Swann Galleries: Art, Subculture & LGBTQ+ History, 2728, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 05, 2026 - February 05, 2026
Page Size: 191 items in 8 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51

Group of conscientious objector, SDS, and related fliers collected or created by a University of Minnesota Student during the Vietnam War. 1967-1972.

1967-1972. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,320.00
52

National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors. Amnesty Education Packet. 1970s.

1970s. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 222.00
53 Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam.

Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam, Group of two posters. Circa 1970.

Circa 1970. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 508.00
54

Hand-Drawn Protest Shirt. Circa 1970.

Circa 1970. USD 3,500.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
55 Designer Unknown

Designer Unknown, Student Protests. Group of three posters and two pieces of ephemera.

USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 429.00
56 Manuel Gomez Diaz

Mario Diaz and Manuel Cabieses, Punto Final. Seven editions of the Chilean political magazine. 1967-68.

1967-68. USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
57 Designer Unknown

Designer Unknown, Federacion de Estudiantes de Concepcion. Group of four Chilean protest posters. 1968.

1968 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
58 Thomas W. Benton

Thomas W. Benton, Thompson for Sheriff / Aspen, Colorado. 1970.

1970 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 4,572.00
59 Thomas W. Benton

Thomas W. Benton, Thompson for Sheriff / Aspen, Colorado. Group of 10 practice proofs. 1970.

1970 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,826.00
60 Thomas W. Benton

Thomas W. Benton, Gonzo. Two silkscreen posters. 1971.

1971 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 3,556.00
61 Designer Unknown

Designer Unknown, Did you ever want to kill your boss? (2) Circa 1977.

Circa 1977. USD 150.00 - 200.00 USD 222.00
62 Josh Gosfield

Josh Gosfield, Censorship is UnAmerican. 1990.

1990 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,143.00
63 Yoko Ono

Yoko Ono & John Lennon, War is Over! / If you want it. 1969.

1969 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,079.00
64 Yoko Ono

Yoko Ono and John Lennon, This Is Not Here. 1971.

1971 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 222.00
65 Eileen Boxer

Eileen Boxer, Group of Ubu Gallery mail art invitations. 1995-98.

1995-98. USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
66 George Maciunas

George Maciunas, Diagram of Historical Development of Fluxus and Other 4 Dimentional, Aural, Optic, Olfactory, Epithelial and Tactile Art Forms. 1979.

1979 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 349.00
67 Peter Moore

Peter Moore, Charlotte Moorman performing Wolf Vostell's Morning Glory. September 9, 1966; printed 1975.

September 9, 1966; printed 1975. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
68 Katsumi Watanabe

Katsumi Watanabe, A selection of 8 portraits taken in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo. 1965-69.

1965-69. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,960.00
69 Joan E. Biren

JEB (Joan E. Biren), Four Feminists, NYC (Ti-Grace Atkinson, Florynce "Flo" Kennedy, Gloria Steinem, and Kate Millett at the "The Women's Movement: Forum on the Future"). 1978; printed 2025.

1978; printed 2025. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,980.00
70 Gordon Matta-Clark

Gordon Matta-Clark, Walls Paper (Group of 22 screen-prints). 1972.

1972 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,810.00
71 Joan E. Biren

JEB (Joan E. Biren), Commie Dykes, Washington D.C. 1987; printed 2025.

1987; printed 2025. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
72

"Creating an Aesthetic for the Female Genitals" and "Festival of Lithographs and Altarpieces". Two flyers. 1969-1975.

1969-1975. USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
73 Paul Stinson

Paul Stinson, Group of 2 Fantasy illustrations. 1975.

1975 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
74

Le Guide Gris, 1965.

1965 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
75

Two editions of the International Guild Guide. 1967 and 1970.

1967 and 1970. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,905.00
  • Forum Auctions
    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
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    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
  • Forum Auctions
    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.
    Forum Auctions
    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    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.
    Forum Auctions
    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.