Fine Books

Date(s)

Thursday, October 22nd, 2026

Auctions

Street Address

Swann Auctions
104 East 25th Street
New York, NY 10010

Swann Auctions Sale #2753

40.741171263679, -73.98499415

Fine Books

Event Times

10:30am (EDT)

Auctions

Benjamin Franklin, partially-printed promissory note, estimate $200,000-$300,000

$300,000 Auction Estimate for Benjamin Franklin Promissory Note

AntiquarianAuctions.com - Auction 133

Americana

Revolutionary War letter signed by George Washington

George Washington Wartime Letter to New York Governor Sold for $45,375

Colonel Sanders' Personal Planner Sold for $30,000 at Auction

Colonel Sanders' Personal Working Planner Leads KFC Founder's Auction

Maps

Abraham Ortelius, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, Antwerp, 1601

Atlases and Maps: Five Rare Maps for Collectors

New Book Focuses on Historic First Detailed Map of 18th Century London

Top Secret Omaha Beach Invasion Maps to Auction

Sponsored

Lieutenant Henry Robertson Bowers, At the South Pole.

Odfjell Collection Goes to Auction

Caveat Emptor: or some thoughts on ethics and online book buying

In Lincoln’s Own Words

Visual Art

Peter Firmin, original Noggin the Nog artwork in colour for the cover of The Saga of Noggin the Nog - book 1, monogrammed with title to lower margin

Original Noggin the Nog, Bagpuss, and Ivor the Engine Artwork to Auction

Vintage Posters: Five Rare Posters for Collectors

Original Iron Man First Appearance Cover Artwork to Auction

Exhibitions

Gertrude Stein at Bilignin, France, with her dogs Pépé and Basket, ca. 1933

'The Worlds of Gertrude Stein' Opens at the Harry Ransom Center

Benjamin Franklin's Ink-Stained Autobiography in New 'Damaged Goods' Exhibition

New Exhibition Focuses on Process of Creating Medieval Books

Book Arts

Miami Zine Fair 2025

Miami Zine Fair 2026 Details

Major New Samuel Beckett Biennale to Include First Ulster-Scots Translation of 'Waiting for Godot'

New Celebrations Mark 40 years of ‘Poems on the Underground’

Rare Books

The Works of Lord Byron edited by Richard Henry Stoddard

Fine Press: Five Rare Books for Collectors

Australia Expeditions, The Beatles, and 16th Century Books: The Week in Rare Books

Europe's Largest Antiquarian Book Fair Returns to York Next Month

Book People

Hot Type: The Magnificent Machine that Gave Birth to Mass Media and Drove Mark Twain Mad by Jeff Jarvis

Washington Irving, Ruth Anna Fisher, and Linotype History: August Books Roundup

New Herman Melville Statue at New Bedford Whaling Museum

Marlene Dietrich’s Private Library Stars in Berlin Rare Book Fair

Photographs

Henry Wessel, Incidents No 5, no date, gelatin silver print

'Henry Wessel: Photographs and Books' at the Grolier Club

Sports and Music Photographs by Michael Zagaris to Auction

Dr. Wakefield's Labrador, 'Even a Dog Enlists', and 'Windowsill Daydreaming': The Week in Rare Books