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Swann Galleries: Vintage Posters

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Auction Name Vintage Posters Total Sales (USD) 460,544.00
Auction Date August 04, 2022 - August 04, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 364,100.00
Sale Number #2612 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 531,750.00
Total Lots 413
Sold Lots 304 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 493,600.00
% of Lots Sold 73.61% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 720,800.00
Unsold Lots 109 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 63.89%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
121

KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON. 1939.

1939 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 15,000.00
211 H.A. VOLODIMER

GRAND PRIX D'ENDURANCE DE 24 HEURES / COUPE RUDGE - WHITWORTH. 1923.

1923 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 15,000.00
157 LEONARDO BISTOLFI

PREMIÈRE EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DES ARTS DÉCORATIFS MODERNES. 1902.

1902 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 11,875.00
96 DAVID STONE MARTIN

"ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY." 1943.

1943 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 10,625.00
192 LEONETTO CAPPIELLO

LA CAISSE SIMON / HUÎTRES EXQUISES. 1901.

1901 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 8,750.00
296 BEN NASON

MARTHA'S VINEYARD / THE NEW HAVEN RAILROAD. Circa 1941.

Circa 1941. USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 7,540.00
299 LESLIE RAGAN

HIGHLANDS OF THE HUDSON / NEW YORK CENTRAL SYSTEM. 1947.

1947 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 7,500.00
18 L.N. BRITTON

WARNING! / CONSIDER THE POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES IF YOU ARE CARELESS IN YOUR WORK. Circa 1917.

Circa 1917. USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 6,750.00
122

KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON. 1939.

1939 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 6,500.00
355 PAUL LENGELLE

1971: CONTINENTAL AIRLINES. 1964.

1964 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 6,250.00
13 HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY

AVIATION / FLY WITH THE U.S. MARINES. 1920.

1920 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 6,000.00
166 ALPHONSE MUCHA

JOB. 1898.

1898 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 5,980.00
306 BERN HILL

SANTA FE / THE CHIEF WAY. 1951.

1951 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 5,500.00
167 ALPHONSE MUCHA

FLIRT. 1899.

1899 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,250.00
227 JEAN CARLU

PEUGEOT. 1922.

1922 USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 5,250.00
332 DABO (GEOFFROY D'ABOVILLE)

LA SYRIE ET LE LIBAN. 1927.

1927 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 5,250.00
386 RENÉ GAILLARD

COCAÏNE. Circa 1925.

Circa 1925. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,250.00
117 SIMON VANDERLAAN

WASTE HELPS THE ENEMY / CONSERVE MATERIAL / DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT. Circa 1942.

Circa 1942. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,000.00
247 MICHEL BOUCHAUD

LA PLAGE DE MONTE CARLO. 1929.

1929 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,000.00
34 JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG

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

1917 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 4,500.00
50 AUGUST WILLIAM HUTAF

TREAT 'EM ROUGH! / JOIN THE TANKS. 1918.

1918 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 4,500.00
129

THEY MAY BE LOADED . . . / VD. Circa 1942.

Circa 1942. USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 4,500.00
77

KEEP US FLYING! / BUY WAR BONDS. 1943.

1943 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,250.00
186 MAXFIELD PARRISH

HARPER'S WEEKLY / NATIONAL AUTHORITY ON AMATEUR SPORT. 1896.

1896 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,750.00
233

CUNARD [SLAVONIA] / NEW YORK MEDITERRANEAN. Circa 1905.

Circa 1905. USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,750.00
  • 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.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
    Sotheby’s
    Modern First Editions
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell to Arms. First Edition, First Printing. 4,200 USD
  • 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.
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