new york city u.s. 1941 founder benjamin swann headquarters 104 east 25 street new york new york u.s. key people george lowry chairman nicholas lowry president principal auctioneer products rare books fine art website swanngalleries.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 and african american fine art . additionally swann conducts annual sales of printed and manuscript african americana and of magic books posters and other collectibles . in total swann conducts over 35 catalogued live auctions a year . contents 1 history 2 affiliations 3 references 4 external links history edit book dealer benjamin swann founded the family owned firm in 1941 . in 1970 george lowry acquired the business from mr. swann and it is now headed by nicholas d. lowry the third generation at the company s helm . for over thirty years swann has been located on east 25th street just one block east of madison square park at the boundaries of the historic murray hill gramercy park and flatiron districts . affiliations edit swann is one of the founding members of international auctioneers ia formed in 1993 by some of the world s leading independent auction houses . current european members are located in stockholm cologne milan paris zurich geneva and vienna . 1 swann is the only auction house that is a member of the antiquarian booksellers association of america which actively promotes an ethical professionalism in the dealing and trading of rare books . 2 many of the specialists at swann share their expertise on pbs antiques roadshow where they assess people s antiques and collectibles in the quest for hidden gems . 3 references edit http www.internationalauctioneers.com eng index frame.asp http www.abaa.org books abaa index.html showsub 1 http www.pbs.org wgbh roadshow archive 200706a34.html antiques flickery images of black life back then mfa boston acquires three paintings by 20th century african american artists african american art arrives rare cookbooks on the auction block sportivo external links edit official website http www.internationalauctioneers.com http www.pbs.org roadshow coordinates 40 44 28 n 73 59 06 w 40.74100 n 73.98493 w 40.74100 ; 73.98493 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title swann galleries & oldid 664932918 categories auction houses based in new york citybuildings and structures in manhattan1941 establishments in new yorkhidden categories coordinates on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 31 may 2015 at 22 54 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view