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
155 Colt Studio

T-shirt featuring Colt photography.

1992 USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 770.90
156

A selection of approximately 150 male physique 35mm slides by AMG featuring models alone or in pairs, most fully nude, set outdoors and in studio, some accompanied by props.

Circa 1980-84. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,762.50
157 Pedro Palanca

Untitled (Action Man and Surfer).

1998 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
158 Rick Griffin

Lucifer Rising: A Love Vision.

Circa 1972. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,300.00
159 Anonymous

HARVEY MILK VS. THE MACHINE.

1976 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,200.00
160 Harvey Milk

Issue of the San Francisco Chronicle covering Milk's assassination.

1978 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,055.60
161 Gay Freedom Day

Group of 3 tokens from San Francisco's annual Gay Freedom Day parade.

1979 and 1980. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 690.30
162 Anonymous

San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Poster.

1979 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 527.80
163 Ant Jagonari

Ten Years After

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 608.40
164 Sir Lady Java

"Who is Sir Lady Java" brochure, with a photograph.

Circa 1970s. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 812.50
165 Clay Geerdes

Poster of the singer Sylvester, long before his peak of fame.

1971 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,380.60
166 Laura Santos

Photographs of a professional drag performer at Finocchio's.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
167 Anonymous

Dress for the Occassion.

1988 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 527.80
168 Rob Zell Breier

San Francisco Oz by the Bay.

1989 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,055.60
169 Fernando Aguayo-Garcia

Proper Conduct.

1991 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 1,055.60
170 Castro Station.

T-shirt, matchbook, and money clip from a popular bar in the Castro.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 365.30
171 Alexander Goodman

The Gay Psychedelic Sex Book.

1967 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 633.10
171A J. Levy

Suck: First European Sex Paper.

1969-1974. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 650.00
172 Mattachine Book Service.

New York City Gay Scene Guide Quarterly.

1969 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,787.50
173 Jewel Box Revue.

Programs and ephemera from the pioneering drag performers.

1960-1968. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,137.50
174 Richard Taddei

The Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center. Group of 8 posters.

1968-1972. USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
175 John B Jr Lear

Untitled (Three Nude Drawings).

Circa 1965. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 12,187.50
176 John B. Lear

Furry Ambassador.

1982 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,575.00
177 John B Jr Lear

Indigo Mood.

1988 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,550.00
178 David Hockney

Fourteen Poems by CP Cavafy Chosen & Illustrated with Twelve Etchings by David Hockney.

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,550.00
  • 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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    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.
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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