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Swann Galleries: Vintage Posters

Auction Reports

Auction Name Vintage Posters Total Sales (USD) 498,810.00
Auction Date August 07, 2025 - August 07, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 377,950.00
Sale Number #2711 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 550,350.00
Total Lots 311
Sold Lots 238 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 494,850.00
% of Lots Sold 76.53% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 722,450.00
Unsold Lots 73 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 69.04%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
33 Harry Ryle Hopps

Destroy This Mad Brute / Enlist. Circa 1917.

Circa 1917. USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 24,700.00
52 Designer Unknown

Dear God, Keep Them Safe! / Buy War Bonds and Stamps. 1942.

1942 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 19,500.00
130 Alphonse Mucha

Monaco * Monte - Carlo. 1897.

1897 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 18,200.00
136 Alphonse Mucha

[Les Muses, Study for a Mural]. Gouache & watercolor on paper. Circa 1900.

Circa 1900. USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 14,300.00
17 Fred Spear

Enlist. 1915.

1915 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 12,350.00
9 Designer Unknown

The Jews the World Over Love Liberty. Circa 1917.

Circa 1917. USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 11,050.00
129 Alphonse Mucha

[Byzantine Head / Blonde]. 1897.

1897 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 11,050.00
110 Jules Cheret

[Les Arts]. Four decorative panels. 1891.

1891 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 9,750.00
28 James Montgomery Flagg

I Want You for U.S. Army. 1917.

1917 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 9,100.00
61 Designer Unknown

Keep Calm and Carry On. 1939.

1939 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 8,450.00
125 Alphonse Mucha

Salon des Cent. 1896.

1896 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 7,800.00
8 Designer Unknown

[The Jews the World Over]. Circa 1917.

Circa 1917. USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 7,540.00
127 Alphonse Mucha

Ilsee / Princesse de Tripoli. Bound volume. 1897.

1897 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 7,540.00
142 Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen

Lait Pur Sterilise. 1894.

1894 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 7,540.00
143 Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen

Compagnie Francaise des Chocolats et des Thes. 1895.

1895 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 7,540.00
138 Alphonse Mucha

Krajinska Vystava v Ivancicich. 1912.

1912 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 7,020.00
144 Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen

Chat Noir. 1896.

1896 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 6,760.00
64 Designer Unknown

Let Us Go Forward Together. 1940.

1940 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 6,500.00
123 (O'Galop) Marius Rossillon (d'apres)

"A Votre Sante" / Le Pneu Michelin. Circa 1898.

Circa 1898. USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 5,980.00
132 Alphonse Mucha

Job. 1898.

1898 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 5,720.00
117 Adolphe Crespin

Paul Hankar / Architecte. 1894.

1894 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 5,460.00
50 Karl Koehler & Victor Ancona

This is the Enemy. 1942.

1942 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 4,940.00
151 Paul Frenzeny (d'apres)

The Scout / Buffalo Bill / Farewell For Ever to Europe - The Truth. Circa 1902.

Circa 1902. USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 4,940.00
96 Josef Maria Olbrich

Kolner Ausstellung. 1907.

1907 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,680.00
284 Philippe Henri Noyer

Limonade Brault. 1938.

1938 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,680.00
  • 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.
  • 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.
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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