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
52 Jack (1926) Davis

Football Coach specialty illustration. 1971.

1971 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
53 Mort Drucker

Two comic panels from MAD Magazine #61. 1961.

1961 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,794.00
54 Michael Fry

Storytime: High-Tech / Low-Tech. 1994.

1994 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
55 Marcel Gotlib

Rubber duck. 1975.

1975 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,168.00
56 Chester Gould

Dick Tracy and Junior for The Sun. Circa 1940.

Circa 1940. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 825.00
57 George Joseph Herriman

Specialty drawing, caricature of Ben Harrison. 1941.

1941 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
58 Frank O. King

Editorial cartoon printed with The Rectangle. 1916.

1916 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 698.00
59 Frank O. King

Editorial cartoon printed with The Rectangle. 1917.

1917 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 698.00
60 Frank O. King

Editorial cartoon printed with The Rectangle. 1917.

1917 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 698.00
61 Frank O. King

The Rectangle: Let us be Thankful. 1916.

1916 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,143.00
62 Jef Mallett

Lending an Ear, Frazz Sunday comic strip. 2008.

2008 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
63 Don Martin

Early One Evening in Atlantic City. 1978.

1978 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,540.00
64 Don Martin

One Morning in an Old English Forest. 1978.

1978 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 2,032.00
65 Don Martin

Early One Morning in South America. 1977.

1977 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,556.00
66 Garry Trudeau

Doonesbury comic strip: Jimmy in the studio. 1975.

1975 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,016.00
67 Matt Wuerker

A. Buttz anti-smoking cartoon. Circa 1990.

Circa 1990. USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
68 Steve Breen after Charles Schulz

Tainted Pet Food Peanuts, Charlie Brown and Snoopy editorial cartoon. 2007.

2007 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
69 Stephan Pastis after Charles Schulz

Pearls Before Swine, Peanuts The Great Pumpkin Sunday comic strip. 2007.

2007 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,826.00
70 Charles Schulz

Peanuts, Snoopy's brother Spike Christmas Cactus illustration. 1989.

1989 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 Not Sold
71 Charles M. Schulz

You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown! Peanuts animation cel setup. 1985.

1985 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,716.00
72 Johnny Lewis Hart

B.C. Christmas-themed animation cel setup. Circa 1970.

Circa 1970. USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
73 Don Bluth

Don Bluth / Amblin Entertainment, An American Tail animation cel of Feivel, Tanya, and Papa. 1986.

1986 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 254.00
74 Depatie- Freleng Enterprises

Depatie- Freleng Enterprises, The Pink Panther, A Pink Christmas animation cel. 1978.

1978 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
75 Depatie- Freleng Enterprises

Depatie- Freleng Enterprises, Pink Panther animation cel and drawing for Sprinkle Me Pink. 1978.

1978 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
76 Joy Batchelor

Animal Farm group of 4 key master animation cel and background setups. 1954.

1954 USD 1,200.00 - 1,600.00 Not Sold
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    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.
  • 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…
  • Rare Book Hub is now mobile-friendly!
  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
  • 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.