Swann Galleries: Fine Photographs, 2691, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 17, 2024 - December 17, 2024
Page Size: 223 items in 9 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 (EASTMAN KODAK PHOTOGRAPHY)

Kodak Royal Bromide Paper Advertisement. 1905-10.

1905-10. USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 344.00
2 ALVIN LANGDON COBURN.

London.

USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 7,500.00
3 OLIVE EDIS (1876-1955)

A beautiful autochrome oval portrait of a woman seated next to a vibrant floral arrangement. 1910s.

1910s. USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 531.00
4 EDWARD STEICHEN (1879-1973)

A portfolio entitled The Early Years 1920-1927. 1920-27; printed 1981.

1920-27; printed 1981 USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 USD 2,750.00
5 ADOLF FASSBENDER.

Pictorial Artistry: The Dramatization of the Beautiful in Photography.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,750.00
6 JACQUES-HENRI LARTIGUE (1894-1986)

Second Light Aircraft Competition. 1912; printed 1970s.

1912; printed 1970s. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,875.00
7 (AVIATION)

Group of 3 albums containing more than 200 photographs belonging to Yvonne Maryse Hilsz. 1917-32.

1917-32. USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 531.00
8 ALFRED EISENSTAEDT (1898-1995)

Repairing the Hull of the Graf Zeppelin during the Flight over the Atlantic. 1934; printed circa 1990.

1934; printed circa 1990. USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,500.00
9 (WWII PHOTOGRAPHY)

Portrait of Commander Edward Steichen. 1945; printed 1970s.

1945; printed 1970s. USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 813.00
10 ROBERT CAPA (1913-1954)

Omaha Beach, near Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy Coast. June 6, 1944; printed circa 1985.

1944; printed circa 1985. USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 Not Sold
11 ROBERT CAPA (1913-1954)

Dead Soldier at Window. 1945; printed circa 1964.

1945; printed circa 1964. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,000.00
12 YEVGENY KHALDEI (1917-1997)

Raising the Flag over Reichstag. 1945; printed 1990s.

1945; printed 1990s. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,625.00
13 DMITRY BALTERMANTS (1912-1990)

Tchaikovsky, Germany. 1945; printed 1950s.

1945; printed 1950s. USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,250.00
14 KEN DOMON.

Hiroshima.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,625.00
15 DAVID OCTAVIUS HILL (1802-1870) & ROBERT ADAMSON (1821-1848)

Reverend Frederic Joel Jean Gerard Monod. 1843-48.

USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 USD 2,000.00
16 DAVID OCTAVIUS HILL (1802-1870) & ROBERT ADAMSON (1821-1848)

Principal Haldane, St. Andrews. 1843-48.

USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 USD 2,000.00
17 JULIA MARGARET CAMERON (1815-1879)

Henry Taylor, a portrait. 1865.

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,750.00
18 JULIA MARGARET CAMERON (1815-1879)

Alfred, Lord Tennyson. 1869.

USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
19 (AMERICAN WRITER)

Portrait of Walt Whitman (1819-1892) by G.F.E Pearsall. 1872.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 750.00
20 EDWARD STEICHEN (1879-1973)

The Photographer's Best Model, George Bernard Shaw * E. Gordon Craig * Clarence White. 1907; printed 1913 (2) & 1905. Together, 3 portraits from Camera Work Number 42/43 (the first two) and Number 9. Photogravures on Japan tissue, the images measuring 8x6

1907; printed 1913 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 813.00
21 CARL SANDBURG & EDWARD STEICHEN.

Steichen The Photographer.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,188.00
22 CLARA SIPPRELL (1885-1975)

Portrait of Alfred Stieglitz. 1932; printed before 1975.

1932; printed before 1975 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 813.00
23 EDWARD WESTON (1886-1958)

Nude (Charis, Santa Monica). 1936; printed 1970s by Cole Weston.

1936; printed 1970s by Cole Weston. USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 7,250.00
24 BARBARA MORGAN (1900-1992)

Anna Sokolow - The Exile. 1940; printed circa 1980.

1940; printed circa 1980. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
25 EDMUND TESKE (1911-1996)

Portrait of Chris Volraft. 1945.

1945 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
  • High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Golding.
    Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD
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