Swann Galleries: LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History, 2712, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
August 21, 2025 - August 21, 2025
Page Size: 399 items in 16 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
229 Aenjai Graphics

Lesbian Herstory Archives, Lesbian Herstory Educational Foundation, Inc. : in memory of the voices we have lost.

Circa 1985. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 365.30
230 Joan E. Biren

Portrait of the poet and essayist Adrienne Rich (1929-2012), Montague, MA.

1981; printed 1987. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,787.50
231 Joan E. Biren

Portrait of Storme DeLarverie.

1986; printed 1987. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 9,100.00
232 Joan E. Biren

Portrait of the feminist writer Audre Lorde (1934-1992), Washington DC.

1987 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,112.50
233 Mark Geller

Joan Jett-Blakk for President: By Any Means Necessary.

1992 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
234 Anonymous

Catch the freedom train to Washington poster and button.

1979 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 975.00
235

Group of pinback buttons from the gay liberation movement.

1971-1984. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 548.60
236

Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights in 1987.

1987 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,600.00
237 Susie Gaynes, Amy E. Bartell Jan Phillips

Come Out...Come Out...Wherever You Are / National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.

1987 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,625.00
238 Miami Victory Campaign

Pair of T-shirts from the boycott against Anita Bryant.

Circa 1977. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 487.50
239 Mathew Jones

[The New York Daily News on the day that became the Stonewall Riot]

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 650.00
240 Steve Lawrence

Studio 54 / Fiorucci.

1977 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,300.00
241 Michael Vernaglia

The Saint.

1980 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 7,150.00
242 Club posters

Club posters and ephemera from The Saint, the Sleaze Ball, and more--one illustrated by Mapplethorpe.

1979-1994. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,137.50
243 Jack Smith

I was a Mekas Collaborator: A Jungle Jack Radio Adventure?

1976 USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 527.80
244 John McLaughlin (Sex)

Annual Group Erotic and Pornographic Art Exhibition.

1980 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,859.00
245 Ronald Tavel

My Foeutus Lived on Amboy Street.

1985 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
246 Hilary Knight

Two Posters from the Dance Theater of Harlem.

1984 and 1985. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 730.60
247 WIGSTOCK

Run of programs for the annual Wigstock festivals from 1991 to 1995.

1991-1995. USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 975.00
248 David Wojnarowicz

On the Prowl Series (#2).

1978 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,800.00
249 David Wojnarowicz

David Wojnarowicz and Brian Butterick at Tiffany's.

1979; printed 2024. USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,183.00
250 David Wojnarowicz

David Painting at Ward Line Pier 34 * David Wojnarowicz at Ward Line Pier 34, New York.

1983; printed 2025. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,437.50
251 David Wojnarowicz

Desde New York.

1982 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,437.50
252 David Wojnarowicz

Jean Genet Masturbating in Metteray Prison.

1983 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 6,825.00
253 David Wojnarowicz

Fire in My Belly (Ants on Crucifix).

1990 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,800.00
  • Rare Book Hub is now mobile-friendly!
  • Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: BOETTI, Alighiero - Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world. Ascoli Piceno: 1977. € 15.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Selenographia sive lunae descriptio. Danzica: 1647. € 10.000 - 15.000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000
  • Koller, Sep. 17: NEWTON, ISAAC. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. London, Joseph Streater, "Prostat apud plures Bibliopolas", 1687. CHF 250,000 to 300,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Theatrum orbis terrarum. 3 parts in 1 volume. Antwerpen, Plantin, 1612. CHF 120,000 to 160,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BECKMANN, MAX. Apokalypse. Frankfurt a. M., Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1943. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: BOISSERÉE, SULPIZ. Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln. AND: Ders. Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms zu Köln… CHF 30,000 to 50,000.
    Koller, Sep. 17: SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten. Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 23. Dez. 1493. CHF 25,000 to 40,000.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.
    Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.
    Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.
    Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.
    Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.