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April 30, 2010

Both sections of the May 20, 2010 Photographic Literature and Important Photographs auction at Swann feature highlight items by Alexey Brodovitch, the late Harper’s…

April 26, 2010

Deborah Chaleff and Jacqueline Feinberg introduce the Early Printed Books & Manuscripts from the Inventory of the late Lawrence Feinberg sale on May 11, 2010 at…

March 15, 2010

Any collector knows that the reasons behind a particular collection are often just as fascinating as the collection itself. Otto Penzler, proprietor of The Mysterious Bookshop in…

March 8, 2010

President Bill Clinton discusses his idea of the American Dream in the introduction to our catalogue for The Stephen L. White Photograph Collection.

February 25, 2010

Among the top lots in the February 23, 2010 auction of African-American Fine Art was a unique Fly Swatter created in 1992 by contemporary artist David Hammons, which sold for $66…

January 29, 2010

Among the highlights of our 15th annual auction of Printed & Manuscript African Americana is an incredible archive comprising James Amos Porter’s African-American Art…

December 22, 2009

Swann Galleries’ auction of African-American Fine Art on February 23, 2010, will offer approximately 160 lots from many notable collections and estates, including several…

December 3, 2009

Sol LeWitt, Autobiography, illustrated with more than 1,000 reproductions of LeWitt’s sequential photographs of his apartment and possessions, first edition, New York, 1980.…

December 2, 2009

Ansel Adams’s position in the pantheon of master photographers is assured by his magisterial studies of the American landscape. Swann is pleased to offer Moonrise Over Hernandez…

October 16, 2009

Among the highlights in our October 22, 2009 Photographs & Photographic Literature auction is a stunning array of 15 images by social reformer-cum-photographer, Lewis W. Hine.…