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Swann Galleries: Rare and Important Travel Posters

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Auction Name Rare and Important Travel Posters Total Sales (USD) 476,844.00
Auction Date November 25, 2025 - November 25, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 311,400.00
Sale Number #2722 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 451,300.00
Total Lots 307
Sold Lots 233.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 391,600.00
% of Lots Sold 75.90% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 567,400.00
Unsold Lots 74 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 84.04%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
281 David Klein

New York / Fly TWA.

1956 USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 25,400.00
250 Leslie Darrell Ragan

The New 20th Century Limited / New York Central System.

1939 USD 15,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 20,320.00
231

[Sutro Baths].

1896 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 11,430.00
246 Chesley Bonestell

New York Central Building / At The Gateway To A Continent.

1930 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 11,430.00
272 Harley Wood

New York / Go By Train / Pennsylvania Railroad.

1952 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 10,160.00
48 Themistokles von (1842) Eckenbrecher

North German Lloyd, Bremen.

Circa 1906 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 7,620.00
221 Frederick (1875) Taylor

Why Not Visit London for a Few Days.

Circa 1930s USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,620.00
245 Anthony Hansen

The Palisades of the Hudson / New York Central Lines.

Circa 1930s USD 3,500.00 - 4,500.00 USD 7,620.00
106 Frantisek Cardos

Praha.

1937 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 6,096.00
127 Roger Broders

Col Du Grand St. Bernard.

1927 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 6,072.00
282 David Klein

Los Angeles / Fly TWA.

Circa 1956 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 5,842.00
56 William Spencer Bagdatopoulos

Cunard / Europe - America.

Circa 1910 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 5,280.00
130 Otto Baumberger

Zurich / Die Metropole der Schweiz.

1929 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 5,080.00
243 Walter L Greene

Greene. Storm King / New York Central Lines.

1928 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 5,080.00
156 Hipolito Hidalgo de Caviedes

San Sebastian.

1925 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,826.00
99 Stefan Norblin

Polska Zakopane.

Circa 1925 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 4,752.00
172 Guillaume Roger

L'Ete sur la Cote d'Azur.

1924 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 4,318.00
247 Leslie Darrell Ragan

New York / The Upper Bay from Lower Manhattan.

1935 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 4,318.00
280 David Klein

Disneyland / Fly TWA Los Angeles.

Circa 1955 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,318.00
249 Griffith Harold Teller

Washington The City Beautiful / Pennsylvania Railroad.

1935 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,064.00
180 Roger Broders

Marseille / Porte de l'Afrique du Nord.

1929 USD 5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD 3,810.00
12 Leonard Cornwell Mitchell

New Zealand Centennial.

Circa 1939 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,696.00
22 V.V. Shetye

Air India / [Tigers].

1966 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,556.00
32 Mitsuharu Horiuchi

The North China Railway Co.

1939 USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 3,556.00
276 Stanley Walter Galli

Southern California Via United Air Lines.

Circa 1955 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,556.00
  • <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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