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Swann Galleries: Vintage Posters

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Auction Name Vintage Posters Total Sales (USD) 484,526.00
Auction Date February 07, 2019 - February 07, 2019 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 392,650.00
Sale Number #2498 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 571,400.00
Total Lots 474
Sold Lots 322 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 684,650.00
% of Lots Sold 67.93% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 996,900.00
Unsold Lots 152 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 48.60%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
281 ALPHONSE MUCHA (1860-1939)

DOCUMENTS DÉCORATIFS. Complete portfolio with 72 plates. 1902.

1902 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 18,750.00
429 DESIGNER UNKNOWN

JOSÉPHINE BAKER / FRESTERSKAN FRAN TROPIKERNA / [LA SIRÈNE DES TROPIQUES.] 1927.

1927 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 9,750.00
268 ALPHONSE MUCHA (1860-1939)

[RÊVERIE.] 1897.

1897 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 8,125.00
267 ALPHONSE MUCHA (1860-1939)

BISCUITS LEFÈVRE - UTILE. 1897.

1897 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 7,500.00
271 ALPHONSE MUCHA (1860-1939)

[THE SEASONS.] Group of 4 decorative panels on fabric. 1896.

1896 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 7,500.00
275 ALPHONSE MUCHA (1860-1939)

[THE TIMES OF THE DAY / ÉVEIL DU MATIN.] 1899.

1899 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 7,500.00
323 VARIOUS ARTISTS

GLI AVVISI DELLE OFFICINE G. RICORDI E C. Complete portfolio of 70 plates. Circa 1914.

Circa 1914. USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 7,500.00
266 ALPHONSE MUCHA (1860-1939)

JOB. 1898.

1898 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 7,000.00
227 LOUIS J. RHEAD (1858-1926)

LE JOURNAL DE LA BEAUTÉ. 1897.

1897 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 6,750.00
178 WALTER L. GREENE (1870-1956)

[THE CONQUEST OF THE ROCKIES.] Oil painting. Circa 1924.

Circa 1924. USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 6,500.00
11 EMIL CARDINAUX (1877-1936)

PALACE HOTEL ST. MORITZ. 1922.

1922 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 5,500.00
260 ARTHUR FOÄCHE (1871-1967)

[LA GARONNE.] 1898.

1898 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,460.00
276 ALPHONSE MUCHA (1860-1939)

[THE SEASONS / SPRING.] 1900.

1900 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,250.00
12 EMIL CARDINAUX (1877-1936)

JUNGFRAU BAHN / BERNEROBERLAND, SCHWEIZ. 1919.

1919 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 5,000.00
20 ALO (CHARLES HALLO, 1884-1969)

A CHAMONIX - MONT BLANC. 1927.

1927 USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 5,000.00
208 FRANK BRANGWYN (1867-1956)

THE STUDIO. 1899.

1899 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 5,000.00
405 LEONETTO CAPPIELLO (1875-1942)

BOREA / CALZE PER UOMO. 1923.

1923 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,750.00
262 LOUIS-THÉOPHILE HINGRE (1932-1911)

CHAMPAGNE THEOPHILE ROEDERER & CO. 1897.

1897 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 4,680.00
472 SAUL STEINBERG (1914-1999)

THE NEW YORKER. 1976.

1976 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,680.00
350 JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG (1870-1960)

I WANT YOU FOR U.S. ARMY. 1917.

1917 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,500.00
38 WILHELM FRIEDRICH BURGER (1882-1964)

SAAS - FEE. 1925.

1925 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,250.00
278 ALPHONSE MUCHA (1860-1939)

[SLAVNOSTNI HRA NA VLATAVE.] 1925.

1925 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,250.00
197 LOUIS MOEN (DATES UNKNOWN)

THE NATION'S PLAYGROUNDS / NORTHERN PACIFIC RY. Circa 1930.

Circa 1930. USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 4,160.00
459 STANLEY MOUSE (1940- )

GRATEFUL DEAD / OXFORD CIRCLE. 1966.

1966 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 4,160.00
23 ALEX WALTER DIGGELMANN (1902-1987)

CHATEAU D'OEX. 1937.

1937 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 4,000.00
  • Doyle, May 1: Thomas Jefferson expresses fears of "a war of extermination" in Saint-Dominigue. $40,000 to $60,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An exceptional presentation copy of Fitzgerald's last book, in the first issue dust jacket. $25,000 to $35,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The rare first signed edition of Dorian Gray. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The Prayer Book of Jehan Bernachier. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Doyle, May 1: The magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner. $7,000 to $10,000.
    Doyle, May 1: A remarkable unpublished manuscript of a voyage to South America in 1759-1764. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Doyle, May 1: Bouchette's monumental and rare wall map of Lower Canada. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An rare original 1837 abolitionist woodblock. $8,000 to $12,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An important manuscript breviary in Middle Dutch. $15,000 to $25,000.
    Doyle, May 1: An extraordinary Old Testament manuscript, circa 1250. $20,000 to $30,000.
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
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