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Swann Galleries: Old Master Through Modern Prints

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Auction Name Old Master Through Modern Prints Total Sales (USD) 1,442,682.00
Auction Date October 30, 2025 - October 30, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,116,300.00
Sale Number #2718 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 1,698,700.00
Total Lots 405
Sold Lots 298.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,561,000.00
% of Lots Sold 73.58% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 2,363,500.00
Unsold Lots 107 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 61.04%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
311 Pablo Picasso

Femme au Corsage a Fleurs

1958 USD 70,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD 107,950.00
258 Edward Hopper

Night Shadows

1921 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 55,880.00
348 Maurits Cornelis Escher

Sky and Water I

1938 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 50,800.00
294 Blanche Lazzell

My Provincetown Studio

1933 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD 38,100.00
119 Rembrandt

Self-Portrait Leaning on a Stone Sill

1639 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 30,480.00
141 Rembrandt

The Blindness of Tobit: The Larger Plate

1651 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 USD 27,940.00
245 William Zorach

Sailing (Provincetown)

1916 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 27,940.00
268 Benton Spruance

The People Work---Morning, Noon, Evening & Night

1937 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 27,940.00
295 Blanche Lazzell

Back Street

1937 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 27,940.00
116 Rembrandt

Abraham Casting Out Hagar and Ishmael

1637 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 25,400.00
132 Rembrandt

Abraham and Isaac

1645 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 25,400.00
136 Rembrandt

Canal with an Angler and Two Swans

1650 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,400.00
102 Rembrandt

Woman Reading

1634 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 24,130.00
310 Pablo Picasso

Marie-Therese en Femme Torero

1934 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 24,130.00
112 Rembrandt

Self Portrait with Saskia

1636 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 21,590.00
351 Marc Chagall

Then Said the King in Himself

1948 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 20,320.00
352 Marc Chagall

Le Cirque

1967 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 20,320.00
396 Rene Magritte (After)

Le Fils de l'Homme

1973 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 17,780.00
127 Rembrandt

View of Amsterdam from the Kadijk

circa1641. USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 16,510.00
314 Pablo Picasso (After)

Nue au Faubourg St. Honore

1970 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 16,510.00
101 Rembrandt

The Angel Appearing to the Shepherds

1634 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 15,240.00
263 Martin Lewis

Wet Night, Route 6

1933 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 15,240.00
283 Grant Wood

February

1941 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 15,240.00
315 Pablo Picasso

Bright Dove

1953 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 15,240.00
67 Albrecht (1471) Durer

St. Christopher

1511 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 13,970.00
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
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    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
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    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
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    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.
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    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
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    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.