Swann Galleries: Fine Photographs, 2725, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- December 16, 2025 - December 16, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Felix Teynard. | Sebouah, Temple - Vue Generale du Pylone, Nubie. |
1851-52. | USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 2,159.00 | |
| 2 | James E. McClees. | Pennsylvania landscape. |
1853-59. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 3 | John Dillwyn Llewelyn. | Caswell Bay. |
Circa 1854. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 4 | Francis Frith. | The Pyramids of Dahshoor, from the East. |
1857 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 13,970.00 | |
| 5 | Francis Frith. | Jerusalem, from the Mount of Olives. |
1858 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 6,096.00 | |
| 6 | Samuel Bourne. | A group of 17 photographs depicting historical landmarks in Delhi. |
1860s. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,540.00 | |
| 7 | George N. Barnard. | 2 photographs, from Photographic Views of the Sherman Campaign. |
1866 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,524.00 | |
| 8 | Platt D Babbitt. | Niagara in Winter. |
Circa 1870. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 2,794.00 | |
| 9 | Eadweard Muybridge. | Tutokanula, Valley of the Yosemite. |
1872 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 7,366.00 | |
| 10 | Fratelli Alinari. | Arancia, Citrus Aurantium, Firenze [bitter orange]. |
1870s. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,168.00 | |
| 11 | A magnificent album titled Aegypten [Egypt] with more than 120 photographs, including numerous portraits and views by Sebah and some by Felix Bonfils. |
USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 5,842.00 | |||
| 12 | An album with approximately 158 photographs of Mexico by Waite, Scott, and Briquet. |
Circa 1880-1904. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 5,808.00 | ||
| 13 | An album featuring more than 125 photographs, primarily from Hong Kong, including 4 documenting Queen Victoria's birthday review parade. |
Circa 1893. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 3,556.00 | ||
| 14 | An Ohio album titled "A Collection of Recollections Presented in Views" with more than 100 cyanotypes. |
Circa 1898-1910. | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 924.00 | ||
| 15 | Carleton E. Watkins. | Agassiz Column from Union Point, Yosemite. |
Circa 1878. | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 3,048.00 | |
| 16 | Eadweard Muybridge. | A selection of 3 plates from Animal Locomotion. |
1887 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,905.00 | |
| 17 | Richard Lesesne. | Florida landscape. |
Circa 1900. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,056.00 | |
| 18 | Edward S. Curtis. | Canon de Chelly. |
1904 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 11,430.00 | |
| 19 | Edward S. Curtis. | The Vanishing Race. |
1904 | USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 | USD 17,780.00 | |
| 20 | Edward S. Curtis. | A selection of 6 photogravures from The North American Indian. |
1905-28. | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 1,905.00 | |
| 21 | Edward S. Curtis. | The Hunter, Lake Pomo, plate 474 from The North American Indian, Portfolio 14. |
1924 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 22 | A suite of 8 microphotographs of elegant ice crystals. |
Circa 1920. | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 23 | Imogen Cunningham. | Snake in Bucket. |
1920s. | USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 24 | Edward Weston. | Pepper No. 30 |
1930; printed circa 1980 by Cole Weston. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 4,064.00 | |
| 25 | George Kendall Warren. | A selection of three oval photographs of Harvard University and Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
Circa 1863. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold |
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 72. Edwards (George). <i>A Natural History of Uncommon Birds…</i> [and] <i>Gleanings of Natural History,</i> 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/7f9e9df2-b83a-40aa-a1b7-a535a02705d5.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 72. Edwards (George). <i>A Natural History of Uncommon Birds…</i> [and] <i>Gleanings of Natural History,</i> 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 236. <i>A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…,</i> By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/1832c377-f148-4e66-ba22-33bef01d81a7.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 236. <i>A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…,</i> By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). <i>Concerto for Violin and Orchestra,</i> [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/df958814-0689-4876-8b73-cfe5c0c6ad24.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). <i>Concerto for Violin and Orchestra,</i> [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800")
![<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 286 - Walton (William, 1902-1983). Autograph manuscript full score for <i>Belshazzar’s Feast,</i> [1930-31]. £20,000-30,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/5ac2876b-2794-47d3-9df7-c4a002016bd6.jpg "<b>Dominic Winter, Jan. 28:</b> Lot 286 - Walton (William, 1902-1983). Autograph manuscript full score for <i>Belshazzar’s Feast,</i> [1930-31]. £20,000-30,000")
![<b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/9d2762bc-9f26-47ef-96de-1c28070e19f6.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Jan. 27:</b> [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Plato. [<i>Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera</i>], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/df7dd9ac-f0d0-4cb3-a44d-2731758530e4.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Plato. [<i>Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera</i>], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/c40bad29-8cb5-4347-a0fd-5361d39e84a5.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Powell (Anthony). [<i>A Dance to the Music of Time</i>], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/b7fdee12-4803-4d32-9330-a5729091cb92.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Powell (Anthony). [<i>A Dance to the Music of Time</i>], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000")
![<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/a06cc0dd-7619-45e9-b155-5ad75ed7b2e5.png "<b>Forum, Jan. 29:</b> Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000")