auction Continues Upward Trend
- June 4th, 2018 10:08
Swann Galleries’ auction of Printed & Manuscript Americana on April 12 was the department’s highest-grossing sale in four years, continuing an upward trajectory as each offering of ...
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