Swann Auction Galleries

Date(s)

Thursday, December 10th, 2020

Auctions

African American Art
Sale #2554

Swann Auction Galleries
104 East 25th Street

New York, NY

40.741016, -73.984936

Swann Auction Galleries

Visual Art

Part of the Winterthur celebrations

Yuletide at Winterthur Offers Literature-Inspired Festive Experiences

Original Works by Charlie Mackesy to Auction

Opening Bid of $10m for Frank Frazetta’s 'Conan the Conqueror (Berserker)' Cover Art

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

Rare Books

Ronald Blythe's Fidelity notebook.

British Library Acquires Archive of Rural Life Chronicler Ronald Blythe

Blockbooks, Ragtime, and John Ashbery Drawings at the Morgan 2026

Christmas: Five Rare Books for Collectors

Photographs

Jaeden Yoshikawa

Collector Jaeden Yoshikawa on Real Photo Post Cards and Lovers' Locations

New Exhibition Celebrates Photography in Children's Books

New York Melting Pot Photographs Go On Display

Book People

Three letters by Jack Kerouac, written between 1964 and 1969 to Jef Bierkens, editor of the avant-garde magazine Labris. Offered by Demian Gallery for €15,000.

Stuttgart Antiquarian Book Fair 2026 Details

Rare Book School Unveils Summer 2026 Course Schedule

National Trust to Encourage Visitors to Use Its Historic Libraries

Americana

Scooby Doo #1 (Gold Key, 1970)

TV and Movie Tie-Ins Comics: Five Rare Comics for Collectors

Jack Kerouac's 'On The Road' Scroll and Jim Morrison's Journal to Auction

Special Auctions Celebrate 250th Anniversary of Declaration of Independence

Maps

WWII Operation Bigot map

Top Secret Omaha Beach Invasion Maps to Auction

Maps and Atlases: Five Rare Maps for Collectors

Civil War Maps at Printed & Manuscript Americana Auction

Exhibitions

Book cover for The Story of Ferdinand illustrated by Robert Lawson and written by Munro Leaf, 1936.

Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art Releases 2026 Exhibition Schedule

Yale's Beinecke Library Examines Patriotism for Declaration of Independence Celebrations

Gail Wegodsky Exhibition Explores Libraries as Sanctuaries

Auctions

Franz Schubert’s Das Grab manuscript

Rare Franz Schubert Manuscript Sells for $156,658

Robert Hoe, Accused Lincoln Conspirator Letter, and The Replacement's Album Art: The Week in Rare Books

The Rothschild Vienna Mahzor Medieval Illustrated Hebrew Prayerbook  to Auction with $7m Estimate

Book Arts

Antony Gormley's Tree for Waiting for Godot on an upland bog in the UNESCO Cuilcagh Lakelands Geopark Co. Fermanagh at the July 2019 Happy Days Enniskillen International Beckett Festival

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’

Booker Prize Bindings 2025