Swann Galleries
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NYC auction house offering Books, Autographs, Maps, Photographs, Prints & Drawings, Posters, African-American Fine Art, Illustration Art & more.
The Hands of Heroes. On this day in 1949, Jackie Robinson became major league baseball’s first Black MVP (1947 issue of TIME magazine Signed and Inscribed, 1960, sold @swanngalleries.bsky.social on February 17, 2022, $4,250. bit.ly/4pfdW8a)
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
In honor of #VeteransDay learn about the diary of John Martin, a WWII nose gunner in the 351st Bombardment Group:
History with an Americana Specialist | Diary of a WWII Nose Gunner
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November 11, 2025 at 11:41 PM
In honor of #VeteransDay learn about the diary of John Martin, a WWII nose gunner in the 351st Bombardment Group:
Kurt Vonnegut was #BOTD in 1922. See below an ALS from an archive of letters sold in November 2018
The Hands of Time. Remembering Kurt Vonnegut, who was born on this day in 1922. (ALS, part of archive of letters to his family mostly written while serving in US Army, 1930s-40s, sold @swanngalleries.bsky.social on November 8, 2018, $12,500. bit.ly/4qUgudI)
November 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Kurt Vonnegut was #BOTD in 1922. See below an ALS from an archive of letters sold in November 2018
#AuctionResults | A transcription of Robert Schonfeld and Peter McCabe's interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, which appeared in the September 1984 issue of Penthouse magazine, sold for $15,000.
John Lennon & Yoko Ono's Interview with Penthouse Magazine
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November 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
#AuctionResults | A transcription of Robert Schonfeld and Peter McCabe's interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, which appeared in the September 1984 issue of Penthouse magazine, sold for $15,000.
At auction this Thursday!
November 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
At auction this Thursday!
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The Hands of Heroes. On this Halloween day in 1926, Harry Houdini failed to escape death (Photograph Signed and Inscribed, sold @swanngalleries.bsky.social on October 26, 2023, $1,820. bit.ly/4nz4Jqm)
October 31, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The Hands of Heroes. On this Halloween day in 1926, Harry Houdini failed to escape death (Photograph Signed and Inscribed, sold @swanngalleries.bsky.social on October 26, 2023, $1,820. bit.ly/4nz4Jqm)
#BookCollecting 101: A Beginner's Guide to Advance Copies with Grace Meschery-McCormack, Cataloguer for our Fine Books department.
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A Beginner's Guide to Advance Copies | Book Collecting 101
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October 22, 2025 at 7:09 PM
#BookCollecting 101: A Beginner's Guide to Advance Copies with Grace Meschery-McCormack, Cataloguer for our Fine Books department.
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What happens when even the most stable institutions—like auction houses—are caught in the winds of change?
Read @nicholowry.bsky.social latest View from the Podium and see why staying true to our roots for 85 years isn't backward—it's the way forward:
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Read @nicholowry.bsky.social latest View from the Podium and see why staying true to our roots for 85 years isn't backward—it's the way forward:
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View From the Podium: On the Importance of a Steady Hand - Swann Galleries
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October 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
What happens when even the most stable institutions—like auction houses—are caught in the winds of change?
Read @nicholowry.bsky.social latest View from the Podium and see why staying true to our roots for 85 years isn't backward—it's the way forward:
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Read @nicholowry.bsky.social latest View from the Podium and see why staying true to our roots for 85 years isn't backward—it's the way forward:
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#EdwardGorey's Doubtful Guest has come to Swann 😱!!
So far, we've caught him cutting up a copy of the Trumpet, providing jumpscares, disturbing our photography studio and shipping department, and generally terrorizing @nicholowry.bsky.social.
Please take him off our hands on October 23 🙏
So far, we've caught him cutting up a copy of the Trumpet, providing jumpscares, disturbing our photography studio and shipping department, and generally terrorizing @nicholowry.bsky.social.
Please take him off our hands on October 23 🙏
Edward Gorey's Doubtful Guest Comes to Swann
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October 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
#EdwardGorey's Doubtful Guest has come to Swann 😱!!
So far, we've caught him cutting up a copy of the Trumpet, providing jumpscares, disturbing our photography studio and shipping department, and generally terrorizing @nicholowry.bsky.social.
Please take him off our hands on October 23 🙏
So far, we've caught him cutting up a copy of the Trumpet, providing jumpscares, disturbing our photography studio and shipping department, and generally terrorizing @nicholowry.bsky.social.
Please take him off our hands on October 23 🙏
#OTD in 1935 George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess premiered!
You can see this iconic opera performed by the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center this coming winter!
You can see this iconic opera performed by the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center this coming winter!
The Hands of Heroes. On this day in 1935, George Gershwin’s opera Porgy and Bess premiered on Broadway (George Gershwin, _Porgy and Bess: An Opera in Three Acts_, Signed and Inscribed, 1936, sold @swanngalleries.bsky.social on April 11, 2002, $4,000. bit.ly/4pXuu5P)
October 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
#OTD in 1935 George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess premiered!
You can see this iconic opera performed by the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center this coming winter!
You can see this iconic opera performed by the Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center this coming winter!
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The Hands of Time. Remembering Woody Guthrie, who died on this day in 1967. (ALS, to _Sing Out!_ magazine, praising the activism of Pete Seeger, written on a paper towel, 1955, sold @swanngalleries.bsky.social on November 7, 2017, $6,750. bit.ly/3VIZHvU)
October 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The Hands of Time. Remembering Woody Guthrie, who died on this day in 1967. (ALS, to _Sing Out!_ magazine, praising the activism of Pete Seeger, written on a paper towel, 1955, sold @swanngalleries.bsky.social on November 7, 2017, $6,750. bit.ly/3VIZHvU)
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September 26, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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The Hands of Time. Remembering Daniel Boone, who died near Defiance, MO on this day in 1820. (Document Signed, transferring ownership of 7000 acres of his land in KY, 1799, sold @swanngalleries.bsky.social on November 22, 2005, $6,500. bit.ly/4mBDr27)
September 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The Hands of Time. Remembering Daniel Boone, who died near Defiance, MO on this day in 1820. (Document Signed, transferring ownership of 7000 acres of his land in KY, 1799, sold @swanngalleries.bsky.social on November 22, 2005, $6,500. bit.ly/4mBDr27)
#AuctionDay | 19th & 20th Century art is at auction today at 12 PM ET!
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Join the auction and follow along here: www.swanngalleries.com/auction-cata...
September 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
#AuctionDay | 19th & 20th Century art is at auction today at 12 PM ET!
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Join the auction and follow along here: www.swanngalleries.com/auction-cata...
#SpecialistPick | Fine photographers who used environmental photography as an art form with Photographs Specialist Alice Le Campion
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5 Photographers Who Used Environmental Photography as an Art Form
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September 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
#SpecialistPick | Fine photographers who used environmental photography as an art form with Photographs Specialist Alice Le Campion
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#SwannGalleries #FinePhotographs #AuctionHouse
#SpecialistPick | Deborah Rogal shares her favorite images of the New York City skyline!
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#SwannGalleries #FineArtPhotography #NYCPhotographs #AuctionHouse
A Look at the NYC Skyline Through Photographs
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September 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
#SpecialistPick | Deborah Rogal shares her favorite images of the New York City skyline!
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#SwannGalleries #FineArtPhotography #NYCPhotographs #AuctionHouse
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The Hands of Time. Remembering Maria Callas, who died on this day in 1977. (Photograph Signed and dated, 1966, sold @swanngalleries.bsky.social on November 3, 2011, $4,800. bit.ly/3VeOAKX)
September 16, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The Hands of Time. Remembering Maria Callas, who died on this day in 1977. (Photograph Signed and dated, 1966, sold @swanngalleries.bsky.social on November 3, 2011, $4,800. bit.ly/3VeOAKX)
#ArtAuction | The collection of portrait drawings in the September 18, 19th & 20th Century Art auction is emblematic of the intimate relationships between the members of the #BloomsburyGroup and is a reflection of their own lives and partnerships.
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The Bloomsbury Group of Artists - Swann Galleries
The Bloomsbury Group was a loose collective of people that included artists, writers and intellectuals living in Britain in the early 20th century.
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September 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
#ArtAuction | The collection of portrait drawings in the September 18, 19th & 20th Century Art auction is emblematic of the intimate relationships between the members of the #BloomsburyGroup and is a reflection of their own lives and partnerships.
Read more:
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Read more:
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Leo Tolstoy was #BOTD in 1828! Pictured below is a signed cabinet card photograph of the author sold in a May 2014 sale at Swann.
The Hands of Time. Remembering Leo Tolstoy, who was born on this day in 1828. (Photograph Signed, cabinet card portrait by Scherer and Nabholz, 1902, sold @swanngalleries.bsky.social on May 22, 2014, $7,500. bit.ly/3JQgP05)
September 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Leo Tolstoy was #BOTD in 1828! Pictured below is a signed cabinet card photograph of the author sold in a May 2014 sale at Swann.
In need of some inspiration for your Vintage Poster collection? @nicholowry.bsky.social shares his top five propaganda posters (and one more for good measure).
Keep an eye out for these and more in our upcoming Vintage Poster auctions.
Keep an eye out for these and more in our upcoming Vintage Poster auctions.
Top 5 Propaganda Posters with Nicholas Lowry
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September 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
In need of some inspiration for your Vintage Poster collection? @nicholowry.bsky.social shares his top five propaganda posters (and one more for good measure).
Keep an eye out for these and more in our upcoming Vintage Poster auctions.
Keep an eye out for these and more in our upcoming Vintage Poster auctions.
Associate Director Corey Serrant discusses Bill Rice's documentation of the East Village queer scene. His work offers a rare, unfiltered glimpse into LGBTQ+ experiences that were largely invisible in mainstream art.
A Look At How Bill Rice Painted Queer Love
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August 20, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Associate Director Corey Serrant discusses Bill Rice's documentation of the East Village queer scene. His work offers a rare, unfiltered glimpse into LGBTQ+ experiences that were largely invisible in mainstream art.
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The Hands of Time. Remembering Fidel Castro, who died this day in 2016. (Photograph signed and inscribed “to a tireless fighter,” 1955, sold @swanngalleries.bsky.social on May 4, 2017, $2,750. bit.ly/4lqqE1M)
August 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The Hands of Time. Remembering Fidel Castro, who died this day in 2016. (Photograph signed and inscribed “to a tireless fighter,” 1955, sold @swanngalleries.bsky.social on May 4, 2017, $2,750. bit.ly/4lqqE1M)
The Hands of Time. Remembering Andy Warhol, who was born this day in 1928. (Autograph inscription signed, a 60th birthday card, 1983, sold @swanngalleries.bsky.social on May 23, 2013, $7,800. bit.ly/4lXSZNW)
August 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
A Brief History of American Propaganda Posters with @nicholowry.bsky.social
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A Brief History of Propaganda Posters
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August 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
A Brief History of American Propaganda Posters with @nicholowry.bsky.social
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#SwannGalleries #AuctionsHouse #VintagePosters #RarePosters #ArtMarket #Collecting #AmericanHistory
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Hey #Roadies! Remember this chilling poster appraised by @nicholowry.bsky.social? It's coming to auction @swanngalleries.bsky.social ☢️
#antiquesroadshow
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First Superman, American Atlas, Washington Letter: Auction Preview
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First Superman, American Atlas, Washington Letter: Auction Preview
A fairly quiet period coming up in the auction rooms, but here are the sales I'll be keeping an eye on:
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July 28, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Hey #Roadies! Remember this chilling poster appraised by @nicholowry.bsky.social? It's coming to auction @swanngalleries.bsky.social ☢️
#antiquesroadshow
#antiquesroadshow