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
31 Saul Mauriber

Portrait of the photographer Carl Van Vechten.

1952 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 406.00
32 Margaret Cresson

Jerry (figure with arms raised).

Circa 1940s. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,750.00
33 PaJaMa (Paul Cadmus, Jared French, and Margaret French)

Monroe Wheeler and Paul Cadmus.

Circa 1940s. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
34 PaJaMa (Paul Cadmus, Jared French, and Margaret French)

Paul Cadmus with a canvas for the Richmond, VA mural "Pochahntas Saving the Life of Captain John Smith," possibly a self-portrait.

Circa 1940s. USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,250.00
35 PaJaMa (Paul Cadmus, Jared French, and Margaret French)

Paul Cadmus and George Tooker, Provincetown.

1947 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,500.00
36 Jared French

Untitled.

1950 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,375.00
37 Jared French

A series of 4 intimate photographs of Ted Starkowski and Chuck Howard.

1954 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,500.00
38 George Platt Lynes

Marcel Khill with a drawing by Jean Cocteau.

1935 USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 USD 3,750.00
39 George (1846) Platt

Jared French (nude).

Circa 1945. USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 4,500.00
40 George (1846) Platt

A suite of three portraits of Lotte Lehmann, the German-American soprano (1888-1976).

1947-52. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
41 George Platt Lynes

Portrait of the American painter Bernard Perlin (1918-2014).

1948 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
42 George Platt Lynes

Alexander Jensen Yow Leaning on Bed.

Circa 1952. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
43 Minor White

Male Nude (Gino Cipolla, Portland).

1940; printed circa 1970. USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 6,250.00
44 Louise Dahl-Wolfe

Christopher Isherwood and W.H. Auden, Central Park, N.Y.

1938; printed 1970s. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,000.00
45 Cecil Beaton

Portrait of the actress Ruth Ford (1911-2009).

Circa 1940s. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
46 Cecil Beaton

Ram Gopal (1912-2003), Indian dancer, and pupil near Government House, Bombay [Mumbai].

1944 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,300.00
47 Alexander Jensen Yow

Portrait of the photographer Cecil Beaton.

Circa 1950s. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
48 Horst

Gertrude Stein, Paris.

1946; printed 1980s. USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 1,625.00
49 Frederick Melton & Wilbur Pippin (active 1940s-50s)

Portrait of Truman Capote.

Circa 1950. USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
50 Alvin Ailey

Choreographer and dancer Alvin Ailey (1931-1989) at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.

1959 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,500.00
51 James Baldwin

Giovanni's Room.

1956 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 7,500.00
52 Rock Hudson

Rock Hudson. Universal-International Star. 2 Cut-Outs.

1957 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 625.00
53 Paul Cadmus

Horseplay.

1935 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,380.00
54 Paul Cadmus

Two Boys on a Beach, No. 1

 1979 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 2,375.00
55 Paul Cadmus

Two Boys On A Beach, No. 2

 1989 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,900.00
  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> 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. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    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.
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    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.
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    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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