Swann Galleries: Illustration Art, 2744, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
June 18, 2026 - June 18, 2026
Page Size: 318 items in 13 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
106 Smith Oliver (1918-1994)

Show curtain for In The Summerhouse

1947 Not Available USD 1,452.00
107 Gaudin Louis (1882-1936)

Costume study for Arletty as Myrrhine (Pink)

1910 Not Available Not Sold
108 Gaudin Louis (1882-1936)

Costume study for Arletty as Myrrhine (Red)

1910 Not Available Not Sold
109 Gesmar Charles-Carl (1900-1928)

Le Mensonge costume design

1927 Not Available USD 1,016.00
110 Bakst Leon (1866-1924)

Black, green, and silver costume design

Circa 1920 Not Available USD 6,864.00
111 Bakst Leon (1866-1924)

Blue, silver, red costume design

Circa 1920 Not Available USD 6,864.00
112 Ballard Lucinda (1906-1993)

Aunt Trina

1944 Not Available USD 594.00
113 Berman Eugene (1899-1972)

Don Giovanni: Donna Elvira

1957 Not Available USD 1,188.00
114 Ghiglia Lorenzo (1936-2014)

Witches' costumes

1965 Not Available USD 285.00
116 Colt Alvin (1916-2008)

3 designs, Buick Presentation

1972 Not Available Not Sold
117 Colt Alvin (1916-2008)

3 designs, including: Broadway Folies

Circa 1980 Not Available Not Sold
118 Pakledinaz Martin (1953-2012)

2 designs, Duchess of Malfi & Guest 1, Secret Garden

Circa 1989 Not Available Not Sold
121 J.E.

Dickens' Children, A Christmas Carol

Circa 2000 Not Available Not Sold
124 Lepape Georges (1887-1971)

L'oiseau bleu - La chatte

Paris 1927 Not Available USD 2,904.00
125 Lepape Georges (1887-1971)

L'Antipodiste

circa 1930 Not Available Not Sold
127 Barbier Georges (1882-1932)

Au Lido

Paris 1924 Not Available USD 4,752.00
128 Barbier Georges (1882-1932)

L'Arc-en-Ciel

Paris 1924 Not Available Not Sold
129 Beaton Cecil (1904-1980)

Fashion drawing with large hat and muff

circa 1950 Not Available USD 635.00
130 Michal Marie (20th cent.)

Patterned maxi dress

circa 1973 Not Available Not Sold
131 Torimaru Gnyuki (1937-)

Princess Diana pleated Fortuny-style formal dress

1986 Not Available Not Sold
132 Torimaru Gnyuki (1937-)

Princess Diana pleated skirt suit

1986 Not Available USD 2,032.00
133 Blass Bill (1922-2002)

Blue suit fashion illustration

1998 Not Available Not Sold
134 Blass Bill (1922-2002)

1927 coat with brown fur trim fashion illustration

circa 1990 Not Available Not Sold
135 Blass Bill (1922-2002)

Suit jacket and flowers fashion illustration

1998 Not Available Not Sold
136 Blass Bill (1922-2002)

60s style dress fashion illustration

Circa 1980 Not Available Not Sold
  • Sotheby’s Geek Week
    14-15 July
    Sotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000
    Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000
    Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000
    Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000