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Swann Galleries: Illustration Art, 2709, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
June 17, 2025 - June 17, 2025
Page Size: 284 items in 12 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 CHARLES ROSEN (1878 - 1950)

Queer Party.

1901 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,875.00
2 COLMAN COHEN (1941 - )

Liquitex acrylic paint tube.

1976 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
3 EMILIO VILA (1887 - 1967)

Nail polish.

1925 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 688.00
4 EMILIO VILA (1887 - 1967)

Smoke rings.

circa 1920 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 594.00
5 FLORENCE S. FREEMAN (DATES UNKNOWN)

Brooks Bros.: Correct Apparel for All Occasions.

circa 1900 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 938.00
6 HAROLD BREUL (1889 - 1965)

4 Baldwin Locomotive ads: Best Friend of Charleston, Wm. Crooks, Old Ironsides, and Roger Williams.

circa 1930 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,875.00
7 JOE KAUFMAN (1911 - 1961)

The Delighted States of America.

1947 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
8 NORMAN ROCKWELL (1894 - 1978)

NORMAN ROCKWELL (1894 - 1978) I see 'em bumped every day. / The Traffic Officer.

1922 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 25,000.00
9 SAUL TEPPER (1899 - 1987)

Official Business.

circa 1936 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
10 TOM WEBB (DATES UNKNOWN)

Hickok belts and buckles.

1930 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,375.00
11 VINCE CULLERS (1924 - 2003)

Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

1987 USD 1,600.00 - 2,200.00 USD 1,188.00
12 ARTIST UNKNOWN

Staten Island Ferry ride.

circa 1950 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 563.00
13 ARTHUR RACKHAM (1867 - 1939)

Candlelight.

circa 1900 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,750.00
14 CHARLES A. BRYSON (1902 - 1982)

Romantic couple.

circa 1950 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
15 COURTNEY ALLEN (1896 -1969)

Going to walk a mile for sheet steel?

1938 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 813.00
16 DAVIS MELTZER (1930 - 2017)

2 illustrations: Satellite Killer and Satellite Defense.

1983 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
17 DAVIS MELTZER (1930 - 2017)

4 illustrations: Earth orbit, Mercury, Mars, & Moon spread.

1980 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 875.00
18 EDGAR J. TAYLOR (1862 - ?)

Hunter in Groton.

circa 1890 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
19 EDMUND J. SULLIVAN (1869 - 1933)

Tis madness, he cried.

1925 USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 488.00
20 EDWARD SOREL (1929 - )

Marlon Brando and Tennessee Williams.

1994 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 5,750.00
21 FREDERICK PEGRAM (1870 - 1937)

Why do the lions roar so loud?

1936 USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 344.00
22 GEORGE BENJAMIN LUKS (1866 - 1933)

Beauty's Power.

1929 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 688.00
23 GEORGE FREDERICK MASON (1904 - 2000)

Mongoose & cobra.

circa 1940 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
24 GEORGE GARLAND (1906 - 1985)

Desperate with fatigue, she knocked at the lonely door.

1954 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,250.00
25 GUSTAF TENGGREN (1896 - 1970)

Most beautiful in all the world, tell me your father's name, for I will marry you.

1934 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 6,750.00
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