Swann Galleries: LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History | Total Sales (USD) | 1,477,279.70 |
| Auction Date | August 21, 2025 - August 21, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 627,700.00 |
| Sale Number | #2712 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 919,450.00 |
| Total Lots | 399 | ||
| Sold Lots | 326 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 836,050.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 81.70% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,227,100.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 73 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 120.39% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67 | Robert Indiana | Coenties Slip Gingko. |
1957 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 130,000.00 |
| 355 | Glenn Ligon | Untitled (I looked into the mirror...). |
1993 | USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 | USD 68,250.00 |
| 257 | Robert Mapplethorpe | Untitled. |
1968 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 48,750.00 |
| 331 | Mel Odom | The Carnivorous Lamb. |
1984 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 42,250.00 |
| 357 | Laura Aguilar | Nature Self-Portrait #11. |
1996 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 39,650.00 |
| 312 | Bill Rice | Four Men. |
1974 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 39,000.00 |
| 339 | Arch Connelly | Self Portrait. |
1980 | USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 39,000.00 |
| 398 | Dunn Kyle | Detained. |
2018 | USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 32,500.00 |
| 60 | Paul Cadmus | Untitled (Male Nude NM15A). |
Circa 1980s. | USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 | USD 29,250.00 |
| 313 | Bill Rice | Two Puerto Rican Brothers. |
1980 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 24,375.00 |
| 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 |
| 341 | Hugh Steers | Fallen IV. |
1992 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 21,775.00 |
| 189 | Beauford Delaney | Portrait of a Bearded Young Man Reading. |
1971-72. | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 21,125.00 |
| 255 | Peter Hujar | Christopher Street Pier #1. |
1979 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 21,125.00 |
| 199 | Alair O. Gomes | Sonatinas, Four Feet No. 6 |
1977 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 19,500.00 |
| 320 | Lorenza Bottner | Untitled. |
1982 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 19,500.00 |
| 262 | Robert Mapplethorpe | Julian Asion (torso). |
1979; printed 1980. | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 17,875.00 |
| 109 | Tom of Finland | Untitled (Preparatory Sketch of Two Men). |
1989 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 16,250.00 |
| 280 | Andy Warhol | Self-Portrait in Fright Wig. |
1986 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 16,250.00 |
| 110 | Tom of Finland | Untitled (Preparatory Drawing of Three Men). |
1989 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 14,625.00 |
| 254 | David Wojnarowicz | Untitled for ACT UP. |
1990 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 13,000.00 |
| 371 | Patrick Philip LEE | Our Nation's Finest (Commemorative Drawing for the First Responders to the 9/11 Attacks). |
2001 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 13,000.00 |
| 175 | John B Jr Lear | Untitled (Three Nude Drawings). |
Circa 1965. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 12,187.50 |
| 302 | Silence=Death Collective | Silence=Death. |
1987 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 12,187.50 |
| 72 | Jean Cocteau | Creation of Dargelos as Adam. |
Circa 1950. | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 11,375.00 |
![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/acf970a0-a15d-4c79-aa24-5e8e414cb465.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.")
![<b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/52dd1cf6-f094-4432-955c-f3b20077eb95.jpg "<b>Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1:</b> REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000")