Swann Galleries
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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.
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Industry | Auctioneering |
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Founded | New York City, New York, U.S. (1941) |
Founder | Benjamin Swann |
Headquarters | 104 East 25 Street, New York City, New York, U.S. |
Key people | George Lowry, Chairman Nicholas Lowry, President, Principal Auctioneer |
Products | Rare Books/Fine Art |
Website | swanngalleries |
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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.