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Swann Galleries: The Artists of the WPA
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | The Artists of the WPA | Total Sales (USD) | 534,044.00 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction Date | January 29, 2026 - January 29, 2026 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 296,400.00 |
| Sale Number | #2727 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 445,900.00 |
| Total Lots | 302 | ||
| Sold Lots | 263.0 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 344,900.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 87.09% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 520,300.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 39 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 102.64% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 154 | Dorothea Lange | Dorothea Lange, Migrant Mother, Nipomo, California, 1936; printed 1970s. |
1936; printed 1970s. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 13,970.00 |
| 147 | David Wu Ject-Key | David Wu Ject-Key, Woman in Pink Blouse. |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 11,220.00 | |
| 113 | Leon Bibel | Leon Bibel, Descending, 1938. |
1938 | USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 10,160.00 |
| 225 | Hendrik Glintenkamp | Hendrik Glintenkamp, Untitled (Fauvist Landscape), 1919. |
1919 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 8,255.00 |
| 141 | Raphael Soyer | Raphael Soyer, Portrait of Moses Soyer. |
USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 7,920.00 | |
| 144 | Gertrude Shibley | Gertrude Abrams Shibley, Untitled (Portrait of an African American Woman), circa early 1940s. |
circa early 1940s. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 7,620.00 |
| 68 | Leon Bibel | Leon Bibel, Upper Harlem River. |
USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 7,112.00 | |
| 97 | Harry Sternberg | Harry Sternberg, Construction, 1932. |
1932 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 7,112.00 |
| 173 | Robert Brackman | Robert Brackman, Bathers, 1936. |
1936 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 6,336.00 |
| 142 | Moses Soyer | Moses Soyer, Woman in a White Blouse. |
USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 6,096.00 | |
| 8 | Margaret Bourke-White | Margaret Bourke-White, The American Way of Life (At the Time of the Louisville Flood, Kentucky), 1937; printed 1980s. |
1937; printed 1980s. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 5,842.00 |
| 209 | Jack Tworkov | Jack Tworkov, Still Life. |
USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 5,588.00 | |
| 91 | Lester Thomas Beall | Lester Thomas Beall, Cross Out Slums, 1941. |
1941 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 5,334.00 |
| 185 | Arnold Blanch | Arnold Blanch, Lynching, 1939. |
1939 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 5,334.00 |
| 190 | William Wallace Rosenbauer | William Wallace Rosenbauer, Dancer, 1934. |
1934 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 5,334.00 |
| 102 | Charles Turzak | Charles Turzak, South of the Loop, circa 1934. |
circa 1934. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 5,080.00 |
| 260 | Leon Bibel | Leon Bibel, Net Menders, 1938. |
1938 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 5,080.00 |
| 51 | Arthur Rothstein | Arthur Rothstein, Girl at Gee's Bend, Alabama, 1937; printed circa 1980. |
1937; printed circa 1980. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,826.00 |
| 120 | Hananiah Harari | Hananiah Harari, Railroad Signals, 1939. |
1939 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,826.00 |
| 178 | Raphael Ghislain | Raphael Soyer, Untitled (Woman in a Blue Coat), circa 1940. |
circa 1940. | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 4,826.00 |
| 106 | Blanche Grambs | Blanche Grambs, Coal Breaker, circa 1936. |
circa 1936. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 4,488.00 |
| 119 | Louis Slobodkin | Louis Slobodkin, Worker with Rail, circa 1938. |
circa 1938. | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 4,318.00 |
| 159 | Leon Bibel | Leon Bibel, Woman Writing, Artist Painting. |
USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 4,318.00 | |
| 203 | Eugene Edward Speicher | Eugene Speicher, Flowers in a Vase. |
USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 4,318.00 | |
| 243 | Arthur Osver | Arthur Osver, The Yards, 1951. |
1951 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 4,318.00 |
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Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026Forum, Mar. 26: Book of Hours.- Heures a lusaige de Romme, printed on vellum, with 14 full-page illuminated miniatures, Paris, N. Higman for J. de Brie, [c.1521]. £20,000-30,000Forum, Mar. 26: France.- Book of Hours, perhaps Use of the Abbey of Saint-Gildas de Rhuys, with thirteen miniatures surviving from an original cycle of at least twenty, [c. 1430]. £15,000-20,000Forum, Mar. 26: Milton (John). Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, Pforzheimer's sixth state, S. Simmons, 1669. £8,000-12,000Forum, Mar. 26: Blake (William). Illustrations of the Book of Job, one of 215 first issue "Proof" copies, this one of 65 copies on "French" paper, Published by the Author, March 8, 1825 [but March, 1826]. £15,000-20,000Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
26th March 2026Forum, Mar. 26: Christie (Agatha). The ABC Murders, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £15,000-20,000Forum, Mar. 26: Halley (Edmund). Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, no. 297, pp.1882-99, March 1705. £10,000-15,000Forum, Mar. 26: Haytham (Ibn al) [known as Alhazen]. Opticae Thesaurus...Item Vitellonis Thuringopoloni libri X..., first edition, Basel, August, 1572. £20,000-30,000Forum, Mar. 26: Kepler (Johannes). Dioptrice seu demonstratio eorum quae visui & visibilibus propter conspicilla non ita pridem inventa accidunt, first edition, Augsburg, David Frank, 1611. £12,000-18,000 -
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Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.