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Swann Galleries Auction House Offering Photographs, Posters, Prints & Drawings, Books, Maps, Autographs, and African-American Fine Art.

Swann was founded in 1941 as an auction house specializing in Rare and Antiquarian Books and is now the largest specialist auctioneer of Works on Paper in the world. Swann conducts approximately 40 sales a year, with departments devoted to Books, Autographs, Maps & Atlases, Photographs & Photobooks, Prints & Drawings, Vintage Posters, African-American Fine Art and Illustration Art.

11/03/2026

Discover Bern Hill with Nicholas D. Lowry…

Selection at auction November 5.

Music Credit:
Lindy Cindy - Hoppel Boopel
royalty free Music by Giorgio Di Campo
for Music

11/02/2026

Learn about Chicago World’s Fair posters with Colby Byrne…

At auction November 5. Learn more at the link in our bio.

Music Credit:
BACK IN THE 40s
royalty free Music by Giorgio Di Campo for Music

10/27/2026

W. Smithson Broadhead’s design for the G. W. LNS & Southern Railway line draws travelers to the cafés of Paris.

Learn more about the work at the link in our bio. Coming to auction November 5.


Music Credit:
GOOD BYE MY FRIEND
royalty free Music by Giorgio Di Campo
for Music freesoundmusic.eu
original video:
youtube.com/watch?v=tw7azpPYHMM&list=…&…

10/21/2026

He has no idea the level of fame he’s going to reach in his life…

Grace Meschery-McCormack shares about George R. R. Martin’s lesser known vampire book, Fevre Dream.

Learn more about the lot at the link in our bio.

Music Credit:
Awadagin Pratt, Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582. Johann Sebastian Bach, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

10/20/2026

The Deluxe 25th Anniversary Special Edition of Stephen King’s “It.”

Coming to auction October 22. Learn more at the link in our bio.

Music Credit:
Awadagin Pratt, Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582. Johann Sebastian Bach, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

10/16/2026

Tracing the provenance of an 18th century book…

Devon Eastland explains provenance by walking us through the life of an 18th-century edition of Sir Isaac Newton’s Mathematick Philosophy.

Learn more about the book at the link in our bio. At auction October 22.

10/15/2026

What is a daguerreotype?

Alice Le Campion teaches us about the daguerreotype.

10/10/2026

Ansel Adams’ and his love for Yosemite and his camera…

Deborah Rogal speaks about the photographer’s relationship to the Sierra Nevada and how it impacted his life and career.

10/07/2026

Was “The Emerald City of Oz” L. Frank Baum’s best work?

Marco Tomaschett expounds on a letter written to the editor of Ladies’ Home Journal, enclosing the author’s manuscript of “The Emerald City of Oz,” which Baum considers his best work (excluding The Wizard of Oz).

10/07/2026

Unlocking a Letter from Tolkien…

Marco Tomaschett takes a look at the use of J.R.R. Tolkien’s use of invented language in a letter discussing “The Adventures of Tom Bombadil.”

Learn more about the letter on offer in our October 8 Autographs sale at the link in our bio.

Address

104 E 25th Street Fl 6
New York, NY
10010

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 6pm
Tuesday 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 6pm

Telephone

+12122544710

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