Swann Galleries: Illustration Art, 2723, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- December 04, 2025 - December 04, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Pene du Bois | The F. Family. 1947. |
1947 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,254.00 | |
| 2 | William Pene du Bois | Lion portrait. 1956. |
1956 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 2,794.00 | |
| 3 | William Pene du Bois | The Smiling Moon. 1985. |
1985 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,584.00 | |
| 4 | William Pene du Bois | The kangaroo is good at skipping across the land. 1971. |
1971 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 825.00 | |
| 5 | Seymour Chwast | Ostrich on Roller skates. Circa 1970. |
Circa 1970. | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 6 | Gary Ciccarelli | In Another World. 1985. |
1985 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 7 | Gary Ciccarelli | Keeper of the Light. 1987. |
1987 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 8 | Gary Ciccarelli | Electric Butterfly. 1988. |
1988 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 9 | Marie Cramer | Group of 4 illustrations from "The Silver Thimble Story Book." Circa 1960. |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 10 | William Wallace Denslow | Once in a while she would pass a house, and the people came out to look at her and bow low as she went by. 1899., Pen and ink over a graphite underdrawing on Strathmore board., 17 |
1899 | USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 11 | Edmund Dulac | Q was a quaint dainty queen. 1906. |
1906 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 11,430.00 | |
| 12 | Edmund Dulac | There she sat, dressed out in a light green muslin gown. 1922. |
1922 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,168.00 | |
| 13 | John Philip Falter | Archive of sketches used in the production of Treasure Island. Circa 1963. |
Circa 1963. | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 412.00 | |
| 14 | Charles Folkard | So up she went, stair after stair. 1949. |
1949 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,905.00 | |
| 15 | Don Freeman | Study for Trafalgar Square. Circa 1967. |
Circa 1967. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 539.00 | |
| 17 | Kate Greenaway | Four illustrations of girls. 1883-1884. |
1883-1884. | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 660.00 | |
| 18 | Eric Gurney | Sergeant Spider model sheets (4 sheets) |
1988 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold | |
| 19 | Michael Hague | The Book of Dragons endpapers, 1995. |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,524.00 | ||
| 20 | Michael Hague | Peter Rabbit hiding in a watering can. 2001. |
2001 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 635.00 | |
| 21 | Trina Schart Hyman | They came upon a clearing... 1989. |
1989 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 3,556.00 | |
| 22 | Trina Schart Hyman | Money from a Table and "The Candlesticks." 1995. |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,016.00 | ||
| 23 | Leonard Seweryn Jenkins | Mister and Me. 1998. |
1998 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 317.00 | |
| 24 | June Lathrop | The Shanghai Item and Other Tales of the Orient. 1959. |
1959 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 | USD 825.00 | |
| 25 | Lois Covey | Three illustrations for the "Roundabout America" series. 1956-62. |
1956-62. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 1,778.00 | |
| 26 | Arnold Lobel | I will tell you a story while we are waiting, 1976. |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 5,016.00 |
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![<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")
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![<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")
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