Auction Results Fall 2008

SWAN N GALLERIES, INC.
104 East 25th Street
New York, New York 10010
Sale 2158

Rent Party
Unsold
“Rent Party.” Ferrotyped silver print, 7 1/4×9 1/4 inches (18.4×23.5 cm.), with a caption label and the “Estate of Peter B. Martin Sr. Collection” hand stamp on verso. Circa 1950
Estimate $1,800-2,200
From the estate of Peter B. Martin, Sr.; by agent to A Private West Coast Collection.
Weegee: The Village, unpaginated.

Untitled (Janitor watches rehearsal at the Yiddish Theater)
Unsold
Untitled (Janitor watches rehearsal at the Yiddish Theater). Silver print, 13 1/2×10 1/2 inches (34.3×26.7 cm.), with the “Weegee the Famous” and Arthur Felig hand stamp on verso. 1945; printed 1950s
Estimate $1,800-2,200
Weegee”s People, unpaginated (cropped).
Weegee (Knopf, 1977), 113.

M. Monroe — Fly Eye View
Unsold
Lot 204
“M. Monroe — Fly Eye View.” Silver print, 8×10 inches (20.3×25.4 cm.), with Weegee’s title, in blue ink, on margin recto and a Photo-Representatives hand stamp and the penciled notations “Hecht,” in an unknown hand, on verso. Circa 1952
Estimate $2,000-3,000

Frank Sinatra Fan at the Paramount Theatre. $2500-$3500
$2,000
“Frank Sinatra Fan at the Paramount Theatre.” Ferrotyped silver print, 13 1/2×10 1/2 inches (34.5×26.7 cm.), with the “Weegee The Famous” and Photo-Representatives hand stamps on verso. 1944
Estimate $2,500-3,500
From A Private West Coast Collection.
Naked City, 119; Weegee (Stettner), 165 (variant); Weegee”s World, 207.

Movie Theatre Projection
$2,000
Lot 207
Movie Theatre Projection. Unique ferrotyped silver print, 8×10 inches (20.3×25.4 cm.), with 2 “Photo by Weegee, Collection of Suzanne and Hugh Johnston” hand stamps on verso and penciled notations. 1955-1957
Estimate $2,500-3,500
This unique photograph was commissioned by the Johnstons and was then subsequently gifted by Weegee to the couple. An variant “straight” version of this image appears in “Weegee”s People,” 1946.

Empire State Building Distortion
$1,600
Lot 208
Empire State Building Distortion. Silver print, 6 3/4×5 1/4 inches (17.1×13.3 cm.), with penciled numeric notations and a “Photo by Weegee, From the Collection of Suzanne and Hugh Johnston” hand stamp on verso. 1955
Estimate $2,000-3,000