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
279 PETER HUJAR (1934-1987)

Clown.

1973 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,500.00
280 PETER HUJAR (1934-1987)

Randy: High Heels, Halloween.

1980 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 18,750.00
281 ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946-1989)

Portrait of Jack Stahl (Lone Mountain College, San Francisco).

1976 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 15,000.00
282 ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946-1989)

Portrait of Lisa Lyon.

1980 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 16,250.00
283 MARCUS LEATHERDALE (1952-2022)

Robert Mapplethorpe III.

1979; printed 2016. USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 5,000.00
284 MARCUS LEATHERDALE (1952-2022)

Portrait of artist and LGBTQ+ rights and AIDS activist Copy Berg.

1990 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,375.00
285 MARCUS LEATHERDALE (1952-2022)

Lisa Lyon, NYC.

1980 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,000.00
286 STANLEY STELLAR (1945 - )

Chad on Joe.

1983; printed 2017. USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,375.00
287 DAVID WOJNAROWICZ (1954-1992)

Untitled (Buffaloes).

1988; printed 1994. USD 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 USD 27,500.00
288 DIRK ROWNTREE (1948- )

David Wojnarowicz, West Side Pier, NYC * Brian Butterick and David Wojnarowicz, NYC * Peter Hujar and David Wojnarowicz, Pier 34, NYC.

1977, 1978, 1983; printed 2024. USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 6,250.00
289 JOHN SEX (JOHN MCLAUGHLIN, 1956 - 1990)

John Sex Command Performance

1982 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 813.00
290 VARIOUS DESIGNERS

Reno Sweeney.

Circa 1970s. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 500.00
291 ROBERT W. RICHARDS (1941-2019)

[Theatre Posters]

1970s-1990s. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
292 ROBERT W. RICHARDS (1941-2019)

3 Broadway/theatrical drawings.

USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
293 (LGBTQ+ BOARDGAME)

Gay Monopoly: A Celebration of Gay Life!

West Hollywood, CA: 1983 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
294 MIKE KUCHAR (1942 - )

Gay Heart Throbs

1981 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 313.00
295 DESIGNER UNKNOWN

Billy -The World's First Out and Proud Gay Doll.

New York 1996 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 438.00
296 KEITH HARING (1958-1990)

Keith Haring at Fun Gallery

1983 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,188.00
297 KEITH HARING (1958-1990)

Keith Haring: Into 1984/Tony Shafrazi Gallery.

1984 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,375.00
298 KEITH HARING (1958-1990)

Free South Africa.

USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 Not Sold
299 KEITH HARING (1958-1990)

A Very Special Christmas.

1987 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 7,500.00
300 KEITH HARING (AFTER)

[Keith Haring Merchandise.] Pop Shop Bags.

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 358.00
301 KEITH HARING (1958-1990)

Ignorance = Fear / Silence = Death

1989 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 975.00
302 LARRY KRAMER (1935-2020)

Two inscribed first editions.

New York: 1978 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 750.00
303 GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS

First two issues of the "G.M.H.C. Newsletter."

New York, July 1982 and January 1983. USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,188.00
  • 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.
  • 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.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    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
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