Swann Galleries: The Artists of the WPA, 2727, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
January 29, 2026 - January 29, 2026
Page Size: 302 items in 13 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
101 Harry Francis Mack

Harry Francis Mack, 6th Avenue Subway (Ground Hogs), circa 1935-39.

circa 1935-39. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 792.00
102 Charles Turzak

Charles Turzak, South of the Loop, circa 1934.

circa 1934. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 5,080.00
103 Daniel Ralph Celentano

Daniel Ralph Celentano, Two drawings of New York Scenes, circa 1935.

circa 1935. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,270.00
104 Walker Evans

Walker Evans, Mining Town, West Virginia, 1936; printed circa 1960.

1936; printed circa 1960. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
105 Harry Gottlieb

Harry Gottlieb, Abandoned Coal Mine, 1936.

1936 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,159.00
106 Blanche Grambs

Blanche Grambs, Coal Breaker, circa 1936.

circa 1936. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 4,488.00
107 Aaron J. Goodelman

Aaron J Goodelman, Untitled, 1954.

1954 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 2,904.00
108 S. L. Margolies

Samuel Margolies, Idle Colossus, circa 1935-39.

circa 1935-39. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 726.00
109 Harry Sternberg

Harry Sternberg, Blast Furnace #1, 1937.

1937 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,016.00
110 Charles Keller

Charles Keller, Open Cut - 6th Avenue Subway, 1937.

1937 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
111 Paul Landacre

Paul Landacre, Amateurs, 1937.

1937 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,064.00
112 Theo Hios

Theo Hios, Brooklyn Bridge Workers, 1937.

1937 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 924.00
113 Leon Bibel

Leon Bibel, Descending, 1938.

1938 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 10,160.00
114 Paul Raphael Meltsner

Paul R. Meltsner, Untitled (Worker).

USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,064.00
115 Joseph Vavak

Joseph Vavak, Untitled (Resting Worker), 1939.

1939 USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 3,048.00
116 Edward Arthur Wilson

Edward A. Wilson, Untitled (Pipeline Transport), 1941.

1941 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,143.00
117 Harold Faye

Harold Faye, Going West, circa 1935.

circa 1935. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,524.00
118 Louis Lozowick

Louis Lozowick, Steel Valley, 1936.

1936 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,904.00
119 Louis Slobodkin

Louis Slobodkin, Worker with Rail, circa 1938.

circa 1938. USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 4,318.00
120 Hananiah Harari

Hananiah Harari, Railroad Signals, 1939.

1939 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,826.00
121 William Gropper

William Gropper, Kilday, Hobbs, & Austin-Wadsworth bills, circa 1930.

circa 1930. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 635.00
122 William Gropper

William Gropper, "Organize fight on unemployment," circa 1935.

circa 1935. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 825.00
123 William Gropper

William Gropper, Car protestors with signs in Yiddish, circa 1935.

circa 1935. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 952.00
124 Reginald Marsh

Reginald Marsh, Cafe du Dome, 1928.

1928 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,143.00
125 Lou Barlow

Lou Barlow, Bar and Grill, circa 1936.

circa 1936. USD 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
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    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 26: Book of Hours.- Heures a lusaige de Romme, printed on vellum, with 14 full-page illuminated miniatures, Paris, N. Higman for J. de Brie, [c.1521]. £20,000-30,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: France.- Book of Hours, perhaps Use of the Abbey of Saint-Gildas de Rhuys, with thirteen miniatures surviving from an original cycle of at least twenty, [c. 1430]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Milton (John). Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, Pforzheimer's sixth state, S. Simmons, 1669. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Blake (William). Illustrations of the Book of Job, one of 215 first issue "Proof" copies, this one of 65 copies on "French" paper, Published by the Author, March 8, 1825 [but March, 1826]. £15,000-20,000
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    26th March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 26: Christie (Agatha). The ABC Murders, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Halley (Edmund). Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, no. 297, pp.1882-99, March 1705. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Haytham (Ibn al) [known as Alhazen]. Opticae Thesaurus...Item Vitellonis Thuringopoloni libri X..., first edition, Basel, August, 1572. £20,000-30,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Kepler (Johannes). Dioptrice seu demonstratio eorum quae visui & visibilibus propter conspicilla non ita pridem inventa accidunt, first edition, Augsburg, David Frank, 1611. £12,000-18,000
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    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.
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    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.
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    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.