Swann Galleries: LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History, 2677, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- August 22, 2024 - August 22, 2024
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | AVEL DE KNIGHT (1923-1995) | Four Drawings. |
circa 1940s. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 3,750.00 | |
| 77 | AVEL DE KNIGHT (1923-1995) | Four Drawings. |
circa 1940s. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 3,250.00 | |
| 78 | COLETTE (1873-1954) & MARIETTE LYDIS (1887-1970) | Gigi - illustrated by Mariette Lydis. |
Paris: | 1948 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 79 | LEONOR FINI (1908-1996) | Untitled (Three Portraits). |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,950.00 | ||
| 80 | LEONOR FINI (1908-1996) | Untitled (Two Nude Figures). |
USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 81 | LEONOR FINI (1907-1996) | l'Histoire d'O. |
Paris. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 82 | (AMERICAN MUSICIAN) | Portrait of jazz composer, pianist, and lyricist Billy Strayhorn (1915-1967). |
Circa 1940s. | USD 500.00 - 750.00 | USD 563.00 | |
| 83 | THE "LITTLE FRIENDS" | Group of photographs and ephemera involving composer Virgil Thomson's "Little Friends." |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 84 | DESIGNER UNKNOWN | "It's an Old American Custom: Keep Clean." |
U.S. Government Printing Office | 1944 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 21,250.00 |
| 85 | FERDINAND ERFMANN (1901 - 1968) | Parterreacrobaten. |
1950 | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 86 | FERDINAND ERFMANN (1901-1968) | Bather. |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 938.00 | ||
| 87 | FERDINAND ERFMANN (1901-1968) | Gladiator. |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,625.00 | ||
| 88 | FERDINAND ERFMANN (1901-1968) | Turnen 7 (Gymnastics 7). |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,000.00 | ||
| 89 | FERDINAND ERFMANN (1901-1968) | Quartet of studies. |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,875.00 | ||
| 90 | GILBERT ADRIAN (1903-1959) | African After Glow. |
circa 1950. | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 2,750.00 | |
| 91 | RICHARD WILBUR (1921-2017) | Ceremony and Other Poems. |
New York | 1950 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 563.00 |
| 92 | DESIGNERS UNKNOWN | Point-of-purchase posters from Ebony and Jet magazines: "Female Impersonators Hold Costume Ball" and "Women Who Pass for Men." |
[1952] and 1954. | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 2,750.00 | |
| 93 | CHARLES "TEENIE" HARRIS (1908-1998) | A rare group of 41 photographs documenting Black queer nightlife in Pittsburgh, including cross dressers and nightclub performers. |
Circa 1940-1965; late 1980s or early 1990s. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 4,750.00 | |
| 94 | TRUMAN CAPOTE (1924-1985) | A Christmas Memory, Signed. |
New York: | [1966]. | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 750.00 |
| 95 | TENNESSEE WILLIAMS (1911-1983) | Memoirs. |
Garden City, NY: | 1975 | USD 300.00 - 400.00 | USD 500.00 |
| 97 | ROMAN BUST OF A YOUTH | Head of A Boy. |
Circa 2nd Century AD. | USD 50,000.00 - 75,000.00 | USD 68,750.00 | |
| 98 | SAUL BOLASNI (1916-2012) | Darogle Aine. |
1959 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,500.00 | |
| 99 | SAUL BOLASNI (1916-2012) | Ron Gilbert. |
circa 1970. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 688.00 | |
| 100 | YVES SAINT LAURENT (1936-2008) | Renaissance period costume. |
circa 1960 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,750.00 | |
| 101 | JOHN B. LEAR (1910-2008) | Stilted Existence. |
Circa 1960. | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 3,640.00 |
![<b>Forum, Nov. 7:</b> [Carr (John Dickson)], "Carter Dickson" and John Rhode. <i>Drop to his Death,</i> first edition, Heinemann, [1939]. £600 to £800.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b3755d4d-1805-4e33-969b-59cca97eb26e.png "<b>Forum, Nov. 7:</b> [Carr (John Dickson)], \"Carter Dickson\" and John Rhode. <i>Drop to his Death,</i> first edition, Heinemann, [1939]. £600 to £800.")
![<b>Forum, Nov. 7:</b> [Day-Lewis (Cecil)] "Nicholas Blake". <i>The Beast Must Die,</i> first edition, 1938. £750 to £1,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b1a17968-ead3-471f-b6b2-ccd4e31c0e2c.png "<b>Forum, Nov. 7:</b> [Day-Lewis (Cecil)] \"Nicholas Blake\". <i>The Beast Must Die,</i> first edition, 1938. £750 to £1,000.")
![<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> GOULD, John. <i>A Monograph of the Trochilidae...Humming-Birds.</i> L., [1849-] 1861. $60,000 – 80,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5a5a37a4-bc84-4fa8-b8b8-bad6106a9297.jpg "<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> GOULD, John. <i>A Monograph of the Trochilidae...Humming-Birds.</i> L., [1849-] 1861. $60,000 – 80,000.")
![<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> A COMPLETE RUN of Limited Editions Club publications, v.p. [mostly New York], 1929-2010. $50,000 – 60,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00aa5647-98fa-42e5-aa1f-e306d308a753.jpg "<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> A COMPLETE RUN of Limited Editions Club publications, v.p. [mostly New York], 1929-2010. $50,000 – 60,000.")
![<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> GOULD. <i>A Monograph of the Ramphastidae...Toucans.</i> L., [1852-] 54. SECOND ED. $35,000 – 45,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/529a982d-de64-41cf-b68c-93f0df023bfc.jpg "<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> GOULD. <i>A Monograph of the Ramphastidae...Toucans.</i> L., [1852-] 54. SECOND ED. $35,000 – 45,000.")
![<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> SELBY. <i>Plates to Selby’s Illustrations of British Ornithology.</i> Edin., [1833-] 34. $20,000 – 30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5c121f9c-5368-40ac-a487-76508b5ac622.jpg "<b>Freeman’s | Hindman, Nov. 14:</b> SELBY. <i>Plates to Selby’s Illustrations of British Ornithology.</i> Edin., [1833-] 34. $20,000 – 30,000.")
