Swann Auction Galleries

Thursday, November 16th, 2023

Auctions

Contemporary Art
Sale #2653

Swann Auction Galleries
104 East 25th Street

New York, NY

40.741169463679, -73.9849882

Swann Auction Galleries

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Book People

Elizabeth A.R. Brown

Penn Libraries Receives $5m Bequest From Medieval Historian Elizabeth Brown

Grand Gesture Books and The Rise of Romance Bookstores

Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize Honorable Mention Elena Ganzevoort on Art Nouveau, Jane Austen, and Cranford

Visual Art

A selection from more than 200,000 items from the AIDS Memorial Quilt Archive

Library of Congress Launches Digitized Collection of National AIDS Memorial Quilt Records

Rare ‘Son of Frankenstein’, Disney, and Orson Welles’ 'Macbeth' Posters to Auction

Five Rare Books for Collectors: Vintage Posters

Americana

Manuscript leaf from Atlas Shrugged

Manuscript Leaf from First Draft of 'Atlas Shrugged' to Auction

Raymond Chandler's Typewriter, Scarf, and Unpublished Fantasy Stories to Auction

Gold Rush Letters and Diaries Lead Swann's Americana Auction

Exhibitions

Oscar Wilde’s hands sketched by Edward Heron-Allen

Oscar Wilde’s Palms in New Exhibition About Divination

16th Century Gardening Manual, Secret War Maps, and Football Fanzines in British Library's 2025 Exhibitions

David King’s Small Press Publications and Zines Celebrated in New Exhibition

Maps

F.A. Somerville, Journal of H.M.S. Glory from Nov. 1900 to April 1902,

Five Rare Books for Collectors: Rare Maps and Atlases

Rare 17th Century ‘Star Atlas’ from Golden Age of Dutch Mapmaking On Display For First Time

Bay of Pigs Map Signed and Annotated by Fidel Castro to Auction

Auctions

autograph manuscript leaf from Henry David Thoreau's journal

Thoreau Journal Leaf at Second Part of William A. Strutz Library Auction

Isaac Newton Theological Manuscript and Handwritten Bruce Springsteen Lyrics to Auction

Sendak Art, Frankenstein First Edition, Einstein Letters: Auction Preview

Rare Books

The Works ... now newly imprinted by Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), estimated at $60,000 – $90,000

Complete Collection of Kelmscott Press Books Including Association Copies to Auction

Elizabeth Barrett Browning Letters and John Galsworthy Archive Acquired by British Library

Seamus Heaney's 'The Settle Bed' Christmas Card: Rare Book of the Week

Photographs

James Baldwin sitting in a Triumph Herald on the Bosporus Ferry

James Baldwin Centennial Marked with Rare Photographs in New Exhibition

Frank Hurley's Photographs of Shackleton's Endurance Expedition Lead Exploration Auction

Cartier-Bresson and Chris Killip Lead Auction of Eric Franck’s Photography Collection

Sponsored

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

In Lincoln’s Own Words

Heritage Seeks Illustration Art for April Sale

Book Arts

Blue-Green Abelard

Dr Seuss's Blue Green Abelard to Auction

Jane Austen's Elizabeth Bennet Becomes Interactive AI Avatar

Ptolemy’s 'Geographia': Rare Book of the Week