Swann Galleries: The New York Sale - Vintage Posters , 2714, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 25, 2025 - September 25, 2025
Page Size: 215 items in 9 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51 Martin Lewis

Rainy Day, Queens

1931 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 19,050.00
52 Martin Lewis

Little Penthouse

1931 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 7,620.00
53 Martin Lewis

Boss of the Block

Circa1939. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,397.00
54 Wendell MacRae

Empire State Building. Circa early

1930s. USD 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 USD 2,286.00
55 Ernest Fiene

City Lights (Madison Square Park, New York)

1932 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,270.00
56 Lewis W. Hine

Steelworker on the Empire State Building

1931 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 Not Sold
57 Lewis W. Hine

Men at Work: Photographic Studies of Modern Men and Machines..

New York: 1932 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 7,112.00
58 Berenice Abbott

New York at Night

1932; printed later. USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 30,480.00
59 Fred Zinnemann

Lower Manhattan, from the Brooklyn Bridge

1932; printed 1986 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
60 Harold Costain

A panoramic view of the New York City skyline

1930s. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,778.00
61 Mark Freeman

Steel and Stone (Cornell Medical Center)

1933 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 698.00
62 Mark Freeman

2nd Avenue "El"

1933 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,159.00
63 Harry LeRoy Taskey

Manhattan Street

1933-34. USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,206.00
64 Samuel Margolies

Rounding the Bend

Circa1936. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,778.00
65 William Steig

Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibition

1933 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 762.00
66 George Grosz

Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibition

1934 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,016.00
67 Designer Unknown

When You Visit America / Greyhound Motor Bus Lines

Circa1934. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
68 Louis Lozowick

Storm Over Manhattan

1935 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,397.00
69 Arnold Eagle

Arnold Eagle: New York Portfolio

1935-44; printed 1991 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,168.00
70 Louis Schanker

Untitled

1936 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 698.00
71 Berenice Abbott

El Station Interior, 6th and 9th Avenue lines, Manhattan

1936; printed 1997 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
72 Berenice Abbott

Manhattan Bridge, Looking Up

1936; printed 1980s. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,397.00
73 Berenice Abbott

Collegiate Church, Rockefeller Center. December 8th,

1936 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 4,572.00
74 William Sharp

Subway

Circa1936. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,794.00
75 William Sharp

Left Bank

1938 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 635.00
  • Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T). The Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T)]. CLARK. The Military Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: HOMMAIRE DE HELL, Ignace-Xavier. LAURENS, Jules. Voyage en Turquie et en Perse
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: POSTEL, Guillaume. De la République des Turc
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PREZIOSI, Amadeo. Stamboul. Souvenir d’Orient.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES. EMPIRE OTTOMAN.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES, Achille Constant T. Emile. L'Art Arabe
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES. Histoire de l'art Egyptie
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: BESANCENOT, Jean. Costumes et types du Maroc.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES OTTOMANS. Suite de figures ottomanes à l’aquarelle
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: LES MILLE ET UNE NUIT, contes arabes
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: SCHLEGEL, Hermann et A. H. VERSTER van WULVERHORST. Traité de Fauconnerie - Planches
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: THEVENOT, Melchisédec. Relation de divers voyages curieux
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  • Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 36. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 49. One of the First Lunar Globes to Show the Far Side of the Moon (1963) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 5. The First World Map with Lavish Allegorical Vignettes of the Continents (1594) Est. $15,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 55. Anti-British Propaganda Map with Churchill as an Octopus (1942) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 197. One of the Most Influential Maps of Westward Expansion (1846) Est. $9,500 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 10. Scarce Pitt Edition of Carte-a-Figures Map of the World (1680) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 220. A Fine, Early Rendering of San Francisco (1874) Est. $2,200 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 707. Hand-Colored Image of the Presentation of Jesus with Gilt Highlights (1450) Est. $1,600 - $1,900
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 80. One of the Most Important Maps Perpetuating the Myth of the Island of California (1680) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 725. Homann's Atlas Featuring 26 Folio-Sized Maps in Original Color (1715) Est. $4,500 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 169. One of the Earliest Maps to Show Philadelphia (1695) Est. $4,750 - $6,000