Fall 2008 Auctions!

Surprisingly no Weegee photos at Christies or Sotheby’s this season, and only two at Phillips…
From ebay web site:

WEEGEE (ARTHUR FELLIG), 1899-1968
Untitled (distortion), 1950s
Gelatin silver print. 7 ⅝ x 9 ½ in. (19.4 x 24.1 cm). Photo-Representatives’ and ‘Credit Photo by Weegee’ stamps on the verso.

[title of original or non-distorted image: Daisy Lewis, Entertainer, Jan 16, 1944]

WEEGEE (ARTHUR FELLIG), 1899-1968
Untitled (distortion), n.d.
Gelatin silver print. 9 ⅛ x 7 ⅛ in. (23.2 x 18.1 cm). Annotated ‘My husband doesn’t understand me’ in ink on the verso.

The title is: “My husband doesn’t understand me.” Weegee wrote it on the back…

And the bidding starts at a mere $1,300.

Two photos from the Internet and one from real life…