Swann Galleries: Focus on Women
Auction Reports
| Auction Name | Focus on Women | Total Sales (USD) | 233,020.00 |
| Auction Date | May 15, 2025 - May 15, 2025 | Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 138,100.00 |
| Sale Number | #2704 | High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) | 208,500.00 |
| Total Lots | 132 | ||
| Sold Lots | 94 | Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 209,400.00 |
| % of Lots Sold | 71.21% | High Estimate of All Lots (USD) | 308,700.00 |
| Unsold Lots | 38 | Total Sales as a % of High Est. | 75.48% |
Top twenty-five by sale price
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | Rand, Ayn (1905-1982) | The Fountainhead, first edition. |
1943 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 25,000.00 |
| 48 | Woolf, Virginia (1882-1941) | To the Lighthouse, first edition in the scarce dust jacket. |
1927 | USD 6,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 15,000.00 |
| 17 | Hansberry, Lorraine (1930-1965) | A Raisin in the Sun, inscribed first edition. |
1959 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
| 54 | Dunham, Katherine (1909-2006) | Large Archive of Material from her Attorney, circa 1951-1953. |
circa 1951-1953. | USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 | USD 13,750.00 |
| 47 | Wheatley, Phillis (1753-1784) | Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley, a Native African and a Slave. |
1834 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 10,000.00 |
| 74 | Dater, Judy (b. 1941) | Ten Photographs. |
1974 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 9,375.00 |
| 40 | Stein, Gertrude & Juan Gris. | A Book Concluding With As a Wife Has a Cow. Signed by Both |
1926 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 7,000.00 |
| 44 | Stein, Gertrude (1874-1946) | Tender Buttons, a finely preserved signed first edition. |
1914 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 6,500.00 |
| 10 | Cunard, Nancy (1896-1965) | Negro Anthology, with a tipped-in A.L.S. to Karl Marx's niece |
1934 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 5,500.00 |
| 43 | Stein, Gertrude (1874-1946) | Portrait of Mabel Dodge at the Villa Curonia, Signed Presentation copy |
no date [1912]. | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | USD 5,500.00 |
| 14 | Fuller, Margaret (1810-1850) | Woman in the Nineteenth Century. |
1845 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 5,250.00 |
| 73 | Cameron, Evelyn J. (1868-1928) | Waiting to be Shorn, Montana. |
early 20th century. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 5,250.00 |
| 151 | Steir, Pat (b. 1940) | Untitled Diptych. |
1985 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 5,000.00 |
| 51 | Carrington, Dora (1893-1932) | Illustrated Autograph Letter Signed to Maynard Keynes. |
1917 | USD 700.00 - 900.00 | USD 4,750.00 |
| 22 | Hurston, Zora Neale (1891-1960) | Moses Man of the Mountain, first edition. |
1939 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 4,500.00 |
| 68 | Woolf, Virginia (1882-1941) & Vanessa Bell (1879-1961) | Photographs & Watercolor. |
USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 4,500.00 | |
| 1 | Austen, Jane (1775-1817) | Pride and Prejudice, the Peacock Edition. |
1894 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 3,750.00 |
| 38 | Sewell, Anna (1820-1878) | Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse.. |
[1877]. | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,750.00 |
| 55 | Fuller, Margaret (1810-1850) | Autograph Letter Signed. |
1846 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,750.00 |
| 143 | Ringgold, Faith (1930-2024 ) | Groovin' High. |
1996 | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,750.00 |
| 144 | Ringgold, Faith (1930-2024) | Woman Freedom Now. |
1971 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 3,750.00 |
| 41 | Stein, Gertrude. | Flowers of Friendship Faded Friendship Faded. Written on a Poem by Georges Hugnet. |
1931 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 3,500.00 |
| 110 | Catlett, Elizabeth (1915-2022) | Gossip. |
2005 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | USD 3,250.00 |
| 27 | Mitchell, Margaret (1900-1949) | Gone with the Wind. |
1936 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 3,000.00 |
| 158 | Yuskavage, Lisa (b. 1962) | Stupid Flowers. |
1999 | USD 3,000.00 - 4,000.00 | USD 2,250.00 |
