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Swann Galleries: Tennis & Sports Posters: Collection of the Schwartz Family & Tennis Corporation of America

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Auction Name Tennis & Sports Posters: Collection of the Schwartz Family & Tennis Corporation of America Total Sales (USD) 296,678.00
Auction Date May 09, 2024 - May 09, 2024 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 209,000.00
Sale Number #2668 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 300,450.00
Total Lots 204
Sold Lots 146.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 304,400.00
% of Lots Sold 71.57% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 435,700.00
Unsold Lots 58 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 68.09%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
60 ROGER BRODERS (1883-1953)

MONTE * CARLO. Circa 1930.

 Circa 1930. USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 12,500.00
9 EDWARD PENFIELD (1866-1925)

WESTERN LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT / KENWOOD COUNTRY CLUB. 1896.

 1896 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 11,250.00
99 CHARLES BURTON (1882-?)

WIMBLEDON FROM JUNE 23RD. 1930.

 1930 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 8,750.00
154 ALEX W. DIGGELMANN (1902-1987)

GSTAAD. 1931.

 1931 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 8,750.00
34 CARL FRANZ MOOS (1878-1959)

ANGLO - AMERICAN / MODE U. SPORT. 1908.

 1908 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 7,500.00
30 DESIGNER UNKNOWN

LOCARNO LAC MAJEUR / GRANDE SEMAINE SPORTIVE. 1910.

 1910 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 7,250.00
103 ECKERSLEY-LOMBERS (TOM ECKERSLEY, 1914-1979 & ERIC LOMBERS, 1914-1978)

WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONSHIPS / FROM JUNE 21 TO JULY 3. 1937.

 1937 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 7,000.00
104 PHYLLIS BRAY (1911-1991)

WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONSHIPS / FROM JUNE 20 TO JULY 2. 1938.

 1938 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 6,500.00
40 EDOUARD ELZINGRE (1880-1966)

MOTOSACOCHE. Circa 1910.

 Circa 1910. USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 5,500.00
101 FREDERICK VALENTINE CARPENTER (1891-?)

WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONSHIPS JUNE 22 TO JULY 4. 1936.

 1936 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 5,500.00
98 ALDO COSOMATI (1895-1977)

FOR THE WIMBLEDON TOURNAMENT JUNE 25TH. 1923.

 1923 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 5,250.00
32 HANS RUDI ERDT (1883-1918)

LAWN - TENNIS TURNIER / HEILIGENDAMM. 1908.

 1908 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 5,000.00
42 EDUARD STIEFEL (1875-1968)

KLOSTERS. 1926.

 1926 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,750.00
140 H. GEORGET (DATES UNKNOWN)

CYCLES ANDRU. 1905.

 1905 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,750.00
76 DESIGNER UNKNOWN

PHOSCAO. 1930s.

 1930s. USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 4,500.00
116 DESIGNER UNKNOWN

RINGLING BROS AND BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS / THE GODINO SIAMESE TWINS. Circa 1930s.

 Circa 1930s. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 4,500.00
28 DESIGNER UNKNOWN

LAWN - TENNIS IN SPAIN / SAN SEBASTIAN RECREATION CLUB. 1907.

 1907 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 4,250.00
188 MARJORY HOOD (DATES UNKNOWN)

BROCKENHURST / GOLF - LAWN TENNIS - HUNTING - SHOOTING. Circa 1920.

 Circa 1920. USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,250.00
51 RUDOLF MATOUSCHEK (1901-?)

TENNIS PLATZE / GARTENBAU. Circa 1927.

 Circa 1927. USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 4,000.00
152 H.B. (DATES UNKNOWN)

LUGANO / IIA REGATA INTERNAZIONALE. 1921.

 1921 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,900.00
158 WALTHER KOCH (1875-1915)

DAVOS / INTERNATIONALE EISWETTLAUFEN. 1908.

 1908 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,900.00
39 ALFRED RUNGE (1881-1946) & EDUARD SCOTLAND (1885-1945)

ERSTER PREIS / KAFFEE HAG. 1915.

 1915 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,750.00
61 ROGER BRODERS (1883-1953)

ST. HONORE LES BAINS. Circa 1928.

 Circa 1928. USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,750.00
54 LUCILE PATTERSON MARSH (1890-1978)

PLAY THE GAME / YWCA. 1925.

 1925 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,500.00
82 JOHANNES HANDSCHIN (1899-1948)

VILLARS / SUISSE. 1934.

 1934 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,500.00
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.