Swann Galleries: LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History, 2677, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
August 22, 2024 - August 22, 2024
Page Size: 446 items in 18 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 MANLEY, DELARIVIER "DELIA" (circa 1663-1724)

Secret Memoirs and Manners of Several Persons of Quality of both Sexes. From the New Atalantis, an Island in the Mediteranean.

London: 1709 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 594.00
2 JAMES MILLS PEIRCE (1834-1906)

Photograph of a Harvard mathematician whose defense of homosexuality was published in 1897.

[Cambridge, MA], circa 1860s. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
3 GAUDENZIO MARCONI (1841-1885)

Group of three male physique nude studies.

Circa 1870s. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,250.00
4 JEREMIAH GURNEY & SON (active 1860-1874)

Portrait of the American writer Walt Whitman (1819-1892).

1871 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
5 WALT WHITMAN (1819-1892)

Address panel Signed, addressed in holograph to writer and progressive activist Edward Carpenter:

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
6 NAPOLEON SARONY (1821-1896)

Portrait of Irish poet and playwrite Oscar Wilde (1854-1900).

1882 USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 USD 5,750.00
7 OSCAR WILDE (1854-1900)

Program from the St. James's Theatre first run of his play "Lady Windermere's Fan," with a cast photo.

[London]: 1892 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 938.00
8 OSCAR WILDE (1854-1900)

Salome. Drame en un Acte.

London: 1920 USD 350.00 - 500.00 USD 250.00
9 GUGLIELMO PLUSCHOW (1852-1930)

Standing figure with drapery.

1890s-1910s. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,430.00
10 WILHELM VON GLOEDEN (1856-1931)

Male figure seated.

Circa 1900-1910. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,250.00
11 WILHELM VON GLOEDEN (1856-1931)

Male figure with floral head wreath.

Circa 1900-1910. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,250.00
12 WILHELM VON GLOEDEN (1856-1931)

Seated figure with flowers on terrace wall.

Circa 1900-1910. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,250.00
13 RENEE VIVIEN (1877-1909)

First edition of Sapho, with an ALS bound-in.

Paris: 1903 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 1,625.00
14 ADOLF BRAND (1874-1945) & KONRAD LINKE (Dates Unknown)

Der Eigene: Ein Buch fur Kunst und Manliche Kultur. Vol VI.

Charlottenburg [Berlin]: 1906 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,250.00
15 FRANZ VON BAYROS (1866-1924)

The Abduction of Ganymede by Jupiter.

USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 1,430.00
16 EDWARD PERRY WARREN (1860-1928) ARCHIVE

Extensive correspondence of the noted art collector and author of "A Defence of Uranian Love."

Various places 1906-1912. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,750.00
17 CHARLES EVERETT JOHNSON (1866-?)

Miss Simplicity.

1901 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 875.00
18 JULIAN ELTINGE (1881-1941)

Group of 3 postcards depicting the famed female impersonator.

USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 625.00
19 JULIAN ELTINGE (1881-1941)

Pair of postcards depicting him in male and female attire for "The Crinoline Girl."

No place, circa 1914 USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 625.00
20 JULIAN ELTINGE (1881-1941)

Photograph Signed and Inscribed, "A reminder of / Julian / Eltinge," full-length portrait by Albert Witzel,

1918 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
21 PHOTOGRAPHER UNKNOWN

Photograph of female impersonator Karyl Norman, known as The Creole Fashion Plate.

1923 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
22 JOHN C. PAYNE (1872-1952)

Brochure depicting the singer as an impersonator of opera singer Sissieretta Jones, the "Black Patti."

Los Angeles, CA, 21 November 1913. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,250.00
23 LILI ELBE (1883-1931)

Le Mail, Beaugency, France.

1923 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 6,240.00
24 (THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MAN IN THE WORLD)

Painter, sculptor, and dancer Paul Swan with his sculpture of Dr. Robert Underwood Johnson.

1927 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
25 PAUL SWAN (1884-1972)

Self-Portrait of the artist as a young woman.

Circa 1920s USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 8,750.00
  • Sotheby’s
    10 September 2024
    The Shem Tov Bible
  • Koller Auctions
    Books & Autographs
    18 September 2024
    Koller, Sep. 18: Cowper, William. Anatomia corporum humanorum ab excellentissimis… Utrecht, 1750. CHF 25,000 to 40,000
    Koller, Sep. 18: Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.
    Koller Auctions
    Books & Autographs
    18 September 2024
    Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Pfinzing, Melchior. Die geverlicheiten und einsteils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen…, Nürnberg, 1517. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
  • Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HAMILTON, Sir William - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: 1779. € 50,000 - 80,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KIRCHER, Athanasius - Turris Babel. Amsterdam: 1679. € 3,000 - 5,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: EDWARDS, George.London - Gleanings of Natural History. Londra: 1758-1764. € 7,000 - 10,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Cometographia. Danzica: 1668. € 20,000 - 30,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KUPKA, Frantisek - Quatre histoires de blanc et noir. Parigi: 1926. € 10,000 - 15,000
  • Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 732. Early Announcement of Continental Congress' Declaration of Independence (1776) Est. $12,000 - $15,000
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 361. One of Ortelius' Most Decorative Maps in Full Contemporary Color (1585) Est. $9,500 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 55. Early Edition of One of the Most Important 16th Century Maps of the New World (1545) Est. $6,000 - $7,500
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 27. Fascinating Japanese Satirical Map of the World Published After WWI (1924) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 637. Complete Example of De Bry's Petits Voyages, Part VIII (1606) Est. $4,750 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 50. Extremely Rare Uncut Sheet from Sylvanus's 1511 Edition of Ptolemy's Geographia (1511) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 399. One of the Most Desired Maps of Ireland by John Speed (1610) Est. $2,750 - $3,500
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 689. Pictorial Map of Melbourne in the Style of MacDonald Gill (1934) Est. $900 - $1,100
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 652. Blaeu's Carte-a-Figures Map of Africa in Full Contemporary Color (1663) Est. $3,000 - $3,750
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 729. Hand-Colored Image of David Handing the Letter to Uriah (1518) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Sept 11): Lot 533. Eight-Volume Set Recounting Travels of Anacharsis in Greece (1789) Est. $800 - $950
  • Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    September 11
    Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Exquemelin (Alexandre Olivier). The History of the Bucaniers of America..., 4 parts in one, 3rd edition, 1704. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Greenough (George Bellos). A Physical and Geological Map of England & Wales..., Geological Society, July 1865. £5,000-8,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Illuminated Psalter. Manuscript Psalter with Calendar, Flanders or North-East France, late 13th century. £7,000-10,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    September 11
    Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Book of Hours. Illuminated manuscript on vellum, Use of Rome, in Latin, Florence, c. 1470s. £3,000-5,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Henry VIII (King of England). Assertio septem sacramentorum adversus Martinum Lutherum, Antwerp: Michiel Hillen, 1522. £3,000-5,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Binding for Queen Mary I of England and Ireland. Polydori Vergilii Urbinatis Anglicae..., 1555. £20,000-30,000
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    September 11
    Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Llwyd (Humphrey). The Breviary of Britayne..., 1st edition in English, 1573. William Lambarde's copy. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Embroidered Binding. The Whole Book of Psalmes..., Imprinted for the Company of Stationers, 1634. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Astronomy Manuscript. [Shakerley, Jeremy (1626-c.1655). Tabulae Britannicae, the British tables…], late 17th c. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    September 11
    Printed Books, Maps & Manuscripts, The Polydore Vergil bound for Queen Mary I
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Elew (Jan Barend, publisher). Nederlandsch bloemwerk, Amsterdam: J.B. Elwe, 1794. £2,000-3,000
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Vellucent Art Nouveau Binding [Book of Common Prayer] by Herbert Granville Fell, 1900. £1,000-1,500
    Dominic Winter, Sep. 11: Palladio (Andrea). The Architecture of A. Palladio; in Four Books, 2nd edition, 1721. £2,000-3,000
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