Swann Galleries: Fine Photographs, 2716, New York

Auction Details

Auction Date: October 16, 2025 - October 16, 2025

Page Size: 329 items in 14 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	Platt D. Babbitt.	Platt D. Babbitt. Niagara Falls scenery. Circa 1850.	Circa 1850	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 2,540.00
2	James Presley Ball.	James Presley Ball. Portrait of a Gentleman. Circa 1850.	Circa 1850	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 1,056.00
3	Jeremiah Gurney.	Jeremiah Gurney. Portrait of a Couple. 1850s.	1850s	USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00	Not Sold
4	Jeremiah D. Wells.	Jeremiah D. Wells. Portrait of a Gentleman. 1950s.	1950s	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	Not Sold
5	Robert Maner Wade.	Portrait of a Southern Gentleman: Robert Maner Wade. Circa 1860.	Circa 1860	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
6	Carleton E. Watkins.	Carleton E. Watkins. Distant View of The Domes. 1865-66.	1865-66	USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00	USD 13,970.00
7	Timothy O'Sullivan.	Timothy O'Sullivan. Iceberg Canon, Colorado River, Looking Above. 1871.	1871	USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	USD 2,112.00
8	Eadweard Muybridge.	Eadweard Muybridge. Cloud's Rest. Valley of the Yosemite (No. 40). 1872.	1872	USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00	USD 6,858.00
9	Eadweard Muybridge.	Eadweard Muybridge. Falls of the Yosemite. From Glacier Rock (No. 36). 1872.	1872	USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00	USD 6,604.00
10		A suite of 18 cabinet cards of Native Americans from the US Geological & Geographical Survey of the Territories. Circa 1868-1876.	Circa 1868-1876	USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00	USD 6,604.00
12	Edward Sheriff Curtis	Edward S. Curtis. An Oasis in the Badlands. 1905.	1905	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 5,842.00
13	Eadweard Muybridge	Eadweard Muybridge's experiment track for his seminal project Animal Locomotion. 1881; printed circa 1920.	1881; printed Circa 1920	USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	Not Sold
14	Peter Henry Emerson.	Peter Henry Emerson. The Old Order and the New. 1886.	1886	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 6,858.00
15	George Barker.	George Barker. Florida Landscape. 1886.	1886	USD 150.00 - 250.00	USD 3,810.00
16		A beautiful Japanese album with 100 hand-colored photographs. 1880s.	1880s	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
17		A collection of 7 late 19th-century portraits of Indian Princes. Circa 1870s-circa 1910.	Circa 1870s-Circa 1910	USD 1,400.00 - 1,800.00	Not Sold
18		A selection of 4 group portraits from India, including a hand-colored portrait of two young aristocrats. Circa 1900.	Circa 1900	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
19		Photographs of Some Principal Buildings in the City of Sydney, New South Wales. 1890.	1890	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
20	John A. Mather.	John A. Mather. Region Views of Western Pennsylvania, Parts 1 & 2. 1895.	1895	USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00	USD 11,430.00
21	James Bert Barton.	James Bert Barton. Mirror Lake, Valley of the Yosemite. Early 1900s.	Early 1900s	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 1,905.00
22	Brett Weston.	Brett Weston. Tin Roofs, Mexico. 1926.	1926	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 15,240.00
23	Edward Weston.	Edward Weston. Chayotes, Mexico. 1926; printed late 1960s by Cole Weston.	1926; printed late 1960s	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
24	Edward Weston.	Edward Weston. Cracked Earth, Borrego Desert, California. 1938.	1938	USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00	USD 7,620.00
25	Ansel Adams.	Ansel Adams. Half Dome, Merced River, Winter. 1938; printed 1960s.	1938; printed 1960s	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 4,826.00
26	Ansel Adams.	Ansel Adams. Winter Sunrise, Sierra Nevada, from Lone Pine, California. 1944; printed April 1978.	1944; printed April 1978	USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00	USD 33,020.00

Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.