Swann Galleries: Fine Photographs, 2729, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 12, 2026 - February 12, 2026
Page Size: 290 items in 12 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26 Julius Shulman

Julius Shulman. Parking Lot for the May Company at Wilshire and Fairfax. Circa 1954.

Circa 1954. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,524.00
27

Keystone "One-Cent" Sale, Rexall Drug Store, Riverside. April 12, 1921.

April 12, 1921. USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 635.00
28 Tazo Kato

Tazo Kato. Portrait of the actress Tsuru Aoki (1892-1961). 1923.

1923 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,302.00
29 Dorothea Lange

Dorothea Lange. White Angel Breadline, San Francisco. 1934; printed 1970s.

1934; printed 1970s. USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 33,020.00
30 Pillsbury Picture Company

Pillsbury Picture Company. The Burning of the Call Building, San Francisco Earthquake. 1906.

1906 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
31

A split down an Oakland Street in the aftermath of the San Francisco Earthquake. 1906.

1906 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
32

A suite of 4 snapshots depicting workers on top of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. Circa 1935.

1936 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
33 Johan Hagemeyer

Johan Hagemeyer. Close up of San Francisco buildings. 1930s-40s.

1930s-40s. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
34 William Edward Dassonville

William Edward Dassonville. San Francisco from the Water. Circa 1925.

Circa 1925. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
35 Edward Weston

Edward Weston. Dead Man, Colorado Desert. 1937.

1937 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,160.00
36 Hansel Mieth

Hansel Mieth. On the Road to Nowhere, California. 1936.

1936 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
37 Otto Hagel

Otto Hagel. Portrait of Tom Mooney. 1936.

1936 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
38 Otto Bettmann

Otto Bettmann. Portrait of folksinger Woody Guthrie. Circa 1940; printed 1970s.

Circa 1940; printed 1970s. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,016.00
39 Yousuf Karsh

Yousuf Karsh. Portrait of John Steinbeck. 1954; printed circa 1980.

1954; printed Circa 1980. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,286.00
40 Fred McDarrah

Fred McDarrah. Allen Ginsberg at Judson Memorial Church. Circa 1950; printed 1970s.

Circa 1950; printed 1970s. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
41 Donald Ross

Donald Ross. Nominating John F. Kennedy for President. 1960.

1960 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
42 Bud Gray

Bud Gray. Watts Riots, Los Angeles Police Frisk Subjects. August 1965.

August 1965. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
43 William Henry Jackson

William Henry Jackson. Goodbye Johnnie! Circa 1880.

Circa 1880. USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
44 William Shew

William Shew. Self-portrait with group of Chinese men and children. Circa 1882.

Circa 1882. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,286.00
45 J.T. and Anna M. Pollock (Garden City Foto. Co.)

J.T. and Anna M. Pollock (Garden City Foto Co.). Chinese Parade with Dragon 150 Feet Long. 1897.

1897 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
46

Chinese American girls drum corps in a parade, San Francisco. 1928.

1928 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,397.00
47 Leo Hetzel

Leo Hetzel. Japanese Americans picking strawberries, Imperial Valley, California. Circa 1935.

Circa 1935. USD 500.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
48

International News Photos. Harie Shiwo, Los Angeles, Waiting to be Transported to Manzanar. 1942.

1942 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
49 Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams. Benji Iguchi driving a tractor, Manzanar Relocation Center * Benji Iguchi with squash, Manzanar Relocation Center. 1943.

1943 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,376.00
50 Ansel Adams

Ansel Adams. Manzanar from Guard Tower. 1943.

1943 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 27,940.00
  • 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.