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
80 Taiji Terasaki

Untitled (Collage).

1959 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
81 Ray Johnson

NOV. 13TH CONSTRUCTION.

1959 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 7,475.00
82 James Waring

Untitled (Collage).

1975 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 650.00
83 James Waring

Untitled (Collage).

1975 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 975.00
84 Lenore Tawney

Untitled (Collage).

1976 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,250.00
85 Don Whitman

A collection of approximately 83 classically inspired "beefcake" physique photographs from the Western Photography Guild taken in the studio, outdoors, and in home settings.

Circa 1960s. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,250.00
86 Don Whitman

A vast album of over 400 male physique photographs from the Western Photography Guild featuring models in pairs, including wrestling and models posing en plein air and in the studio.

Circa 1950s-60s. USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 USD 23,400.00
87 Studio Arax

An album with approximately 97 photographs, most from studio Arax, all centered on bodybuilders.

1959-61. USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
88 Bruce Bellas

Set of the first 6 photo catalogues from Kensington Road, "The Studio Quality Built."

Circa 1970s-1981. USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 527.80
89 (Beefcake)

A run of Physique Pictorial magazine.

1960-1987. USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 690.30
90 (Beefcake)

A long early run of Physique Pictorial magazine, nearly complete from volumes 4 to 41, including the first published work by Tom of Finland.

1954-1990. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 975.00
91 Tom Nicoll / Scott Studio

A binder with approximately 60 male physique photographs.

1950s-60s. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,550.00
92 (Beefcake.)

Collection of nudist magazines featuring male models (12 different titles).

1962-1968. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,055.60
93 VARIOUS DESIGNERS

Group of early gay cinema ephemera.

1968-175. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 770.90
94 (Beefcake.)

Group of magazines featuring Black models, including 16 different titles.

1977-1993. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 690.30
95 David Randolph Hurles

Collection of signed photographs and catalogues from his Old Reliable Studios.

USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
96 Tom of Finland

Group of 6 publications.

Circa 1970s. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,300.00
97 Star Distributors, publisher.

Group of 20 pulp novels from the "Finland Books" series, with cover art meant to evoke Tom of Finland.

1980-1988. USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 690.30
98 Tom of Finland

Untitled.

1961 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 Not Sold
99 Tom of Finland

Untitled.

1966 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,543.10
100 Tom of Finland

Untitled.

1978 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,575.00
101 Etienne (Dom Orejudos) 1933-1991 Tom of Finland 1920-1991

Etienne + Tom Of Finland / Original Drawings - Stompers.

1978 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
102 Tom of Finland

Stompers Set One.

1978 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 4,225.00
103 Tom of Finland

Exhibition Price List & Series of Offset Lithographs.

Circa 1983. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,600.00
104 Tom of Finland

Untitled.

1985 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,112.50
  • 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.
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    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.
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    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.
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  • 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