Swann Galleries: LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History, 2712, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
August 21, 2025 - August 21, 2025
Page Size: 399 items in 16 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
329 Ingo Douglas Swann

Stress Factors in a Macho Chamber.

Circa 1980s. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,690.00
330 Bruce Kamerling

Nude Torso.

1981 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,062.00
331 Mel Odom

The Carnivorous Lamb.

1984 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 32,500.00
332 Harry H. Long

Wistful Vista.

1985 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 875.00
333 Ronald L. Gomez

Be mine . . . Valentine!

1985 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 468.00
334 John Burton Harter

Rio e Turismo.

1989 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 6,500.00
335 Christopher Makos

Michael, New York City.

Circa late 1980s-early 90s. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,500.00
336 Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt

The Gay Vet.

Circa 1980s. USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 4,250.00
337 Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt

Miss Piggy Plate

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 650.00
338 Stephen Tashjian

Pink Glitter Swirl.

Circa 1990s. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,250.00
339 Arch Connelly

Self Portrait.

1980 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 30,000.00
340 Hugh Steers

Carl George,

1987 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 Not Sold
341 Hugh Steers

Fallen IV.

1992 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 16,750.00
342 James Palmer Libby

Standing Male Nude with Abstracted Background.

1981 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
343 James Palmer Libby

Nude model in repose.

1990 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 531.00
344 Neil Godfrey

Reclining Figure on Stomach.

Circa 1990. USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,250.00
345 Yasumasa Morimura

Fingered Citrons 1-4 (NOJIMA).

1990 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,000.00
346 Bill Costa

The Gardener Is The Loveliest Rose in his Garden, NYC.

1991; printed 1992. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,375.00
346A Herb Ritts

Calvin Klein.

Circa 1992. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 687.00
347 Stanley Stellar

Two nude figures.

1992 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,062.00
348 Deni Ponty

Working sketch for "Confluence."

1992 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 780.00
349 Deni Ponty

Untitled (Two men on a motorcycle).

1998 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,375.00
350 Kevin William (Beau) King

Karma.

1994 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 975.00
351 Clement Edgar Ted Garrison, Jr.

Sleeping in Sienna.

Circa 1990s. USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
352 Bill Jacobson

Interim Figure #617.

1993 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,187.00
  • 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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