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
155 Colt Studio

T-shirt featuring Colt photography.

1992 USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 593.00
156

A selection of approximately 150 male physique 35mm slides by AMG featuring models alone or in pairs, most fully nude, set outdoors and in studio, some accompanied by props.

Circa 1980-84. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,125.00
157 Pedro Palanca

Untitled (Action Man and Surfer).

1998 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
158 Rick Griffin

Lucifer Rising: A Love Vision.

Circa 1972. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,000.00
159 Anonymous

HARVEY MILK VS. THE MACHINE.

1976 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,000.00
160 Harvey Milk

Issue of the San Francisco Chronicle covering Milk's assassination.

1978 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 812.00
161 Gay Freedom Day

Group of 3 tokens from San Francisco's annual Gay Freedom Day parade.

1979 and 1980. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 531.00
162 Anonymous

San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Poster.

1979 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 406.00
163 Ant Jagonari

Ten Years After

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 468.00
164 Sir Lady Java

"Who is Sir Lady Java" brochure, with a photograph.

Circa 1970s. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 625.00
165 Clay Geerdes

Poster of the singer Sylvester, long before his peak of fame.

1971 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,062.00
166 Laura Santos

Photographs of a professional drag performer at Finocchio's.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
167 Anonymous

Dress for the Occassion.

1988 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 406.00
168 Rob Zell Breier

San Francisco Oz by the Bay.

1989 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 812.00
169 Fernando Aguayo-Garcia

Proper Conduct.

1991 USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 812.00
170 Castro Station.

T-shirt, matchbook, and money clip from a popular bar in the Castro.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 281.00
171 Alexander Goodman

The Gay Psychedelic Sex Book.

1967 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 487.00
171A J. Levy

Suck: First European Sex Paper.

1969-1974. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 500.00
172 Mattachine Book Service.

New York City Gay Scene Guide Quarterly.

1969 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,375.00
173 Jewel Box Revue.

Programs and ephemera from the pioneering drag performers.

1960-1968. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 875.00
174 Richard Taddei

The Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center. Group of 8 posters.

1968-1972. USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
175 John B Jr Lear

Untitled (Three Nude Drawings).

Circa 1965. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 9,375.00
176 John B. Lear

Furry Ambassador.

1982 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,750.00
177 John B Jr Lear

Indigo Mood.

1988 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,500.00
178 David Hockney

Fourteen Poems by CP Cavafy Chosen & Illustrated with Twelve Etchings by David Hockney.

USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,500.00
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