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
130 Sadao Hasegawa

[Gon Gu Edo II / Joyfully Seeking the Impure Land II].

1990 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,750.00
131 Sadao Hasegawa

[Shishi Odorii III - Lion Dance III].

1990 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,125.00
132 Various artists

[Gay Male-Themed Pulp Fiction & Romances.]

1960s-1980s. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,600.00
133 Various artists

[Lesbian-Themed Pulp Fiction & Romances.]

1960s-1980s. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,950.00
134 Various artists

[Lesbian-Themed Pulp Fiction & Romances.]

1960s-1980s. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,235.00
135 Larry Townsend

Large collection of BDSM works compiled or authored by the Drummer magazine founder.

1972-1991. USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,950.00
136 Keller's.

T-shirt and matchbook from "New York's oldest leather-front bar."

Circa mid 1970s. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 500.00
137 Anonymous

The Inner Tube/Spring & Summer 1972.

1972 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 162.00
138 Dom (Etienne) Orejudos

Gold Coast.

1978 USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 1,125.00
139 Bill (1943) Burke

Brick - Stompers.

1979 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 375.00
140 Ed Silas Smith

Jock Stud.

1975 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,062.00
141 Ed Silas Smith

The Stud Seeker.

1975 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 750.00
142 Ed Silas Smith

Shafted!

1975 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 937.00
143 Blade (Neel Bate)

Untitled (Unpublished set of 6 prints).

Circa 1980. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 687.00
144 Peter Flinsch

PETER FLINSCH PAINTINGS 1979-1980.

1981 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
145 Rex

Signed print, Let's go to the dogs!

1982 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 687.00
146 Martin of Holland

Untitled, two works.

1976 and 1982. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
147 Martin of Holland

3 finished illustrations and 38 sketches.

1989-1990. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 687.00
148 Chuck Arnett

Group of 9 erotic sketches.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
149 Andrew J. Esptein

Splendeurs et Miseres book mockup.

USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
150 MATT (Charles Krebs)

Untitled (Drawing of a Man with Hands Folded).

19898 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 468.00
151 MATT Krebs (Charles)

4 illustrations for "The Grapplers".

Circa 1990. USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 468.00
152 MATT (Charles Krebs)

The Cowboys.

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,062.00
153 MATT (Charles Krebs)

The Lumberjacks.

Circa 1990. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,187.00
154 Jim French

An archive of 11 sets of photographs in their original envelopes, comprising approximately 81 male physique images primarily depicting the iconic model John Pruitt.

Circa 1988. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,000.00
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