Browsing Tag Manuscript Diary

June 10, 2025

We love all of the lots in our auctions equally.  Here are a few from our June 12 Americana sale, which are more equal than the others. The Iconic… Thomas…

September 6, 2023

The September 28, 2023, Americana auction is rich in material from the American Revolution and the Civil War. Highlights include early printed journals of the Continental Congress…

April 3, 2023

The adventure, romance, and sometimes horror of the whaling industry have never ceased drawing the attention of collectors. Here, Rick Stattler, director of books and manuscripts,…

April 3, 2023

The March 2023 sale of Printed & Manuscript African Americana brings $1.3M making it the highest-grossing sale for the category and the third-largest sale for Swann's books and…

October 5, 2022

Swann’s fall 2022 auction of Printed & Manuscript Americana held on September 29 earned $960k. Civil War-era material earned nearly $470,000 of that total. Collectors joined…

October 7, 2020

Our Thursday, September 24, 2020 sale of Printed & Manuscript Americana brought an 82% sell-through rate by lot, totaling over $600k with at least 23 institutions purchasing a…

March 23, 2020

The value of diaries on the market is largely driven by historical content and the quality of the writing. What could your diary be worth?

February 12, 2020

This sale covers American history from the sixteenth to twentieth centuries, with a diploma from the Princeton Class of 1783, whose commencement was attended by Washington and the…

August 5, 2019

This fall, our Printed & Manuscript Americana auction will be held on September 26, and include manuscript diaries and important archives, ephemera relating to Stanford football,…

April 19, 2019

Mexican Imprints Bring Significant Interest  in Swann Americana Sale   Our Printed & Manuscript Americana sale on Thursday, April 16 was the…