Swann Galleries: Focus on Women, 2670, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 23, 2024 - May 23, 2024
Page Size: 201 items in 9 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
76 Baker, Josephine (1906-1975)

Les Revues de Folies Bergere.

Paris 1923-1926. USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 688.00
77 Baker, Josephine (1906-1975)

Promotional Photo Cards: Seventeen Examples.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 531.00
78 Bradford, Sarah H. (1818-1912)

Scenes in the Life of Harriet Tubman.

Auburn, NY 1869 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 3,000.00
79 Catlett, Elizabeth (1915-2012)

La Presa [The Dam].

1952 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,500.00
80 Catlett, Elizabeth (1915-2012)

Peones Mexicanos.

1952 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,500.00
81 Catlett, Elizabeth (1915-2012)

Survivor Signed Print and Book.

1984 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,750.00
82 Hill, Anita (b. 1956)

African American Women in Defense of Ourselves, Signed by Hill.

Latham, NY 1992 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,375.00
83 Huggins, Ericka (b. 1948)

Comrade Sisters: Women of the Black Panther Party. Signed First Edition, with 115 Original Photographs by Stephen Shames.

Belgium 2022 USD 65,000.00 - 75,000.00 Not Sold
84 Morrison, Toni (1931-2019)

Five Poems. Silhouettes by Kara E. Walker.

Las Vegas 2002 USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 12,500.00
85 Saar, Betye (b. 1926 )

Hand Book.

Los Angeles 1967 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,500.00
86 Saar, Betye (b. 1926)

The Long Memory.

Washington, D.C. 1998 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 938.00
87 Sammelband of Anti-slavery Tracts.

Black Education and Women in the Jim Crow Era.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,250.00
88 Taylor Pickett, Janet (b. 1948)

Me & Matisse.

Montclair, NJ 2003 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
89 Truth, Sojourner (circa 1797-1883)

First Appearance of her Letter Describing Meeting President Lincoln, in The Liberator.

Boston 23 December 1864. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
90 Truth, Sojourner (circa 1797-1883)

I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance, Carte-de-visite.

1864-1865. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,750.00
91 Tubman, Harriet (1822-1913)

Woman's Rights Meetings in The Liberator, Newspaper Report.

Boston 6 July 1860. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
92 Albee, Grace (1890-1985)

A Small Archive of Prints.

USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 813.00
93 Armagni, Alda Maria (b. 1947)

El Grito del Colla.

1966 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
94 Bacon, Peggy Frances (1895-1987)

Help!

1927 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 688.00
95 Bochorakova-Dittrichova, Helena (1894-1980)

Seven Signed Woodcuts.

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 219.00
96 Bochorakova-Dittrichova, Helena (1894-1980)

Zahrada Snu, Cyklus sesti suchych jehel. [Dream Garden, Cycle of Six Drypoints]

Brno 1926 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 188.00
97 Fleury, Sylvie (b. 1961)

Sweet'n Low.

1994 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 281.00
98 Frank, Mary (b. 1933)

Tulip.

1978 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,000.00
99 Frank, Mary (b. 1933)

On the Edge.

1984 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 688.00
100 Gag, Wanda (1893-1946)

Spinning Wheel.

1928 USD 250.00 - 350.00 USD 281.00
  • Manuscript Masterpieces from the Schøyen Collection
    London auction, 11 June
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    Christie’s, Explore now: The Holkham Hebrew Bible. In Hebrew, decorated manuscript on vellum [Toledo, 2nd quarter 13th century]. £1,500,000–3,000,000
    Christie’s, Explore now: The Crosby-Schøyen Codex. In Coptic, manuscript on papyrus [Upper Egypt, middle 3rd century / 4th century]. £2,000,000–3,000,000
    Christie’s, Explore now: The Geraardsbergen Bible. In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Southern Netherlands, late 12th century]. £700,000–1,000,000
    Christie’s, Explore now : Jean de Courcy (fl. 1420). The Chronique de la Bouquechardiere. In French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1480]. £200,000–300,000
    Christie’s, Explore now: The ‘Catherine de Medici’ Hours. In Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1485]. £120,000–180,000
  • Freeman’s | Hindman, June 6: MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, IN THE BAL FIRST BINDING. $12,000 - $18,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 6: PUZO, Mario (1920-1999). The Godfather. FIRST EDITION, PROOF COPY in wrappers. SIGNED BY PUZO. $3,000 - $5,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 7: HUGHES, Langston. Scottsboro Limited. 1932. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE. INSCRIBED BY HUGHES TO NOEL SULLIVAN. $6,000 - $8,000.
    Freeman’s | Hindman, June 7: HOMANN, Johann Baptist, HOMANN HEIRS, and Georg Matthäus SEUTTER. [Composite Atlas]. [maps dated between 1728-1765]. $30,000 - $40,000.
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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  • Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Closing Time, Advance Readers Copy of Uncorrected Proof with a letter from Heller on his personal stationary
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    Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Catch-22, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961, first edition, first printing, first issue dust jacket, inscribed on the front end paper by Heller
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