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Swann Galleries: Illustration Art

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Auction Name Illustration Art Total Sales (USD) 328,706.00
Auction Date June 17, 2025 - June 17, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 243,900.00
Sale Number #2709 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 364,650.00
Total Lots 284
Sold Lots 193.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 424,150.00
% of Lots Sold 67.96% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 624,300.00
Unsold Lots 91 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 52.65%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
8 NORMAN ROCKWELL (1894 - 1978)

NORMAN ROCKWELL (1894 - 1978) I see 'em bumped every day. / The Traffic Officer.

 1922 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 25,000.00
260 EDWARD GOREY (1925 - 2000)

Vampire bat sketches for the Broadway production of Dracula.

 circa 1976 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 13,750.00
181 NORMAN ROCKWELL (1894 - 1978)

Portrait of Floyd Jerome Patten (editor at Boy's Life magazine).

 circa 1915 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 12,500.00
154 (NEW YORKER) LEE LORENZ (1932 - 2022)

So you're the little woman who invented the wheel. Do tell me more.

 1996 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 11,875.00
249 CHARLES E. WHITE III (1940-2022)

Nashville.

 1975 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 11,875.00
140 (NEW YORKER) LEE LORENZ (1932 - 2022)

Father Time and Baby New Year on sled.

 1991 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 8,125.00
138 (NEW YORKER) LEE LORENZ (1932 - 2022)

Cookout with Uncle Sam.

 1989 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 7,500.00
32 HENRY JAMES SOULEN (1888 - 1965)

The Smile of Kwan Yin.

 1930 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 7,020.00
137 (NEW YORKER) LEE LORENZ (1932 - 2022)

Confetti hourglass.

 1973 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 7,000.00
25 GUSTAF TENGGREN (1896 - 1970)

Most beautiful in all the world, tell me your father's name, for I will marry you.

 1934 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 6,750.00
20 EDWARD SOREL (1929 - )

Marlon Brando and Tennessee Williams.

 1994 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 5,750.00
42 NELL BRINKLEY (1886 - 1944)

Brinkley Girl portrait.

 circa 1920 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,750.00
40 LYNNE BOGUE HUNT (1878 - 1960)

Treve to the enemy ridge.

 1923 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,250.00
87 STANLEY ZUCKERBERG (1919 - 1995)

Captain Barney.

 1953 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,250.00
96 ARTHUR SZYK (1894 - 1951)

Thumbelina.

 1945 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,250.00
188 LUDWIG BEMELMANS (1898 - 1962)

Rue de Buci, Paris.

 1955 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 5,250.00
278 GEORGES LEPAPE (1887 - 1971)

Red vest at sunset.

 circa 1920 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 4,500.00
120 LUDWIG BEMELMANS (1898 - 1962)

Madeline and Pepito sketch.

 circa 1960 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,250.00
107 GARTH WILLIAMS (1912 - 1996)

Stuart Little washed overboard.

 circa 1945 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,000.00
127 MIGUEL COVARRUBIAS (1904 - 1957)

Bradypus Tridactilus. Three-toed Sloth.

 circa 1953 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,900.00
273 ROBERT EDMOND JONES (1887 - 1954)

Robed figure costume design.

 circa 1942 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,900.00
13 ARTHUR RACKHAM (1867 - 1939)

Candlelight.

 circa 1900 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,750.00
109 GEORGE WILSON (1921 - 1999)

Toby Tyler.

 1967 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,750.00
262 JO MIELZINER (1901 - 1976)

Four stage design thumbnail sketches for Too Many Heroes.

 1937 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,640.00
189 LUDWIG BEMELMANS (1898 - 1962)

Interior room with open French doors.

 circa 1950 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,500.00
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    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.
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