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Books & Manuscripts

November 15, 2018

Signed & Inscribed Oscar Wilde Play Leads Literature Auction SciFi Works Continue to Prove to be Popular in Swann Literature Sales   Book collectors from far and wide…

November 12, 2018

Letters from a Young Kurt Vonnegut Top Autographs Auction Collectors Drawn to Autographs of Innovators   Our auction of Autographs on Thursday, November 8 saw major interest…

November 5, 2018

“The Transcendental Club,” as it would come to be known, was founded in Massachusetts, in September of 1836, by prominent New England intellectuals. Ralph Waldo…

October 26, 2018

The highlight among literary autographs in our November 8 Autographs sale was a group of letters from Kurt Vonnegut, an American writer best known for his science-fiction infused…

October 19, 2018

Jean de Mandeville Reaches $100K in Early Printed Books Auction  Philippine Imprint sets record   Our auction of Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel…

October 10, 2018

At Auction November 8 Complete Catalogue   Artists, Authors & Musicians Some artists have adorned their everyday communications with illustrations or artworks, and the…

October 3, 2018

At Auction November 13 Complete Catalogue   Highlights   A first edition of Jack London’s The Sea-Wolf, 1904, debuts at auction in its exceedingly rare dust jacket…

October 2, 2018

Americana Continues to Out-Perform at Swann Galleries   Our September 27 auction of Printed & Manuscript Americana was the highest-earning Americana auction in the last…

September 28, 2018

The study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world has always been a curiosity, and the publishing of theories, studies and findings has, in the last few…

September 13, 2018

  The collection of noted Abraham Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer explores America’s fascination with depictions of the 16th president. Highlighting the breadth of…