Recent Auctions: "Drunk Tank"

Sold for: $617.76

From the auction listing:

WEEGEE Original 8 X 10 Photo New York City Drunk Tank 1941 Arthur Fellig w Stamp
This auction is for an original 8 by 10 inch silver gelatin photograph made by noted celebrity and newspaper photographer Arthur Fellig.

Please note–The photo is in excellent condition, however it has been trimmed along the right margin without affecting the quality of the image. “CREDIT PHOTO BY WEEGEE-THE FAMOUS” is on the reverse.

THIS ITEM comes from the estate of Peter Martin who was a close friend of WEEGEE and was the publisher of several photo magazines during the early 1950s. Martin’s photo studio in the Greenwich Village section of New York City was a meeting place for many famous & aspiring photographers of the time.

Of course we could be wrong, but the photo was probably made in California in ca. 1950…

In our little electronic filling cabinet this one goes in the “Auction” folder…