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
51 CARL VAN VECHTEN (1880-1964)

Portrait of the writer Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) at Bilignin.

1934 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 813.00
52 NOEL COWARD (1899-1973)

Photograph Signed and Inscribed, "For Kos / with very best wishes and / much admiration,"

USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 563.00
53 CARL SPRINCHORN (1887-1971)

Pair of drawings.

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,500.00
54 JOHN HUMPHREY SPENDER (1910-2005)

Newcastle United FC Changing Room.

1938; printed 1990s. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,875.00
55 MAX DUPAIN (1911-1992)

Sunbaker.

1937; printed early 1970s. USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
56 CARL VAN VECHTEN (1880-1964)

Francisco Moncion in Sebastian.

1944 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 750.00
57 GEORGE PLATT LYNES (1907-1955)

Fred Danieli, Eugene Loring, and Lew Christensen in Showpiece.

1937 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,250.00
58 GEORGE PLATT LYNES (1907-1955)

Jared French.

Circa 1940s. USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,250.00
59 GEORGE PLATT LYNES (1907-1955)

Carlos McClendon.

Circa 1947. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,000.00
60 GEORGE PLATT LYNES (1907-1955)

Untitled triptych.

1947-1950. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,250.00
61 GEORGE PLATT LYNES (1907-1955)

Nicholas Magallanes and Francisco Moncion in Balanchine's Orpheus.

1948 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
62 GEORGE PLATT LYNES (1907-1955)

Jack Fontan.

Circa 1950s. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,000.00
63 BERNARD PERLIN (1918-2014)

George Platt Lynes.

1955 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,250.00
64 PaJaMa (PAUL CADMUS, JARED FRENCH, AND MARGARET FRENCH)

Lincoln Kirstein & Christobel, Fire Island.

Circa 1945. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,250.00
65 PaJaMa (PAUL CADMUS, JARED FRENCH, AND MARGARET FRENCH)

E.M. Forster, George Tooker, and Paul Cadmus, Provincetown.

Circa 1949. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,375.00
66 PaJaMa (PAUL CADMUS, JARED FRENCH, AND MARGARET FRENCH)

Margaret French and Jared French, possibly on Fire Island, by Paul Cadmus.

. Late 1940s. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 5,200.00
67 PaJaMa (PAUL CADMUS, JARED FRENCH, AND MARGARET FRENCH)

Male figure.

Late 1940s. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,250.00
68 JARED FRENCH (1905-1988)

A series of 3 intimate photographs of Ted Starkowski and Chuck Howard.

1954 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,000.00
69 JARED FRENCH (1905-1988)

Untitled (Group of 4 drawings of male nudes).

Circa 1930s. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,125.00
70 JEAN GENET (1910-1986) & JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)

Querelle de Brest

N.p.,n.d. [Paris: 1947]. USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 16,250.00
71 JEAN GENET (1910-1986) & JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)

Limited, first edition of Querelle de Brest in original glassine wrapper.

N.p.,n.d. [Paris: 1947]. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,040.00
72 JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)

Sailor.

(Paris; 1947 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 11,250.00
73 JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)

Group of three Autograph Letters Signed, "Jean / [Star]," to "Cher Jean-Pierre,"

USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 688.00
74 JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963)

Portrait of a Woman.

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,250.00
75 AVEL DE KNIGHT (1923-1995)

Four Drawings.

circa 1940s. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,750.00
  • 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
  • Sotheby’s
    10 September 2024
    The Shem Tov Bible
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