Swann Galleries: Graphic Design, Vintage Posters, 2734, New York

Auction Details

Auction Date: April 07, 2026 - April 07, 2026

Page Size: 208 items in 9 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
101	Tom Eckersley; Eric Lombers	Visit Them By London Transport / British Museum	1938	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
102	Various Artists	Group of 13 magazine ads & small posters	c. 1950; 1938; 1949-50	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
103	Designer Unknown	The Financial Times / Best for Business	c. 1950s	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
104	Charles Buckles Falls	[Art Deco / New Year's Graphics]	1921-1937	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
105	Jill Mitchell	Graphic Arts Exposition / Grand Central Palace	1927	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
106	Alexey Brodovitch	Libertad De Palabra	1942	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	Unknown
107	Milton Ackoff	Polio Care Open to All	1949	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
108	Herbert Bayer	Polio Research	1949	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	Unknown
109	Charles and Ray Eames	Giant House of Cards	1953	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
110	Joseph Muller-Brockmann	Schutzt das Kind!	1953	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
111	Pieter Brattinga	Architektuur L. Mies van der Rohe	1959	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
112	Erich Nitsche	General Dynamics / Atoms for Peace	1955	USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00	Unknown
113	Erich Nitsche	General Dynamics / Nucleodynamics	1955	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
114	Erich Nitsche	General Dynamics / Solar Dynamics	1955	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Unknown
115	Erich Nitsche	General Dynamics / Astrodynamics	1955	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Unknown
116	Erich Nitsche	General Dynamics / Electrodynamics	1955	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
117	Erich Nitsche	General Dynamics / Electronic Intelligence	1955	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Unknown
118	Giovanni (1946) Pintori	Olivetti Elettresumma 22	1956	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
119	Erich Nitsche	General Dynamics / Basic Forces	1956	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
120	Erich Nitsche	General Dynamics / Radiation Dynamics	1956	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
121	Erik Nitsche	General Dynamics / Servodynamics	1956	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
122	Erik Nitsche	General Dynamics / Triga	1958	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	Unknown
123	Erik Nitsche	General Dynamics / Worlds Without End	1958	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	Unknown
124	Erik Nitsche	General Dynamics / First Step into Space	1958	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	Unknown
125	Erik Nitsche	General Dynamics / The Energetic Sea	1958	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown

ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.