Auctions! Seven Lowest Prices Paid for Weegee Photos and Books at Christie’s…

1. Coney Island (Joe’s Penny Arcade)
$240
gelatin silver print, ‘Weegee’ credit stamp, titled ‘Coney Island’ and inscribed ‘from European’ in pencil (on the verso)
11¼ x 14 in. (28.4 x 35.3 cm.)
SALE 1538, 12 – 13 JULY 2005
2. Midnight Robbers, before 1946
£230 ($389)
Glossy gelatin silver print, image size 9 7/8 x 10¾ in., various ink stamps including Weegee The Famous and Photo-Representatives and pencil annotations on verso.
SALE 7854, 20 NOVEMBER 1997
3. At Sammy’s in the Bowery (c.1944)
$403
Gelatin silver print. Printed in 1993 by Sid Kaplan. Numbered 1/100 in pencil and copyright credit stamp on the verso.
13 x 10.5/8in. (34.2 x 27cm.) Framed.
SALE 8241, 9 JUNE 1999
4. Couple dancing, 1940s, printed later
£242 ($422)
Gelatin silver print, 12½ x 10 in., mounted on card, framed.
SALE 4637, 31 OCTOBER 1991
5. Merry Go Round, Coney Island
$460
Gelatin silver print. 1940s. Inscribed No. 22 in ink in the margin and credit stamp on the verso. 10 5/8 x 13in.
SALE 7505, 7 DECEMBER 1993
6. ‘Morning after’, 1950s
£345 ($558)
Gelatin silver print, 11 5/8 x 6¼ in., mounted on yellow card, titled in ink on mount, signed in ink and with exhibition label Haber & Fink New York on verso, matted
SALE 5265, 19 OCTOBER 1994
7. Marilyn Distorted
$633
Gelatin silver print. 1960s. Weegee The Famous and West 47th Street stamps on the verso. 13 3/8 x 10½in.
SALE 7646, 8 APRIL 1993
(The above info is culled from the Christie’s website…)
