Swann Galleries: Illustration Art, 2723, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 04, 2025 - December 04, 2025
Page Size: 337 items in 14 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 William Pene du Bois

The F. Family. 1947.

1947 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,254.00
2 William Pene du Bois

Lion portrait. 1956.

1956 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,794.00
3 William Pene du Bois

The Smiling Moon. 1985.

1985 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,584.00
4 William Pene du Bois

The kangaroo is good at skipping across the land. 1971.

1971 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 825.00
5 Seymour Chwast

Ostrich on Roller skates. Circa 1970.

Circa 1970. USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
6 Gary Ciccarelli

In Another World. 1985.

1985 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
7 Gary Ciccarelli

Keeper of the Light. 1987.

1987 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
8 Gary Ciccarelli

Electric Butterfly. 1988.

1988 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
9 Marie Cramer

Group of 4 illustrations from "The Silver Thimble Story Book." Circa 1960.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
10 William Wallace Denslow

Once in a while she would pass a house, and the people came out to look at her and bow low as she went by. 1899., Pen and ink over a graphite underdrawing on Strathmore board., 17

1899 USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 Not Sold
11 Edmund Dulac

Q was a quaint dainty queen. 1906.

1906 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 11,430.00
12 Edmund Dulac

There she sat, dressed out in a light green muslin gown. 1922.

1922 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,168.00
13 John Philip Falter

Archive of sketches used in the production of Treasure Island. Circa 1963.

Circa 1963. USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 412.00
14 Charles Folkard

So up she went, stair after stair. 1949.

1949 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,905.00
15 Don Freeman

Study for Trafalgar Square. Circa 1967.

Circa 1967. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 539.00
17 Kate Greenaway

Four illustrations of girls. 1883-1884.

1883-1884. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 660.00
18 Eric Gurney

Sergeant Spider model sheets (4 sheets)

1988 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
19 Michael Hague

The Book of Dragons endpapers, 1995.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,524.00
20 Michael Hague

Peter Rabbit hiding in a watering can. 2001.

2001 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 635.00
21 Trina Schart Hyman

They came upon a clearing... 1989.

1989 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,556.00
22 Trina Schart Hyman

Money from a Table and "The Candlesticks." 1995.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,016.00
23 Leonard Seweryn Jenkins

Mister and Me. 1998.

1998 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 317.00
24 June Lathrop

The Shanghai Item and Other Tales of the Orient. 1959.

1959 USD 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 USD 825.00
25 Lois Covey

Three illustrations for the "Roundabout America" series. 1956-62.

1956-62. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,778.00
26 Arnold Lobel

I will tell you a story while we are waiting, 1976.

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 5,016.00
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