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
201 Soichi Sunami

Soichi Sunami. Portrait of Agnes de Mille. 1929.

1929 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 825.00
202 Alfred Eisenstaedt

Alfred Eisenstaedt. Marlene Dietrich and husband Erich Siebert, Berlin. 1929; printed before 1952.

1929; printed before 1952. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,286.00
203 Carl Van Vechten

Carl Van Vechten. Self-portrait. September 5, 1933.

USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
204 George Hoyningen-Huene

George Hoyningen-Huene. Portrait of Katherine Hepburn in a fur coat. Circa 1940.

Circa 1940. USD 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 USD 2,286.00
205 Berenice Abbott

Berenice Abbott. Max Ernst, N.Y. 1941.

1941 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,452.00
206 Arnold Newman

Arnold Newman. Max Ernst. 1942; printed circa 1980.

1942; printed Circa 1980. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,584.00
207 Gjon Mili

Gjon Mili. Martha Graham. 1942.

1942 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,696.00
208 Cecil Beaton

Cecil Beaton.6 photographs of the British royal family, including George VI and Queen Elizabeth, the future Queen Elizabeth II, and Princess Margaret. Circa 1943-50.

Circa 1943-50. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
209 Philippe Halsman

Philippe Halsman. Albert Einstein. 1947; printed before 1972.

1947; printed before 1972. USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 USD 2,904.00
210 Ernst Haas

Ernst Haas. Albert Einstein in his study at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton, NJ. 1951.

1951 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
211 Yousuf Karsh

Yousuf Karsh. Georgia O'Keeffe. 1956; printed before 1969.

1956; printed before 1969. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,810.00
212 Loomis Dean

Loomis Dean. William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin at the Beat Hotel, Paris. 1959.

1959 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,016.00
213 Larry Clark

Larry Clark. Portrait of W. Eugene Smith. 1964; printed 1970s.

1964; printed 1970s. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,640.00
214 Duane Michals

Duane Michals. A portfolio entitled "A Visit with Magritte." 1965; printed 1981.

1965; printed 1981. USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,696.00
215 Bob Adelman

Bob Adelman. Andy Warhol on the Red Factory Couch. 1965; printed 2008.

1965; printed 2008. USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 Not Sold
216 Bob Adelman

Bob Adelman. Roy Lichtenstein in front of the "Greene Street Mural," Leo Castelli Gallery. 1983; printed 2015.

1983; printed 2015. USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 Not Sold
217 Edward Steichen

Edward Steichen. Cover Design, from Camera Work Number 14. 1906.

1906 USD 1,400.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,376.00
218 Aleksandr Vladimirovic Chlebnikov

Aleksandr Klebnikov. Portrait with a bottle of perfume. Circa 1925.

Circa 1925. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
219 Alexey Brodovitch

Alexey Brodovitch. Untitled, from the Ballet series "Choreartium." 1935-37; printed 1950s-early 60s.

1935-37; printed 1950s-early 60s. USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 6,350.00
220 George Hoyningen-Huene

George Hoyningen-Huene. Portrait of Carmel Snow, editor-in-chief of Harper's Bazaar (profile). 1935-39.

1935-39. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
221 Richard Avedon

Richard Avedon. A pair of fashion portraits. 1940s.

1940s. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
222 Erwin Blumenfeld

Erwin Blumenfeld. Cubistic Purple Nude, New York. 1947; printed 1984.

1947; printed 1984. USD 1,400.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,143.00
223 Norman Parkinson

Norman Parkinson. Lisa Fonssagrives for Vogue, New York. 1949; printed later.

1949; printed later. USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
224 Ormond Gigli

Ormond Gigli. Girls in the Windows, NYC. 1960; printed 1980s.

1960; printed 1980s. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,318.00
225 Deborah Turbeville

Deborah Turbeville. Asser Levy Bathhouse. 1975; printed late 1980s.

1975; printed late 1980s. USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 12,540.00
  • 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
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    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
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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.
    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.
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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.