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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New York, New York
212 254 4710
http://swanngalleries.com
Latest Content from Swann Auction Galleries
Multi-Million Dollar African-American Fine Art Auction at Swann Galleries
- September 15th, 2017 15:02
Swann Galleries’ biannual auction of African-American Fine Art on Thursday, October 5 promises never-before-seen art from the turn of the nineteenth century to the present. With just over ...
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Photographic and Manuscript Material at Swann Americana Sale
- September 14th, 2017 16:02
On Thursday, September 28, Swann Galleries will offer Printed & Manuscript Americana, with highlights that span nearly 500 years and several continents. A fine selection of unique ...
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I Want You to Keep Calm & Carry On: Wartime Posters Lead Sale at Swann
- August 4th, 2017 08:53
More than 600 colorful advertisements and announcements crossed the block at Swann Auction Galleries’ sale of Vintage Posters on Wednesday, August 2. The encyclopedic selection ...
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100 Years After WWI: Propaganda Dominates Swann Galleries’ Vintage Posters Sale
- July 10th, 2017 08:31
On August 2, Swann Galleries will close their spring-summer season with an extravaganza of Vintage Posters that span the last 150 years. Marking the centennial anniversary of the U.S.’s ...
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Landscapes by Avery, Glackens, Kleitsch & Marin In Swann Galleries’ June 15 American Art Sale
- May 25th, 2017 12:29
Swann Galleries has announced highlights from their annual sale of American Art, featuring original works by masters from the nineteenth- through twenty-first centuries. Watercolors, ...
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Books Become Art at Swann Galleries’ Art, Press & Illustrated Auction
- May 24th, 2017 15:31
Swann Galleries has announced highlights from their June 13 auction of Art, Press & Illustrated Books, which will feature premier examples of printing that elevate the humble book to ...
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Early American Material Leads the Way At Swann Galleries’ Maps & Atlases Sale
- May 16th, 2017 11:52
On Wednesday, June 7, Swann Galleries will hold an auction of Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books, with highlights from the colonization of the Americas, as well ...
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Global Graphic Design Comes to Swann Galleries
- May 12th, 2017 09:12
On Thursday, May 25, Swann Galleries will hold an auction of Graphic Design, featuring a premier selection of posters, books and magazines by outstanding designers from around the ...
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Swann Galleries’ Historic Photographs Sale Clears $1.5M
- March 15th, 2017 09:42
On Tuesday, February 14, Swann Galleries offered Icons & Images: Photographs & Photobooks, an auction featuring masterworks spanning the lifetime of the medium. The Valentine’s ...
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Swann Galleries Presents English & Enlightenment Works In March Auction of Early Printed Books
- February 13th, 2017 10:00
On Thursday, March 9, Swann Galleries will hold an auction of Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books, featuring a premier selection of early English material. The top ...
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