Swann Galleries: LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History, 2677, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
August 22, 2024 - August 22, 2024
Page Size: 446 items in 18 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51 CARL VAN VECHTEN (1880-1964)

Portrait of the writer Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) at Bilignin.

1934 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 813.00
52 NOEL COWARD (1899-1973)

Photograph Signed and Inscribed, "For Kos / with very best wishes and / much admiration,"

USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 563.00
53 CARL SPRINCHORN (1887-1971)

Pair of drawings.

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,500.00
54 JOHN HUMPHREY SPENDER (1910-2005)

Newcastle United FC Changing Room.

1938; printed 1990s. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,875.00
55 MAX DUPAIN (1911-1992)

Sunbaker.

1937; printed early 1970s. USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
56 CARL VAN VECHTEN (1880-1964)

Francisco Moncion in Sebastian.

1944 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 750.00
57 GEORGE PLATT LYNES (1907-1955)

Fred Danieli, Eugene Loring, and Lew Christensen in Showpiece.

1937 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,250.00
58 GEORGE PLATT LYNES (1907-1955)

Jared French.

Circa 1940s. USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,250.00
59 GEORGE PLATT LYNES (1907-1955)

Carlos McClendon.

Circa 1947. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,000.00
60 GEORGE PLATT LYNES (1907-1955)

Untitled triptych.

1947-1950. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,250.00
61 GEORGE PLATT LYNES (1907-1955)

Nicholas Magallanes and Francisco Moncion in Balanchine's Orpheus.

1948 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
62 GEORGE PLATT LYNES (1907-1955)

Jack Fontan.

Circa 1950s. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,000.00
63 BERNARD PERLIN (1918-2014)

George Platt Lynes.

1955 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,250.00
64 PaJaMa (PAUL CADMUS, JARED FRENCH, AND MARGARET FRENCH)

Lincoln Kirstein & Christobel, Fire Island.

Circa 1945. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,250.00
65 PaJaMa (PAUL CADMUS, JARED FRENCH, AND MARGARET FRENCH)

E.M. Forster, George Tooker, and Paul Cadmus, Provincetown.

Circa 1949. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,375.00
66 PaJaMa (PAUL CADMUS, JARED FRENCH, AND MARGARET FRENCH)

Margaret French and Jared French, possibly on Fire Island, by Paul Cadmus.

. Late 1940s. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 5,200.00
67 PaJaMa (PAUL CADMUS, JARED FRENCH, AND MARGARET FRENCH)

Male figure.

Late 1940s. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,250.00
68 JARED FRENCH (1905-1988)

A series of 3 intimate photographs of Ted Starkowski and Chuck Howard.

1954 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,000.00
69 JARED FRENCH (1905-1988)

Untitled (Group of 4 drawings of male nudes).

Circa 1930s. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,125.00
70 JEAN GENET (1910-1986) & JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)

Querelle de Brest

N.p.,n.d. [Paris: 1947]. USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 16,250.00
71 JEAN GENET (1910-1986) & JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)

Limited, first edition of Querelle de Brest in original glassine wrapper.

N.p.,n.d. [Paris: 1947]. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,040.00
72 JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)

Sailor.

(Paris; 1947 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 11,250.00
73 JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)

Group of three Autograph Letters Signed, "Jean / [Star]," to "Cher Jean-Pierre,"

USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 688.00
74 JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)

Portrait of a Woman.

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,250.00
75 AVEL DE KNIGHT (1923-1995)

Four Drawings.

circa 1940s. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,750.00
  • Forum Auctions
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    The Detective Fiction Collection of John Cooper
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    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). The Thirteen Problems, first edition, The Crime Club, 1932. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Dumb Witness, first edition, 1937. £3,000 to £4,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Cards on the Table, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £2,000 to £3,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: [Carr (John Dickson)], "Carter Dickson" and John Rhode. Drop to his Death, first edition, Heinemann, [1939]. £600 to £800.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Berkeley (Anthony). Jumping Jenny, first edition, Hodder and Stoughton, 1933. £800 to £1,200.
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    Forum, Nov. 7: Marsh (Ngaio). Overture to Death, first edition, The Crime Club, 1939. £600 to £800.
    Forum, Nov. 7: [Day-Lewis (Cecil)] "Nicholas Blake". The Beast Must Die, first edition, 1938. £750 to £1,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Brand (Christianna). Green for Danger, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, John Lane the Bodley Head, 1945. £600 to £800.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Christie (Agatha). Murder is Easy, first edition, signed by the author, 1939. £3,000 to £4,000.
    Forum, Nov. 7: Sayers (Dorothy L.) Lord Peter Views the Body, first edition, Gollancz, 1928. £6,000 to £8,000.
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    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. 11,135 USD
    Sotheby’s: Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven and Other Poems, 1845. 33,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: Leo Tolstoy, Clara Bow. War and Peace, 1886. 22,500 USD
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    Sotheby’s: F. Scott Fitzgerald. This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, and Others, 1920-1941. 24,180 USD
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    Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14: LEROUX, Gaston. The Phantom of the Opera. FIRST AM. ED, FIRST ISSUE IN THE VERY RARE DUST JACKET. 1911. $6,000 – 8,000.
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    CASSINI DE THURY
    Carte générale et particulière de la France.
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    Vues des côtes de France dans l'Océan et dans la Méditerranée
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    LE GENTIL DE LA GALAISIERE
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    Hoang Ho, Pai Ho, Loan Ho, Leao Ho. Itinéraires suivis dans le bassin du golfe du Pei Tcheuly
    Gros & Delettrez, 7 November:
    FRENCH SCHOOL FROM THE 19th CENTURY
    Panorama d’Athènes
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    La Grèce : vues pittoresques et topographiques.
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