Swann Galleries

(left) Fred Spear, Enlist, 1915, estimate $7,000 - $10,000; (right) Fred Spear, Enlist, 1917, estimate $3,000 - $4,000
Propaganda and Travel Vintage Posters: Five Rare Books for Collectors
Highlights from Swann Galleries' Vintage Posters auction on August 7 include: 
1942 war bonds poster issued by Kroger, featuring two small children in gas masks
First Superman, American Atlas, Washington Letter: Auction Preview
A fairly quiet period coming up in the auction rooms, but here are the sales I'll be keeping an eye on:
Personal letter from Joseph Smith’s maternal grandmother, Lydia Mack, among papers of his New Hampshire uncle, 1777 – 1822. Sold for $32,500.
Mormon Founder’s Family Letter Tops Swann Galleries’ Americana Sale
The top lot at Swann Galleries' Printed & Manuscript Americana auction included the only known letter by Mormon founder
Courtius, Klyn Loretten in Noord-America/Little Loretto, Kentucky, engraving, circa 1812
Americana: Five Rare Books for Collectors
Highlights of Swann Galleries' Printed & Manuscript Americana on June 12 spanning nearly five centuries of American history include: 
Opening from William Blake's Songs of Innocence, showing frontispiece and title page.
Sendak’s Blakes, Jefferson’s Cicero, Rockwell Original Art: Auction Preview
On Wednesday, June 4, University Archives sells 524 lots of Rare Autographs, Books & Space Memorabilia, including six volumes of Cicero from Thomas Jefferson's library ($150,000–200,000) and a…
Haasis & Lubrecht's The American Union Railroad Map Of The United States, British Possessions, West Indies, Mexico, And Central America
Maps & Atlases: Five Rare Books for Collectors
Highlights from Swann Galleries' Maps & Atlases, Natural Hi
Opening from Miró and Éluard's "A toute épreuve" (1958).
Lincoln Rarities, Éluard-Breton Association Copy, Superman #1: Auction Preview
At Dominic Winter Auctioneers on Wednesday, May 21, 480 lots of Photographs, Postcards & Posters, Autographs, Documents & Ephemera, including about 1,000 postcards of the Seychelles from the…
Title opening of the Kelmscott Press edition of "Reynard the Fox" (1892).
Gutenberg Bible Leaf, Katherine Dunham Correspondence, J.P. Morgan's Jewels: Auction Preview
Here are the sales I'll be keeping an eye on in the coming weeks:
Triptych poster design for Dubonnet showing a man drinking an aperitif, filling with color as the triptych progresses.
Picasso’s Celestine, Conan Doyle Letter on Houdini, Art Deco Posters: Auction Preview
At Swann Galleries on Tuesday, Fine Books, in 360 lots. A copy of the 1971 limited edition of Fernando de Rojas' La Célestine illustrated by Pablo Picasso is expected to lead the sale at $30,000–40,…
(left) John D. Rockefeller, Photograph Signed, circa 1905 (estimate $800-$1,200) and (right) John D. Rockefeller, certificate of marriage for his daughter Elizabeth signed, 1889 (estimate $600-$900)
Autographs: Five Rare Books for Collectors
Highlights of the autographs portion of the April 10 Autographs & Subculture auction at Swann Galleries include: