Swann Galleries: Fine Photographs, 2729, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
February 12, 2026 - February 12, 2026
Page Size: 290 items in 12 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51 Max Yavno

Max Yavno. Two men in a doorway. 1947.

1947 USD 1,800.00 - 2,200.00 USD 2,286.00
52 Eadweard Muybridge

Eadweard Muybridge. Mills' Seminary, Seminary Park, Alameda Co., Cal. 1872.

1872 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,700.00
53 Imogen Cunningham

Imogen Cunningham. A Swift. 1939.

1939 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,700.00
54 Dain L. Tasker

Dain L. Tasker. X-Ray of Hanging Fuchsia. 1930s.

1930s. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
55 Adam Clark Vroman

Adam Clark Vroman. "Our Home on the Mesa" (Moqui Town, Arizona). 1895.

1895 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
56 Karl Struss

Karl Struss. Sunrise, Lake Arrowhead. 1926.

1926 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
57 Wynn Bullock

Wynn Bullock. Untitled (dreaming). Circa 1960.

Circa 1960. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,651.00
58 Anne Wardrope Brigman

Anne Brigman. Jack and Charmain London. Circa 1910.

Circa 1910. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,032.00
59

Pleiades Constellation. By Palomar Observatory and possibly printed by Ansel Adams before 1955.

before 1955. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,544.00
60 Imogen Cunningham

Imogen Cunningham. Edward Weston and Margrethe Mather. 1923; printed circa 1970s.

1923; printed Circa 1970s. USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
61 Edward Weston

Edward Weston. Eroded Rock, Monterey Coast. 1931.

1931 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
62 Will Connell

Will Connell. Mickey Mouse, from In Pictures. 1936.

1936 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
63 Bob Willoughby

Bob Willoughby. Portrait of Marilyn Monroe. 1952.

1952 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
64

Moving the Hughes H-4 Hercules, the "Spruce Goose." 1946.

1946 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
65

Eugene Ely's historic first airplane landing on a U.S. Navy warship, the armored cruiser USS Pennsylvania in San Francisco Bay. January 18, 1911.

1911 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
66 Edward H. Mitchell

Edward H. Mitchell. Group of 4 agricultural exaggeration postcards featuring California produce. 1909-10.

1909-10. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 254.00
67 George Fiske

George Fiske. Dancing on Overhanging Rock, Glacier Point, Yosemite (Kitty Tatch). Circa 1905.

Circa 1905. USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 Not Sold
68

3000 convicts in San Quentin watching "Alias Jimmy Valentine" in the prison yard, a play addressing convict life and redemption. 1911.

1911 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
69 Edward (1911) Clark

Edward Clark. Gangster Mickey Cohen sits with L.A. papers that denounce him. 1949.

1949 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
70

Muscle Beach crowd. Circa 1950.

Circa 1950. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
71 Marion Post Wolcott

Marion Post Wolcott. San Francisco from Bernal Heights. 1982.

1982 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
72 James N. Doolittle

James N. Doolittle. In the Poppy Fields. Circa 1936.

Circa 1936. USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 USD 3,556.00
73 Linnaeus Tripe

Linneaus Tripe. Amerapoora. Gautama's Shrine, from Burma Views. 1855; printed circa 1857.

1855; printed Circa 1857. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
74 George G. Rockwood

George G. Rockwood. Portrait of Walt Whitman (1819-1892). Circa 1854; printed 1895.

Circa 1854; printed 1895. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
75 Roger Fenton

Roger Fenton. General Bosquet. 1855; published 1856.

1855; published 1856. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,270.00
  • ALDE, Mar. 11: AUGUSTIN (Saint). De civitate Dei. Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. [Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes… Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: TRITHÈME (JEAN). Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique. Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: CAUS (SALOMON DE). La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs. Londres, John Norton, 1612.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique. Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: VONTET (JACQUES). L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits… S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques. Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). Les Chats de Gachet (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes… Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). Le Café-concert. Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000.
    ALDE, Mar. 11: [TERRY (EMILIO)]. Projet de fontaine. Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.