Browsing Tag New York City

May 6, 2025

Our Spring auction features a varied selection of antique maps from around the globe satisfying all levels of collector interest.

June 7, 2019

Our June 13 sale of American Art features an impressive selection of city, landscape and coastal scenes. The offering puts on display how the breadth and diversity of…

john james audubon, color plate
February 3, 2018

At Auction June 7 This auction of Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books encompasses a broad range of American and European cartography. Complete Catalogue …

May 2, 2017

Notes from the catalogue of our May 11 auction of Contemporary Art.   Though Motherwell is known for his integral role in the New York school of Abstract Expressionism, the…

April 27, 2017

On Thursday, April 27, our tenth consecutive auction of Printed & Manuscript Americana exceeded $700,000. Much of the top material was unique or extremely rare, including…

May 22, 2014

With Memorial Day approaching, all of us here in New York are hoping for warm weather. But, among the most charming images in our June 12, 2014 auction of American Art, is a NYC…

March 28, 2014

Among the highlights of our April 17, 2014 auction of Vernacular Photography is a small archive of photographs and ephemera relating to cross-dressing and gay rights in New York…

December 9, 2013

The Brooklyn Bridge is a monumental architectural triumph of New York City, constructed on May 24, 1883, which supports, to this day, the colossal weight of bridge-walkers,…

May 14, 2013

Among the highlights of Swann’s June 6 auction of Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Historical Prints, Ephemera is a Final Commissioner’s Map of New York City…

August 23, 2010

Scenes of the City: Prints, Drawings & Paintings of New York is an important collection of some of the finest and most significant examples of 19th and 20th century New…