Swann Galleries: Old Master Through Modern Prints, 2718, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 30, 2025 - October 30, 2025
Page Size: 405 items in 17 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 William (1872) Giles

The Swan and her Cygnets

1911 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 698.00
2 Margaret Patterson

The Swan

circa1914. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
3 Hans (1873) Neumann

Two color woodcuts.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 858.00
4 Alice Browne

Iris

circa1913. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,397.00
5 Harold Haven Brown

Old Fashioned

circa1920. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
6 William S. Rice

Untitled

circa1920. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,032.00
7 William S. Rice

Poppies

circa1920. USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 1,778.00
8 William S. Rice

Shasta Daisy

1920 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,540.00
9 William S. Rice

Magnolia Grandiflora

circa1925. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,032.00
10 William S. Rice

Magnolia Bud

circa1925. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
11 Edna Boies Hopkins

Lilies (also know as Moonflowers)

circa1920-23. USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
12 Margaret Patterson

The White Rose

1921-1950. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,778.00
13 Margaret Patterson

Grandmother's Flowers

1921 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
14 Margaret Patterson

Hollyhocks

1921 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,032.00
15 Margaret Patterson

Roses

circa1920. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,651.00
16 Margaret Patterson

Summer Flowers

circa1921. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,032.00
17 Margaret Patterson

Morning Glories,

1925 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
18 Frances H. Gearhart

Gaillardias

circa1928. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,413.00
19 Blanche E. Stedman

Untitled (A Tropical Bird)

1922 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 539.00
20 Carl Thiemann

Der Schwan

1920 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 561.00
21 Henrietta Dean Lang

Pelicans In Belle Isle.

USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
22 Margaret Patterson

Garden Flowers

1921 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,651.00
23 Anna Heyward Taylor

Azaleas and Butterflies

1925 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,794.00
24 Blanche Lazzell

Petunias

1928 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,700.00
25 Cora M. Boone

Zinnias

circa1930. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,143.00
  • 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.
  • 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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