Swann Galleries: Illustration Art, 2723, New York

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 04, 2025 - December 04, 2025

Page Size: 337 items in 14 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
152	Paul Francis Conrad	I 'Love Canal' NY, 1980.	1980	USD 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
153	Michael Cummings	Remember the good old days when we only had the 'H' bomb to worry about... 1970.	1970	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 825.00
154	Chauncey Addison Day	Brother Sebastian, 1962.	1962	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 317.00
155	Eldon Lawrence Dedini	Belly dancer, 1972.	1972	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 603.00
156	Eldon Lawrence Dedini	Geez, Pop. you must have seen what I saw on the bulletin board tonight. 1985.	1985	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 349.00
157	Jaro Fabry	Hollywood starlet cartoon. Circa 1940.	Circa 1940.	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 762.00
158	Jules Feiffer	When I Can Feel Disgust for a President Without Feeling Pain. 1993.	1993	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	USD 571.00
159	James Montgomery Flagg	Group of 4 WWII era cartoons. Circa 1943.	Circa 1943.	USD 1,200.00 - 1,600.00	Not Sold
160	Lou Grant	Two cartoons published in the Los Angeles Times, 1966.	1966	USD 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold
161	John (1802) Bernard	Yes! You can be a great ballerina! 1972.	1972	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 698.00
162	Taylor Jones	Gerald Ford, Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger, et al., pair of political cartoons. 1975-1976.	1975-1976.	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 285.00
163	Edward Koren	Assorted fuzzy characters "building block." 2003.	2003	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
164	David Levine	Portrait of Collette. 1966.	1966	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 889.00
165	David Levine	Portrait of George Moore, 1970.	1970	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 444.00
166	David Levine	Portrait of Virginia Woolf, 1970.	1970	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 2,540.00
167	David Levine	Portrait of Charles Dickens. 1965.	1965	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 726.00
168	David Levine	Portrait of Marcel Proust. 1963.	1963	USD 500.00 - 700.00	USD 2,244.00
169	David Levine	Portrait of Richard Nixon, 1970.	1970	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	USD 2,794.00
170	Lee Lorenz	Are you humming protest songs, Frazier? 1966.	1966	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 412.00
171	Harry Lyons	But first, a word from our sponsor... Circa 1960.	Circa 1960.	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 285.00
172	Julian DeMiskey	What sort of a gown did she have on? 1929.	1929	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
173	Willard Mullin	Chattel, serf or slave cartoon. Circa 1953.	Circa 1953.	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 539.00
174	Marty Murphy	C'mon Kawolski! Hit that Goddam ball, circa 1950.	circa 1950.	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 412.00
175	Marty Murphy	There, there, men cartoon, circa 1955.	circa 1955.	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 444.00
176	Jack Ohman	...Holy Izod! The senate is tied on the nerve gas vote! 1983.	1983	USD 500.00 - 700.00	Not Sold

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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.
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…