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March 13, 2020

Check this page for the most current updates. What to Know on Auction Day Last Update: March 8, 2022 These auctions will be held live and conducted remotely by Swann auctioneers…

March 5, 2020

In the latest installment in our Swann in Profile series, we welcome Harold Porcher as Director of our new Modern & Post-War Art department. Read below to learn more about Porcher…

January 15, 2020

With the 2020 auction season on the horizon, we sat down with the newest addition to our books and manuscripts department, Devon Eastland, senior specialist for early printed…

January 13, 2020

The 2010s brought Swann a number of notable moments including memorable sales, the establishment of two new departments, and the celebration of the 75th anniversary of our first…

January 13, 2020

As a new decade dawns, I am reminded that in order to move ahead Swann must continuously look into the historical rearview mirror and select the best material from bygone years to…

November 1, 2019

Join us on November 19 for the third in a series of events highlighting The Archives of American Art.

October 7, 2019

Bibliophiles of every denomination—Americana, autographs, art books, archives, atlases, ephemera, literature, maps—can…

September 4, 2019

With a proclivity to the grim, grisly and gruesome, Charles Addams walked through life illuminating its incongruous funny bones and sore spots. Here we discuss his contributions…

August 30, 2019

Norman Lewis was an Abstract Expressionist painter associated with The Irascibles who developed as a painter as the New York Modern Art scene grew. Here we discuss Lewis's rise…

July 22, 2019

    And a wonderful seven years it has been! My title here is Vintage Posters Specialist and Department Manager. I’ve been a Specialist for about four of those years,…