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Swann Galleries: LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History

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Auction Name LGBTQ+ Art, Material Culture & History Total Sales (USD) 1,136,369.00
Auction Date August 21, 2025 - August 21, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 627,700.00
Sale Number #2712 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 919,450.00
Total Lots 399
Sold Lots 326.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 836,050.00
% of Lots Sold 81.70% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 1,227,100.00
Unsold Lots 73 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 92.61%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
67 Robert Indiana

Coenties Slip Gingko.

1957 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 100,000.00
355 Glenn Ligon

Untitled (I looked into the mirror...).

1993 USD 30,000.00 - 40,000.00 USD 52,500.00
257 Robert Mapplethorpe

Untitled.

1968 USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00 USD 37,500.00
331 Mel Odom

The Carnivorous Lamb.

1984 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 32,500.00
357 Laura Aguilar

Nature Self-Portrait #11.

1996 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 30,500.00
312 Bill Rice

Four Men.

1974 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 30,000.00
339 Arch Connelly

Self Portrait.

1980 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 30,000.00
398 Dunn Kyle

Detained.

2018 USD 25,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 25,000.00
60 Paul Cadmus

Untitled (Male Nude NM15A).

Circa 1980s. USD 20,000.00 - 25,000.00 USD 22,500.00
313 Bill Rice

Two Puerto Rican Brothers.

1980 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 18,750.00
86 Don Whitman

A vast album of over 400 male physique photographs from the Western Photography Guild featuring models in pairs, including wrestling and models posing en plein air and in the studio.

Circa 1950s-60s. USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 USD 18,000.00
341 Hugh Steers

Fallen IV.

1992 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 16,750.00
189 Beauford Delaney

Portrait of a Bearded Young Man Reading.

1971-72. USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 16,250.00
255 Peter Hujar

Christopher Street Pier #1.

1979 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 16,250.00
199 Alair O. Gomes

Sonatinas, Four Feet No. 6

 1977 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 15,000.00
320 Lorenza Bottner

Untitled.

1982 USD 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 USD 15,000.00
262 Robert Mapplethorpe

Julian Asion (torso).

1979; printed 1980. USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 13,750.00
109 Tom of Finland

Untitled (Preparatory Sketch of Two Men).

1989 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 12,500.00
280 Andy Warhol

Self-Portrait in Fright Wig.

1986 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,500.00
110 Tom of Finland

Untitled (Preparatory Drawing of Three Men).

1989 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 11,250.00
254 David Wojnarowicz

Untitled for ACT UP.

1990 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 10,000.00
371 Patrick Philip LEE

Our Nation's Finest (Commemorative Drawing for the First Responders to the 9/11 Attacks).

2001 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,000.00
175 John B Jr Lear

Untitled (Three Nude Drawings).

Circa 1965. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 9,375.00
302 Silence=Death Collective

Silence=Death.

1987 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 9,375.00
72 Jean Cocteau

Creation of Dargelos as Adam.

Circa 1950. USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 8,750.00
  • <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.
  • <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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