Swann Galleries

Swann Galleries is an auction house on East 25th Street in New York. Its sales cover books and manuscripts, including Americana, autographs and maps; fine art from 19th-century to contemporary, including African American art, prints and illustration; photographs and photobooks; vintage posters; and LGBTQ+ art and history. Exhibition hours are posted before each sale.

How buying works

• Ways to bid: in person with a paddle, by phone through Swann staff, by absentee bid from any online lot page, or live through the Swann app, the Swann Live desktop platform or Invaluable.
• Buyer's premium on purchases made directly with Swann is 27% of the hammer price up to $100,000, 22% of the portion from there to $1,000,000, and 12% above that. Purchases through a third party such as Invaluable carry an additional premium.
• Sales tax and shipping are added on top.
• Reserve: the minimum acceptable bid is half the low estimate.
• Invoices are generated about an hour after the sale; purchases cannot be collected until the auction ends.

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