Swann Galleries

Swann Auction Galleries
IndustryAuctioneering
FoundedNew York City, New York, U.S.
(1941)
FounderBenjamin Swann
Headquarters104 East 25 Street, New York City, New York, U.S.
Key people
George Lowry,
Chairman
Nicholas Lowry,
President, Principal Auctioneer
ProductsRare Books/Fine Art
Websiteswanngalleries.com

Swann Galleries is a New York City auction house founded in 1941. It is a specialist auctioneer of antique and rare works on paper, and it is considered the oldest continually operating New York specialist auction house.

The company has separate specialist departments for books, autographs and manuscripts, maps and atlases, photographs and photographic literature, prints and drawings, vintage posters, illustration art, and African-American fine art. Additionally, Swann conducts annual sales of printed and manuscript African Americana.[1] In total, Swann conducts over 35 catalogued live auctions a year.

  1. ^ Kahn, Eve M. (20 February 2009). "Flickery Images of Black Life Back Then". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-07-05.