Swann Galleries: Illustration Art
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Illustration Art | Total Sales (USD) | 417,648.00 |
| Auction Date | December 04, 2025 - December 04, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 304,500.00 |
| Sale Number | #2723 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 448,950.00 |
| Total Lots | 337 | ||
| Sold Lots | 227.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 465,300.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 67.36% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 675,250.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 110 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 61.85% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 189 | Theophile Alexandre Steinlen | L'epouvantable sinistre du Quartier Latin / The terrible disaster in the Latin Quarter. 1884. |
1884 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 35,560.00 |
| 241 | Norman Rockwell | Out of the blackness Wolf launched himself, straight for the trespasser's throat. 1918. |
1918 | USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 | USD 33,020.00 |
| 281 | Bernard Fuchs | Twenty Westerns by America's Contemporaries. 1977. |
1977 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 17,780.00 |
| 116 | Georges Barbier | Nijinski dancing the ballet The Afternoon of a Faun (L'Apres-midi d'un faune). 1917 |
1917 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 15,240.00 |
| 51 | Robert Crumb | R. Crumb Comix cube, stage prop. 1990. |
1990 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | USD 12,540.00 |
| 11 | Edmund Dulac | Q was a quaint dainty queen. 1906. |
1906 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 11,430.00 |
| 31 | Jerry Pinkney | The Great Minu, African folk tale complete book (group of 15 illustrations). 1974. |
1974 | USD 12,000.00 - 16,000.00 | USD 10,160.00 |
| 134 | Chas Addams | Study for "Movie Scream," 1947. |
1947 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 9,525.00 |
| 121 | Rene Gruau | Homme en blanc et noir. 1978. |
1978 | USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 | USD 7,920.00 |
| 108 | Al Hirschfeld | Camelot. 1960. |
1960 | USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 | USD 6,604.00 |
| 290 | James Montgomery Flagg | Dean Cornwell in his studio. 1920., Watercolor and pencil on board., 21 3/4 x 29 3/4 in. (55.2 x 75.6 cm.) |
1920 | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 6,350.00 |
| 34 | Maurice Sendak | Chicken Soup sketch. Circa 1962. |
Circa 1962. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 6,096.00 |
| 26 | Arnold Lobel | I will tell you a story while we are waiting, 1976. |
USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 5,016.00 | |
| 69 | Stephan Pastis after Charles Schulz | Pearls Before Swine, Peanuts The Great Pumpkin Sunday comic strip. 2007. |
2007 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 4,826.00 |
| 45 | Ludwig Bemelmans | Silly Willy: "Family album book." Circa 1935. |
Circa 1935. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,572.00 |
| 188 | William Steig | Unused title page illustration for Gorky Rises. Circa 1980. |
Circa 1980. | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 4,572.00 |
| 323 | Hannes Vajn Bok | Fantasy landscape with dinosaurs and totem. 1934. |
1934 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 4,318.00 |
| 103 | Boris Aronson | A dressing room in a Boston Theatre. 1950. |
1950 | USD 2,000.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 4,064.00 |
| 35 | Maurice Sendak | Cat and Martin arguing in the cellar. 1957. |
1957 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 3,810.00 |
| 130 | Constantin Alajalov | The graduate's uncertain future. 1935. |
1935 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,810.00 |
| 131 | Julian DeMiskey | Equestrian riding across 5th Avenue. Circa 1930. |
Circa 1930. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,810.00 |
| 275 | Kay Nielsen | But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. Circa 1955. |
Circa 1955. | USD 5,000.00 - 7,000.00 | USD 3,810.00 |
| 21 | Trina Schart Hyman | They came upon a clearing... 1989. |
1989 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 3,556.00 |
| 65 | Don Martin | Early One Morning in South America. 1977. |
1977 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 3,556.00 |
| 262 | Maxfield Parrish | The King and Queen might eat thereof and noblemen besides. 1921. |
1921 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 3,556.00 |
![<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/00d5fd41-2542-4a80-b119-4886d4b9925f.png "<b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 11:</b> Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] <i>Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society,</i> Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.")
![<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.](https://ae-files.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/8caddaea-4c1f-47a7-9455-62f53af36e3f.jpg "<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.")
