Tag Archives: Swann

Feb 21 2019 Auction in the Big Apple

Posted on February 17, 2019 by Robert

Toronto. Swann Auction Galleries in NYC will be holding their latest Photographs: Art & Visual Culture auction on February 21, 2019 at 1:30 pm. The items can be viewed in person or online. Click the Photographs: link above to see … Continue reading →

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Swann Auction of Posters, Books, Graphics

Posted on January 15, 2019 by Robert

Toronto. Nick Lowry at Swann Auction Galleries in the big apple sent me a note Friday saying Swann is hosting a poster auction on February 7th, 2019. The advertising editorial material says, “Our winter sale features tantalizing, rare Art Nouveau … Continue reading →

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Canadian Pacific spans the world

Posted on October 4, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. Our friends at Swann Auction Galleries in the Big Apple are doing another great travel poster auction. This is a great chance to augment your photgraphica collection with some great poster art! The example I show here is a … Continue reading →

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Swann Galleries Photo Auction

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. Now the NAFTA heat and rhetoric have lessened, maybe it’s time to visit the Big Apple again. Our friends at Swann Galleries are conducting their periodic photograph auction beginning Thursday, October  18, 2018 at 1:00 pm. Have a look-see … Continue reading →

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Kertesz 1930 photograph in auction

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Robert

Toronto. Dalle Kaplan sent me a reminder that Swann Galleries have their exhibition for the Icons & Images auction up and will auction the photographs and books this coming Thursday, the 15th of February down in the Big Apple. Jane … Continue reading →

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Results of Swann Auction

Posted on October 29, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. Top prices went to photographs by Margaret Bourke-White (lot 38) and Yousuf Karsh (lot 196). You can see all lots and their results here on the Swann Auction web site. Julia Margaret Cameron’s portrait of Kate Keown, taken in 1866 … Continue reading →

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Art & Storytelling: Photographs and Photobooks

Posted on October 25, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. Daile Kaplan of Swann Galleries sent me a note saying they are hosting their latest photography related auction today beginning at 1:00 pm. You can view the online catalog here.  

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Vintage Poster Auction Oct 27th – Swann Galleries

Posted on October 9, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. Swann Galleries in NYC on East 25th Street, groups lots in their frequent auctions by type of goods. For example, the poster auction this month is of Rare and Important Travel Posters. The poster expert at Swann is Nicholas … Continue reading →

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$221,000 US photograph by Ansel Adams

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Robert

Toronto. I first saw a reproduction of this beautiful photograph by Adams in one of the Time-Life books I bought in 1970 (The Camera). Today, Dalle Kaplan at Swann Auction Galleries announced a print of this shot sold for the … Continue reading →

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