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Swann Galleries: LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History | Total Sales (USD) | 1,257,785.00 |
| Auction Date | August 22, 2024 - August 22, 2024 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 718,250.00 |
| Sale Number | #2677 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 1,069,200.00 |
| Total Lots | 446 | ||
| Sold Lots | 367 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 923,150.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 82.29% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 1,375,200.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 79 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 91.46% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97 | ROMAN BUST OF A YOUTH | Head of A Boy. |
Circa 2nd Century AD. | USD 50,000.00 - 75,000.00 | USD 68,750.00 |
| 155 | TOM OF FINLAND (1920-1991) | Untitled (Two Bikers). |
1963 | USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 | USD 60,000.00 |
| 344 | HUGH STEERS (1962-1995) | Self-portrait. |
Circa 1980s. | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 41,600.00 |
| 345 | NAN GOLDIN (1953- ) | Hugh Steers with his Painting, NYC. |
1995 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 37,500.00 |
| 287 | DAVID WOJNAROWICZ (1954-1992) | Untitled (Buffaloes). |
1988; printed 1994. | USD 18,000.00 - 22,000.00 | USD 27,500.00 |
| 84 | DESIGNER UNKNOWN | "It's an Old American Custom: Keep Clean." |
1944 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 21,250.00 |
| 212 | JIMMY DESANA (1949-1990) | Television, from the series Submission. |
1977-1978. | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 20,000.00 |
| 330 | MICHAEL LEONARD (1933-) | Dressing 29. |
1981 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 20,000.00 |
| 280 | PETER HUJAR (1934-1987) | Randy: High Heels, Halloween. |
1980 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 18,750.00 |
| 343 | HUGH STEERS (1962-1995) | By the Phone. |
1992 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 18,750.00 |
| 70 | JEAN GENET (1910-1986) & JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) | Querelle de Brest |
1947]. | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 16,250.00 |
| 282 | ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946-1989) | Portrait of Lisa Lyon. |
1980 | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | USD 16,250.00 |
| 281 | ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE (1946-1989) | Portrait of Jack Stahl (Lone Mountain College, San Francisco). |
1976 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 15,000.00 |
| 158 | TOM OF FINLAND (1920-1991) | Stompers Set One. |
1978 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
| 342 | HUGH STEERS (1962-1995) | At the Computer. |
1994 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
| 413 | SABIN HOWARD (1964- ) | Untitled. |
USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 13,750.00 | |
| 279 | PETER HUJAR (1934-1987) | Clown. |
1973 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 12,500.00 |
| 351 | DINH Q. LE (1968-2024) | Self Portrait #5 (Portraying a White God Series). |
1989 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 12,500.00 |
| 116 | HARRY BUSH (1925-1994) ARCHIVE | Archive of his personal correspondence and art. |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 12,350.00 | |
| 72 | JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) | Sailor. |
1947 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 11,250.00 |
| 324 | HARMONY HAMMOND (1944 -) | Cradleboard. |
1980 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 11,250.00 |
| 341 | HUGH STEERS (1962-1995) | Mask and Mirror. |
1990 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 11,250.00 |
| 30 | DUNCAN GRANT (1885-1978) | Private. |
Circa 1970s. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 10,625.00 |
| 188 | SAM WAGSTAFF (1921-1987) | Letters of the famed curator and collector to his partner, in the years before he met Mapplethorpe. |
USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 10,000.00 | |
| 386 | LAURA AGUILAR (1959-2018) | Nature Self-Portrait #14. |
1996 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 9,375.00 |
![<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/29dc9a36-584c-476d-bc08-834bc3d3902d.png "<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.")
![<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/d1c7f9bc-1bd9-43a2-9cd9-fa2e0a89d50f.png "<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.")
![<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/dcac6725-5a79-4a9a-8172-9a5e10ccb75b.png "<b>Koller, Sep. 18:</b> Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.")
