Swann Galleries: Illustration Art, 2723, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
December 04, 2025 - December 04, 2025
Page Size: 337 items in 14 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
277 Louis Franklin van Zelm

Woodland Thanksgiving. 1959.

 1959 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 508.00
278 Louis Franklin van Zelm

Christmas Greetings card. Circa 1950.

 Circa 1950. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 330.00
279 Louis Franklin van Zelm

Greetings Christmas card. Circa 1950.

 Circa 1950. USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 349.00
280 Miguel Covarrubias

Study for Felix Tigris. Circa 1940.

 Circa 1940. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
281 Bernard Fuchs

Twenty Westerns by America's Contemporaries. 1977.

 1977 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 17,780.00
282 Gustave Kaitz

2 art deco designs, "Hope" and "Voyager." Circa 1930.

 Circa 1930. USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,980.00
283 Gustave Kaitz

2 art deco illustrations, "Enchanted" and "Vantage." Circa 1930.

 Circa 1930. USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 660.00
284 Emili Vila

Bugatti poster advertisement maquette. Circa 1920.

 Circa 1920. USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 3,048.00
285 Emili Vila

Cosmetics poster advertisement maquette. Circa 1920.

 Circa 1920. USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 412.00
286 Emili Vila

Flapper in white hat poster maquette. Circa 1920.

 Circa 1920. USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 412.00
287 Emili Vila

Flapper with rose head-dress poster maquette. 1921.

 1921 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 412.00
288 Barclay McClelland

Portrait of Peggy Ahern.

 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 349.00
289 School of Bradshaw Crandell

Glamour girl with hibiscus. Circa 1940.

 Circa 1940. USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
290 James Montgomery Flagg

Dean Cornwell in his studio. 1920., Watercolor and pencil on board., 21 3/4 x 29 3/4 in. (55.2 x 75.6 cm.)

 1920 USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 USD 6,350.00
291 James Montgomery Flagg

Self portrait with muse. 1942.

 1942 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 3,302.00
292 Jose Fuentes de Salamanca

Nude painting. Circa 1970.

 Circa 1970. USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 412.00
293 Warner Kreuter

Seated Nude Study. Circa 1930.

 Circa 1930. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 476.00
294 Warner Kreuter

Nude in repose study. Circa 1930.

 Circa 1930. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 254.00
295 Evaline Ness

2 Studies: Woman with flower and house with picket fence. Circa 1950.

 Circa 1950. USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
296 Evaline Ness

Portrait of a woman in pink. Circa 1950.

 Circa 1950. USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 603.00
297 George Quaintance

Portrait of Morton Downey. 1938.

 1938 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
298 Paul Stinson

Surrealist illustration in blue. 1975.

 1975 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
299 Paul Stinson

Futuristic nude in space. 1975.

 1975 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
300 Bernard Fuchs

Park bench. Circa 1970.

 Circa 1970. USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 412.00
301 Bernard Fuchs

Pigeons in Central Park. Circa 1970.

 Circa 1970. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 698.00
  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 12:</b> Hooke, Robert. <i>Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses.</i> London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 12:</b> Chappuzeau, Samuel. <i>The history of jewels,</i> first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 12:</b> Sowerby, James. <i>Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions,</i> London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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