Swann Galleries: Art, Subculture & LGBTQ+ History, 2728, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- February 05, 2026 - February 05, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | Designer Unknown | Designer Unknown, Danceteria. Two posters. 1982. |
1982 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 222.00 | |
| 102 | John Sex | John Sex, Two posters from Garden of Fuzz. 1982. |
1982 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 139.00 | |
| 103 | Tseng Kwon Chi | Tseng Kwon Chi, In Person! John Sex and the Pooh Poo's. Circa 1980s. |
Circa 1980s. | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 1,452.00 | |
| 104 | Various Designers | Various Designers, [Underground Music, Art and Theatre in NYC.] Group of 9 offset lithograph posters. Circa 1983. |
Circa 1983. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 627.00 | |
| 105 | Lawrence Charles Weiner | Lawrence Charles Weiner, New Order. 1983. |
1983 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,079.00 | |
| 106 | U2 War Long playing record cover, Signed by Bono, The Edge, and Adam Clayton ("AClayton") |
USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 990.00 | |||
| 107 | East Village Eye. 1985-1987. |
1985-1987. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 108 | Various Designers | Various Designers "The Saint at Large." Large group of posters and circulars from the famed New York nightclub. 1991-2013. |
1991-2013. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 109 | Two binders of Madonna fan letters from the early 1990s. |
early 1990s. | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 571.00 | ||
| 110 | Joan E. Biren | JEB (Joan E. Biren), Grace Jones, Washington D.C. 1978; printed 2025. |
1978; printed 2025. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 1,397.00 | |
| 111 | Jerry Dreva | Jerry Dreva, Self Portrait. Photographs on illustration board. 1981. |
1981 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 726.00 | |
| 112 | Klaus Nomi | Klaus Nomi, Press Photograph Signed and Inscribed, "All My Love". 1983. |
1983 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 889.00 | |
| 113 | David Wojnarowicz | Dirk Rowntree, David Wojnarowicz at Window with Camera. 1977; printed 2025. |
1977; printed 2025. | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 114 | Peter Hujar | Dirk Rowntree, Peter Hujar with Light Meter at Pier 34 * Peter Hujar's Camera at Pier 34. 1983; printed 2025. |
1983; printed 2025. | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 1,206.00 | |
| 115 | David Wojnarowicz | David Wojnarowicz, Group of three photos of Jesse Hultberg taken during the filming of Beautiful People. 1988. |
1988 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 116 | Robert Giard | Robert Giard, Man in His Bathroom. 1978. |
1978 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,318.00 | |
| 117 | Robert Giard | Robert Giard, Male Nude, Rearview, Wicker Torso. 1990. |
1990 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,159.00 | |
| 118 | George Dureau | George Dureau, Wing Ding at the Mantle. 1978. |
1978 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 5,280.00 | |
| 119 | George Dureau | George Dureau, Raymond Maxwell Hall. Circa 1979. |
Circa 1979. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,286.00 | |
| 120 | Constantine Manos | Constantine Manos, Spring Break, Daytona Beach, Fl. 1981. |
1981 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 4,572.00 | |
| 121 | Carl Bissinger | Karl Bissinger, Untitled (Two Drawings). Circa 1980s. |
Circa 1980s. | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | Not Sold | |
| 122 | Luis Frangella | Luis Frangella, Untitled (Portrait of John Duffy). Circa 1980s. |
Circa 1980s. | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 412.00 | |
| 123 | Quentin Crisp | Jenny Potter, Three photographs of Quentin Crisp. Circa 1980s. |
Circa 1980s. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 124 | Barton Lidice Benes | Barton Lidice Benes, Holy. 1980. |
1980 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 990.00 | |
| 126 | Kenneth Hunt Goodman | Kenneth Hunt Goodman, Untitled. 1981 |
1981 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,524.00 |
-
-
Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026Forum, 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]. £20,000-30,000Forum, 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]. £15,000-20,000Forum, Mar. 26: Milton (John). Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, Pforzheimer's sixth state, S. Simmons, 1669. £8,000-12,000Forum, 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]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026Forum, Mar. 26: Christie (Agatha). The ABC Murders, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £15,000-20,000Forum, Mar. 26: Halley (Edmund). Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, no. 297, pp.1882-99, March 1705. £10,000-15,000Forum, Mar. 26: Haytham (Ibn al) [known as Alhazen]. Opticae Thesaurus...Item Vitellonis Thuringopoloni libri X..., first edition, Basel, August, 1572. £20,000-30,000Forum, 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 2026Forum, 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 2026Forum, 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 2026Forum, 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.