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Swann Galleries: Illustration Art
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Illustration Art | Total Sales (USD) | 373,466.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | June 18, 2026 - June 18, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 0.00 |
| Sale Number | #2744 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 0.00 |
| Total Lots | 318 | ||
| Sold Lots | 178.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 0.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 55.97% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 0.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 140 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | Inf% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Shepard Ernest Howard (1879-1976) | As he sat on the grass and looked across the river |
1931 | Not Available | USD 30,480.00 |
| 20 | Denslow William Wallace (1856-1915) | Once in a while she would pass a house |
1899 | Not Available | USD 25,400.00 |
| 8 | Shepard Ernest Howard (1879-1976) | Embarking again and crossing over, they worked their way up the stream |
1971 | Not Available | USD 22,860.00 |
| 74 | Gorey Edward (1925-2000) | Thirteen |
Circa 1990 | Not Available | USD 21,590.00 |
| 215 | Addams Charles Samuel (1912-1988) | Something in sneakers? |
1953; 1954 | Not Available | USD 17,780.00 |
| 212 | McCall Bruce (1935-2023) | Smokestack |
1994 | Not Available | USD 10,560.00 |
| 56 | Scarry Richard (1919-1994) | My Little Golden Calendar, May |
1961 | Not Available | USD 10,160.00 |
| 57 | Scarry Richard (1919-1994) | My Little Golden Calendar, June |
1961 | Not Available | USD 9,525.00 |
| 163 | Kelly Walt (1913-1973) | Pogo, Thanksgiving turkey hunt |
1949 | Not Available | USD 8,890.00 |
| 9 | Shepard Ernest Howard (1879-1976) | H. Mole lift-operator |
1949 | Not Available | USD 8,580.00 |
| 39 | Bemelmans Ludwig (1898-1962) | Dirty Eddy in the lovely San Fernando Valley |
Circa 1947 | Not Available | USD 8,255.00 |
| 251 | Segrelles Jose (1885-1969) | Annabelle Lee |
1930 | Not Available | USD 7,366.00 |
| 46 | Williams Garth (1912-1996) | The West Begins |
1953 | Not Available | USD 7,112.00 |
| 350 | Folon Jean-Michel (1934-2005) | Flying letterhead |
Circa 1980 | Not Available | USD 7,112.00 |
| 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 |
| 226 | Crandell Bradshaw (1896-1966) | Beauty in feather hat |
1939 | Not Available | USD 6,864.00 |
| 17 | Christy Howard Chandler (1873-1952) | How my Lord would struggle to forget her! |
1896 | Not Available | USD 4,752.00 |
| 127 | Barbier Georges (1882-1932) | Au Lido |
1924 | Not Available | USD 4,752.00 |
| 6 | Shepard Ernest Howard (1879-1976) | He quickened his pace with shrill whines |
1930 | Not Available | USD 4,224.00 |
| 5 | Shepard Ernest Howard (1879-1976) | 12 Books, including: Dream Days |
1930 | Not Available | USD 4,064.00 |
| 338 | Interference |
1926 | Not Available | USD 3,810.00 | |
| 4 | Shepard Ernest Howard (1879-1976) | 9 Books, including: The Golden Age |
1928 | Not Available | USD 3,048.00 |
| 124 | Lepape Georges (1887-1971) | L'oiseau bleu - La chatte |
1927 | Not Available | USD 2,904.00 |
| 300 | Whitcomb Jon (1906-1988) | Audrey (Golightly) Hepburn |
1961 | Not Available | USD 2,794.00 |
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Sotheby’s Geek Week
14-15 JulySotheby’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. -
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The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, 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. £12,000-18,000Forum, 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]. £30,000-50,000Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, 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-£30,000Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000Forum, 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. £50,000-70,000Forum Auctions
The 10th Anniversary Sale
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
July 16, 2026Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000Forum, 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