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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Fairchild Aerial Surveys. | Woolworth Building in the clouds, New York City. |
June 4, 1927. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 | USD 5,080.00 | |
| 52 | Group of 12 press photographs of pioneering aviatrix Amelia Earhart (1897-1937). |
1928-37. | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 2,794.00 | ||
| 53 | A selection of 10 photographs of dirigibles. |
Circa 1929-33. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 792.00 | ||
| 54 | Willi Ruge. | Photo of Myself at the Moment of my Jump. |
1931 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 6,350.00 | |
| 55 | Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948), lawyer, thinker, anti-colonial activist, and political ethicist, in India. |
1930s. | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 698.00 | ||
| 56 | The Scourged Back by McPherson & Oliver. |
Circa 1863; printed 1970s. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,270.00 | ||
| 57 | Robert Capa. | The Falling Soldier. |
1936; printed circa 1960. | USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 4,318.00 | |
| 58 | Bradford Washburn. | Self-portrait of the American explorer and mountaineer with his Fairchild serial K-6 camera. |
July 1938; printed 1947. | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 412.00 | |
| 59 | Robert Capa. | American troops landing on D-Day, Omaha Beach, near Colleville-sur-Mer, Normandy coast. |
June 6, 1944; printed circa 1985. | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 4,318.00 | |
| 60 | A group of 14 official photographs of nuclear testing and atomic bomb explosions at Bikini Atoll. |
July-September 1946. | USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 61 | Arnold Newman. | J. Robert Oppenheimer, Berkeley, California. |
1948; printed 1990s. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 2,413.00 | |
| 62 | Ivy Mike" Nuclear Test on Elugelab. November 1, 1952. | Ivy Mike" Nuclear Test on Elugelab. November 1, 1952. |
1952 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 990.00 | |
| 63 | Robert Capa. | Immigrant Tent Camp, near Jaifa, Israel. |
1948; printed 1950s. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,778.00 | |
| 64 | Horst Faas. | Approximately 66 photographs taken on assignment in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, China and Tibet, the Middle East, Indonesia, and Africa. |
1961-75. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,452.00 | |
| 65 | Malcolm Browne. | Burning Monk, South Vietnam. |
1963; printed 1975. | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 924.00 | |
| 66 | A pair of N.A.S.A. | Lunar Surveyor Mosaics: Day 320, Survey I, Sectors 17 and 18 * Day 327. Survey AA, Sectors 15 and 16. |
1966-68. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 4,064.00 | |
| 67 | A N.A.S.A. | presentation piece featuring 5 iconic shots from Apollo 11's Moon landing. |
1969 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 792.00 | |
| 68 | A selection of 12 N.A.S.A. | photographs from Voyagers I (8) and II (4), including sublime views of Jupiter and Saturn. Launched 1977; encountered Jupiter and Saturn 1979-81. |
1977; 1979-81. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,794.00 | |
| 69 | Photographs from the Collection of the Gilman Paper Company. |
1985 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,556.00 | ||
| 70 | Jacob Riis. | Reporters Office at 301 Mulberry Street. |
1887-88; printed 1950s. | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 71 | Lewis W. Hine. | One of the smallest doffers in the Atherton Mill, Charlotte, NC. |
January 1909. | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 72 | Jessie Tarbox Beals. | Room in a Tenement Flat, Lower East Side, N.Y.C. |
Circa 1910. | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | Not Sold | |
| 73 | Lewis W. Hine. | Chicago tenements. |
Circa 1910. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 635.00 | |
| 74 | Lewis W. Hine. | Girl at the drawing-in-frame of the weave-room, Lorraine Mills, Pawtucket, RI. |
1912 | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 75 | Arthur Mole (1889-1983) & John Thomas (active 1918-1919). | A group of 4 patriotic "living photographs," each image comprised of thousands of enlisted soldiers. |
1917-19. | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | Not Sold |
![<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")
![<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")
