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
76 AVEL DE KNIGHT (1923-1995)

Four Drawings.

circa 1940s. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,750.00
77 AVEL DE KNIGHT (1923-1995)

Four Drawings.

circa 1940s. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,250.00
78 COLETTE (1873-1954) & MARIETTE LYDIS (1887-1970)

Gigi - illustrated by Mariette Lydis.

Paris: 1948 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
79 LEONOR FINI (1908-1996)

Untitled (Three Portraits).

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,950.00
80 LEONOR FINI (1908-1996)

Untitled (Two Nude Figures).

USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
81 LEONOR FINI (1907-1996)

l'Histoire d'O.

Paris. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
82 (AMERICAN MUSICIAN)

Portrait of jazz composer, pianist, and lyricist Billy Strayhorn (1915-1967).

Circa 1940s. USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 563.00
83 THE "LITTLE FRIENDS"

Group of photographs and ephemera involving composer Virgil Thomson's "Little Friends."

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
84 DESIGNER UNKNOWN

"It's an Old American Custom: Keep Clean."

U.S. Government Printing Office 1944 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 21,250.00
85 FERDINAND ERFMANN (1901 - 1968)

Parterreacrobaten.

1950 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
86 FERDINAND ERFMANN (1901-1968)

Bather.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 938.00
87 FERDINAND ERFMANN (1901-1968)

Gladiator.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,625.00
88 FERDINAND ERFMANN (1901-1968)

Turnen 7 (Gymnastics 7).

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,000.00
89 FERDINAND ERFMANN (1901-1968)

Quartet of studies.

USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,875.00
90 GILBERT ADRIAN (1903-1959)

African After Glow.

circa 1950. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,750.00
91 RICHARD WILBUR (1921-2017)

Ceremony and Other Poems.

New York 1950 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 563.00
92 DESIGNERS UNKNOWN

Point-of-purchase posters from Ebony and Jet magazines: "Female Impersonators Hold Costume Ball" and "Women Who Pass for Men."

[1952] and 1954. USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 2,750.00
93 CHARLES "TEENIE" HARRIS (1908-1998)

A rare group of 41 photographs documenting Black queer nightlife in Pittsburgh, including cross dressers and nightclub performers.

Circa 1940-1965; late 1980s or early 1990s. USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 4,750.00
94 TRUMAN CAPOTE (1924-1985)

A Christmas Memory, Signed.

New York: [1966]. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 750.00
95 TENNESSEE WILLIAMS (1911-1983)

Memoirs.

Garden City, NY: 1975 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 500.00
97 ROMAN BUST OF A YOUTH

Head of A Boy.

Circa 2nd Century AD. USD 50,000.00 - 75,000.00 USD 68,750.00
98 SAUL BOLASNI (1916-2012)

Darogle Aine.

1959 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,500.00
99 SAUL BOLASNI (1916-2012)

Ron Gilbert.

circa 1970. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 688.00
100 YVES SAINT LAURENT (1936-2008)

Renaissance period costume.

circa 1960 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,750.00
101 JOHN B. LEAR (1910-2008)

Stilted Existence.

Circa 1960. USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,640.00
  • 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
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