Auction Reports
Swann Galleries
Auction Info
- Auction Name
- Illustration Art
- Auction Date
- 12/04/2025 - 12/04/2025
- Sale Number
- #2723
- Total Lots
- 337
- Sold Lots
- 227.0
- Lots Sold
- 67.36%
- Unsold Lots
- 110
- Total Sales (USD)
- 417,648.00
- Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 304,500.00
- High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
- 448,950.00
- Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 465,300.00
- High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
- 675,250.00
- 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 |
| 188 | William Steig | Unused title page illustration for Gorky Rises. Circa 1980. |
Circa 1980. | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 4,572.00 |
| 45 | Ludwig Bemelmans | Silly Willy: "Family album book." Circa 1935. |
Circa 1935. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | 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 |
| 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 |
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