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
253 CONRAD GRODSKY (1924-2010)

An archive of 22 photographs depicting the 1979 San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.

1979 USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 Not Sold
254 GAY FREEDOM DAY

Group of 3 tokens from San Francisco's annual Gay Freedom Day parade.

USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
255 EMFINGER MOSKE ASSOCIATES photo by NINA GLASER

Surrender Diane / Sister Boom Boom for Supervisor.

1982 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 438.00
256 JIMMY CENTOLA [CAMICIA]

The Divas of Sheridan Square.

New York, circa early 1970s. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 344.00
257 (GAY LIBERATION & AIDS ACTIVIST)

Portrait of Marsha P. Johnson (1945-1992).

Circa 1970s; printed 2018. USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 813.00
258 KEN "ANGEL" DAVIS

Pair of prints commemorating Marsha P. Johnson and the poetry of CAConrad.

No place 2015 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
259 ANDREW BIFROST, editor.

Mouth of the Dragon: A Poetry Journal of Male Love, a Quarterly.

New York, 1974- 1975 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 188.00
260 GEORGE WHITMORE (1945-1989)

Getting Gay in New York: Poems by George Whitmore.

New York: [1976]. USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 500.00
261 (PERIODICALS.)

Group of New York weekly nightlife guides and club matchbooks.

1980-1983 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 875.00
262 DESIGNER UNKNOWN

Village People / Macho Man

1978 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 469.00
263 COME OUT!

1st issue of the famed "Newspaper By and For the Gay Community," plus a magazine printing of the related Peter Hujar poster.

New York: 1969 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
264 SU NEGRIN, PETER HUJAR, SUZANNE BEVIER

Gay Liberation

N.Y.C 1970 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,250.00
265 (PERIODICALS.)

An issue of "Come Out: A Liberation Forum for the Gay Community."

New York, 1971 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 688.00
266 GAY LIBERATION FRONT

"Gay Liberation Front Manifesto."

London 1971 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 375.00
267 CHRISTOPHER STREET LIBERATION DAY

Pair of early "March and Gay-In" handbills to commemorate Stonewall.

New York, USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,000.00
269 BORIS VALLEJO (1941 - )

The New St. Mark's Baths

Cleveland. Circa 1980. USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,375.00
270 DESIGNER UNKNOWN

Straight to Hell Dirty Dance Party / Pyramid Club

Circa 1983. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 500.00
271 MATT (CHARLES KREBS, DATES UNKNOWN)

Mardi Gras 1981

[New Orleans,] 1981 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 406.00
272 VARIOUS DESIGNERS

Gran Marcha Gay

Mexico City 1983 USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 563.00
273 CHRISTIAN PIPER (1941-2019)

Tom Savarese at Hurrah Tuesday Nites.

1977 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 688.00
274 (CLUB FLYERS.)

Large group of club and event ephemera, most from New York.

1987-2000 and undated. USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 938.00
275 (CLUB FLYERS.)

Group of club flyers.

New York circa 1990-1995 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,000.00
276 DON HERRON (1941-2012)

Keith Haring * Ethyl Eichelberger * Holly Woodlawn.

1981-1982. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 6,500.00
277 DON HERRON (1941-2012)

Ethyl Eichelberger / Mrs Wiggs in the Cabbage Patch.

1985 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 138.00
278 PETER HUJAR (1934-1987)

Ethyl Eichelberger as Lucretia Borgia.

[New York,] 1982 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 750.00
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Bible, Arabic & Latin. Biblia Sacra Arabica, 3 vol., Rome, Tipografia della Congregazione di Propaganda Fide, 1671. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Shepard (Ernest). "Wind in the Willows" Toad Escapes from Prison, original pencil drawing with watercolour, 1931. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Economics.- Smith (Adam). An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 2 vol., second edition, Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1778. £12,000 to £18,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Burma.- Burmese School (1870s). Folding manuscript, or parabaik, of festivities and processions, probably from the Court Workshop at the Royal Court at Manadaly, Burma, [c. 1870]. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: More (Sir Thomas). La Description de l'Isle d'Utopie ou est comprins le Miroer des republiques du monde, first French edition, Paris, Charles l'Angelier, 1550. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Botany.- Dioscorides (Pedanius). De medicinali materia libri sex, hand-coloured throughout, Frankfurt-am-Main, Chr. Egenolff, 1543. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: World.- Blaeu (Johannes). Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Auctore Joanne Blaeu, engraved map, [c.1662]. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Shelley (Mary). Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus, 2 vol., [second edition], Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: [Evans (Marian)] 'George Eliot'. A complete set of first editions of her works, uniformly bound in red morocco, 1858-1885 (30). £6,000 to £8,000.
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    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Lewis (C.S.) [The Chronicles of Narnia], 7 vol., first editions, 1950-56. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Albertolli (Ferdinando). Porte di Città e Fortezze...di Michele Sammicheli, Milan, 1815. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Gregynog Press.- Euripides. The Plays, one of 25 specially-bound copies, this by George Fisher at the Gregynog Bindery, 1931. £4,000 to £6,000.
  • 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
  • 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
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    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.
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