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
126 Malcolm Browne

Malcolm Browne. Burning Monk, South Vietnam. 1963.

 1963 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 990.00
127 John Rooney

John Rooney. Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston. 1965; printed 1969.

 1965; printed 1969. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 889.00
128 Jack R. Thornell

Jack R. Thornell. The shooting of James Meredith during his March Against Fear. June 6, 1966.

 June 6, 1966. USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
129

45 press photographs documenting political assassinations and attempted assassinations, including Robert Kennedy Jr., President Reagan, Pope John Paul II, and others. 1910-81.

 1910-81. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
130 Boris Yaro

Boris Yaro. The Assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. 1968; printed 1970.

 1968; printed 1970. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
131 Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong. NASA--Apollo 11. Buzz Aldrin, Jr. walks on the surface of the Moon. July 1969.

 Circa 1980. USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 2,159.00
132

A press photograph of Patty Hearst from the Symbionese Liberation Army. 1974.

 1974 USD 500.00 - 750.00 USD 539.00
133 Alfred Stieglitz

Alfred Stieglitz. The Terminal, from Camera Work Number 36. 1893; printed 1911.

 1893; printed 1911. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 5,016.00
134 Karl Struss

Karl Struss. Busy street scene. Circa 1910.

 Circa 1910. USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
135 Lewis W. Hine

Lewis W. Hine. On the Hoist, Riveter on the Empire State Building. 1931.

 1931 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 17,780.00
136 Paul (1887) Wolff

Paul Wolff. Unemployed people in front of the central offices, New York (near Rockefeller Center). Circa 1932.

 Circa 1932. USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 698.00
137 Berenice Abbott

Berenice Abbott. 23rd St. Surface Car. West 23rd St. March 26th, 1936.

 1936 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
138 Berenice Abbott

Berenice Abbott. Father Duffy, Times Square. April 14, 1937; printed 1950s.

 April 14, 1937; printed 1950s. USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
139 Berenice Abbott

Berenice Abbott. Charles Lane, between West and Washington Streets. 1938.

 1938 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 3,556.00
140 Aaron Siskind

Aaron Siskind. Watermelon Man, from the Harlem Document series. 1940; printed circa 1980.

 1940; printed Circa 1980. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,397.00
141 Weegee

Weegee [Arthur Fellig]. Opening Night at the Metropolitan Opera, New York. December 2, 1940; printed 1950s.

 December 2, 1940; printed 1950s. USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 USD 6,858.00
142 Sid Grossman

Sid Grossman. New York - the Eighth Avenue "El" goes down. Circa 1941.

 Circa 1941. USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
143 Morris Engel

Morris Engel. Shoeshine, 14th Street. 1947.

 1947 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
144 John Albok

John Albok. Two Way Traffic, 96-97 Streets, Madison Ave., NYC. 1947.

 1947 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,524.00
145 Louis Faurer

Louis Faurer. N.Y. (Woman with Umbrella). 1948; printed before 1981.

 1948; printed before 1981. USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 Not Sold
146 Cornell Capa

Cornell Capa. Pitching Ball, New York. 1948; printed before 2001.

 1948; printed before 2001. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,397.00
147 Louis Faurer

Louis Faurer. New York, N.Y. (Woman With Glasses and Balding Man). 1949; printed 1981.

 1949; printed 1981. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
148

An archive with approximately 78 photographs documenting the El Morocco Club in New York. 1930s-50s.

 1930s-50s. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
149 William Eugene Smith

W. Eugene Smith. Twelve Photos of the Broadway musical "South Pacific." March 24, 1949.

 March 24, 1949. USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 Not Sold
150 Weegee

Weegee [Arthur Fellig]. Coney Island. 1950.

 1950 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 7,112.00
  • <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> AUGUSTIN (Saint). <i>De civitate Dei.</i> Rome, Konrad Sweynheym et Arnold Pannartz, 1470. €20,000 - €30,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REGNART (LE LIVRE DE)]. <i>[Le] Docteur en malice, maistre Regnard, demonstrant les ruzes et cautelles qu'il use envers les personnes…</i> Rouen, 1550. €20,000 - €30,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> TRITHÈME (JEAN). <i>Polygraphie et universelle escriture cabalistique.</i> Paris, [Benoît Prévost pour] Jacques Kerver, 1561. €8,000 - €10,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> CAUS (SALOMON DE). <i>La Perspective, avec la raison des ombres et des miroirs.</i> Londres, John Norton, 1612. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> NICERON (JEAN-FRANÇOIS). <i>La Perspective curieuse ou magie artificielle des effets merveilleux de l'optique.</i> Paris, Pierre Billaine, 1638. €6,000 - €8,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> VONTET (JACQUES). <i>L’Art de trancher la viande et toute sorte de fruits…</i> S.l.n.d. [probablement Lyon, vers 1647]. €20,000 - €30,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> HUGO (VICTOR). [Paysage spectral avec une église], [vers 1837]. €20,000 - €30,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [HERVEY DE SAINT-DENYS (LÉON D')]. <i>Les Rêves et les Moyens de les diriger. Observations pratiques.</i> Paris, Amyot, 1867. €3,000 - €4,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> GACHET (PAUL-FERDINAND). <i>Les Chats de Gachet</i> (Manuscrit). S.d. [avant mai 1873]. €6,000 - €8,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [REDON (ODILON)]. PICARD (EDMOND). <i>Le Juré. Monodrame en cinq actes…</i> Bruxelles, Mme veuve Monnom, 1887. €7,000 - €9,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TOULOUSE-LAUTREC (HENRI DE) ET HENRI-GABRIEL IBELS]. MONTORGUEIL (GEORGES). <i>Le Café-concert.</i> Paris, [1893]. €4,000 - €5,000. <b>ALDE, Mar. 11:</b> [TERRY (EMILIO)]. <i>Projet de fontaine.</i> Dessin original au stylo et à l'encre noire. 1938. €2,000 - €3,000.
    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.