Tag: Rick Stattler

Auction Result, Press Release

$1M for Printed & Manuscript African Americana at Swann

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., early draft of the Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 1963. Sold for $185,000. PRINTED & MANUSCRIPT AFRICAN AMERICANA Sale 2562; March 25, 2021 Sale total: $1,075,786 Estimates for sale as a whole: $410,550–$619,850 We offered 356 lots; 315 sold (88% sell-through rate by lot) All…

People, Press Release

Swann Appoints Nigel Freeman & Rick Stattler as Vice Presidents

Alexandra Mann-Nelson Appointed Chief Marketing Officer New York—As fall marks the beginning of a new auction season, Swann Galleries, a family-owned firm founded in 1942 and New York’s preeminent specialized house for books and works of art, appoints Nigel Freeman and Rick Stattler as Vice Presidents, and Alexandra Mann-Nelson as…

Auction Result, Press Release

Register for the Legendary Catskill Mountain House Brings $45k in Americana at Swann

PRINTED & MANUSCRIPT AMERICANA : Sale 2546; September 24, 2020. Sale total: $634,341. Estimates for sale as a whole: $477,320–$718,130. We offered 368 lots; 295 sold (82% sell-through rate by lot) All prices include Buyer’s Premium. Guest register for the legendary Catskill Mountain House, 1839–43 and 1846–52. Sold for $45,000.…

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Swann Ushers in a New Era of Live Online Sales with Printed & Manuscript African Americana

Sale brings $744k and 13 auction records PRINTED & MANUSCRIPT AFRICAN AMERICANASale 2534; May 7, 2020Sale total: $744,112Estimates for sale as a whole: $455,900-$672,900We offered 399 lots; 360 sold (90% sell-through rate by lot)All prices include Buyer’s Premium. New York—Swann Galleries’ Thursday, May 7 sale of Printed & Manuscript African…

Swann Auction Galleries To Sell Dramatic Diary Of Tragic US Bomber Navigator

The train of his thoughts was reminiscent of Yossarian, the protagonist of Joseph Heller’s celebrated book Catch 22. Image courtesy of Swann Auction Galleries. NEW YORK, NY.- On March 10 Swann Auction Galleries will offer the dramatic diary of a navigator on an American bomber who died with his entire crew on a…