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Recent Auctions: Hollywood and The Village…
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This is not a Weegee photograph: "MERRY CHRISTMAS – OPUS INCERTUM"
This caught our eye earlier this evening (03/07/2012):
MERRY CHRISTMAS – OPUS INCERTUM.
Bookseller: Andrew Cahan: Bookseller, Ltd., ABAA (AKRON, OH, U.S.A.)
Original silver gelatin photograph 3 3/8 x 3 3/8 inches, on double weight photographic stock 4 x 5 inches. Stamped on the blank verso “CREDIT PHOTO BY WEEGEE THE FAMOUS”. There is moderate dust soiling evident on the blank white margins of the print as well as on the blank stock (verso), otherwise a very good example. Certainly an odd “Christmas Card” from the official photographer of the Naked City. Bookseller Inventory # 50706″
This could be yours, for a mere $450.00.
Of course it reminded us of this (10/27/2011):
This photo sold on eBay for $99.00.
“straight from his archive stamped and limited
Beautiful original vintage silver gelatin photograph by the famous Weegee,measures 3×5 in.Here’s your chance to own a piece of photographic history.With Weegee stamp on verso.In good condition especially for it”s age and rarity”Perhaps this was not a photograph made by Weegee…
Obviously, this photo was not made by Weegee…
Several months ago a few clowns (vintageexpertchristine and howardus) were (and still are) selling forged/fraudulent photos on eBay with phony Weegee stamps on the backs. And now these photos are returning to the marketplace… from eBay to abebooks…
Recent Auctions: Not-so Naked Hollywood…
Screen shot of auction <a href="https://www.julienslive.com/view-auctions/catalog/id/36/lot/11669/
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“A group of black and white negatives and contact sheets of Weegee (Arthur Fellig) taken by Joseph Jasgur, 1949–1950. Images include Weegee at home, at the 1949 Academy Awards, with females, and at various locations in Hollywood. Copyrights to the negatives will be transferred to the winning bidder. Negatives, 5 by 4 inches
Notes on copyrights and print dates:
The winning bidder of each lot containing copyrights will receive a document from The Estate of Joseph Jasgur and the bankruptcy trustee assigning the winning bidder all copyright interests to the image or images included in the specified lot. While the seller confirms that this property is sold with copyright, Julien’s can accept no liability in relation to any matters arising as a result of any imperfection in copyright given. Print dates for photographs vary and are in many cases unclear.”
Sold for: $687.50
The above is from the auction website…
File this under auction, in our very little electronic filing cabinet…
Recent Auctions: Swann Galleries, Dec. 2011
My studio (Weegee at home in back of Police Headquarters).
Sold for $4,200
Police and onlookers with body of Joseph (Little Joe) La Cava, killed during the Feast
Sold for $1,600
Policeman with two kittens he rescued from a fire in a five-story loft building, 372 E. Houston St., NYC.
Sold for $1,600
A Stitch in Time at Coney Island.
Sold for $2,000
Human cannonball (woman being fired from a cannon).
Sold for $4,000
All Wimpy wanted from the volunteer fireman was some more mustard and hamburgers.
Sold for $2,000
Boy sleeping in movie theatre.
Sold for $3,200
At the San Remo Bar.
Sold for $2,000
Invitation to the Dance
Sold for $3,000
Vegetable Peddler.
Sold for $5,000
Woman in space helmet smoking a cigarette.
Sold for $1,100
Mayor LaGuardia at scene of fire, New York City.
Sold for $2,000
Naked City.
Sold for $500
All images and text are screen shots from the Swann Galleries Website
This little post should be filed in our little electronic filing cabinet under Auctions…
This is not a Weegee photograph: "Weegee Himself"
($499.99)
From the auction listing:
Weegee Original Photograph 1940’s
“FROM WEEGEE PRIVATE PHOTOS”
Beautiful original vintage silver gelatin photograph by the famous Weegee,measures 5×4 in.Here’s your chance to own a piece of photographic history.With Weegee stamp on verso.In good condition especially for it”s age and rarity
Another fraudulent Weegee photograph… this time the title (significantly and appropriately) changed… “WEEGEE HIMSELF” disappeared…
These are not Weegee photographs… Counterfeit? Fraud?
These photographs were recently available on eBay:
Weegee Original Photograph 1940’s “The Cathedral of St. Patrick”
($149.99)
From the auction listing:
Weegee Original Photograph 1940’s “The Cathedral of St. Patrick”
“FROM WEEGEE PRIVATE PHOTOS,A MAN’S SHADOW AT LINCOLN CENTER “
Beautiful original vintage silver gelatin photograph by the famous Weegee,measures 4×4 in.Here’s your chance to own a piece of photographic history.With Weegee stamp on verso.In good condition especially for it”s age and rar
Weegee Original Photograph 1940’s “COKE A COLA ON THE BEACH”
($125.00)
From the auction listing:
Weegee Original Photograph 1940’s “COKE A COLA ON THE BEACH”
“FROM WEEGEE PRIVATE PHOTOS,A MAN’S SHADOW AT LINCOLN CENTER “
Beautiful original vintage silver gelatin photograph by the famous Weegee,measures 4×4 in.Here’s your chance to own a piece of photographic history.With Weegee stamp on verso.In good condition especially for it”s age and rar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weegee
STRAIGHT FROM WORLD FAMOUS ARCHIVE
Weegee Original Photograph 1940’s Yuletide Logs on a Fire
($75.00)
From the auction listing:
Weegee Original Photograph 1940’s Yuletide Logs on a Fire
original vintage silver gelatin photograph by the famous Weegee,measures 4×4 in.Here’s your chance to own a piece of photographic history.With Weegee stamp on verso.In good condition especially for it”s age and rarity.
Beautiful original vintage silver gelatin photograph by the famous Weegee,measures 4×5 in.Here’s your chance to own a piece of photographic history.With Weegee stamp on verso.In good condition especially for it”s age and rarity
Weegee Original Photograph 1940’s Board Walk Restaurant
($149.99)
From the auction listing:
Weegee Original Photograph 1940’s Board Walk Restaurant
This picture is one of my favourites from collection and have not listed it due to a small stain
original vintage silver gelatin photograph by the famous Weegee,measures 4×4 in.Here’s your chance to own a piece of photographic history.With Weegee stamp on verso.In good condition especially for it”s age and rarity.
Beautiful original vintage silver gelatin photograph by the famous Weegee,measures 4×5 in.Here’s your chance to own a piece of photographic history.With Weegee stamp on verso.In good condition especially for it”s age and rarity
Weegee Original Photograph 1940’s walt disneys silly symphony marionette theatre
($149.99)
From the auction listing:
Weegee Original Photograph 1940’s walt disneys silly symphony marionette theatre
due to age and rarity the picture has a small crack in the left corner
The first of Disney’s Silly Symphonies was the landmark The Skeleton Dance (1929),… characters – it produced Disney’s first Academy Award, the first of Walt’s 32 ….awards for one of television’s first daily live puppet shows, Time for Beany. … The first of a series of theatrical cartoons
original vintage silver gelatin photograph by the famous Weegee,measures 4×4 in.Here’s your chance to own a piece of photographic history.With Weegee stamp on verso.In good condition especially for it”s age and rarity.
Beautiful original vintage silver gelatin photograph by the famous Weegee,measures 4×5 in.Here’s your chance to own a piece of photographic history.With Weegee stamp on verso.In good condition especially for it”s age and rarity
Weegee Original Photograph 1940’s stamped CONEYISLAND
($125.00)
From the auction listing:
Weegee Original Photograph 1940’s stamped CONEYISLAND
Beautiful original vintage silver gelatin photograph by the famous Weegee,measures 4×5 in.Here’s your chance to own a piece of photographic history.With Weegee stamp on verso.In good condition especially for it”s age and rarity
Weegee Original Photograph 1940’s “METROPOLITAN OPERA”
Sold for: $149.00
From the auction listing:
Weegee Original Photograph 1940’s “METROPOLITAN OPERA”
“FROM WEEGEE PRIVATE PHOTOS,A MAN’S SHADOW AT LINCOLN CENTER “
Beautiful original vintage silver gelatin photograph by the famous Weegee,measures 5×4 in.Here’s your chance to own a piece of photographic history.With Weegee stamp on verso.In good condition especially for it”s age and rarity
Weegee Original Photograph 1940’s THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
($135.00)
From the auction listing:
Weegee Original Photograph 1940’s THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
“THE TOP OF THIS PHOTO ON THE BUILDING SAYS Associated PRESS “
Beautiful original vintage silver gelatin photograph by the famous Weegee,measures 5×4 in.Here’s your chance to own a piece of photographic history.With Weegee stamp on verso.In good condition especially for it”s age and rarity
Weegee Original Photograph 1940’s walt disneys silly symphony marionette theatre
($149.99)
From the auction listing:
Weegee Original Photograph 1940’s walt disneys silly symphony marionette theatre
original vintage silver gelatin photograph by the famous Weegee,measures 4×4 in.Here’s your chance to own a piece of photographic history.With Weegee stamp on verso.In good condition especially for it”s age and rarity
Weegee Original Photograph 1940’s “Having a Refreshment “
($125.00)
From the auction listing:
Weegee Original Photograph 1940’s “Having a Refreshment “
Beautiful original vintage silver gelatin photograph by the famous Weegee,measures 4×5 in.Here’s your chance to own a piece of photographic history.With Weegee stamp on verso.In good condition especially for it”s age and rarity
Weegee Original Photograph 1940’s stamped “Bear at the ZOO “
Sold for: $125.00
From the auction listing:
Weegee Original Photograph 1940’s stamped “Bear at the ZOO “
Beautiful original vintage silver gelatin photograph by the famous Weegee,measures 4×4 in.Here’s your chance to own a piece of photographic history.With Weegee stamp on verso.In good condition especially for it”s age and rarity
Of course we could be wrong, but these photographs were not made by Weegee. And someone is committing (semi-literate, poorly executed) fraud.
PS. 
This is what a real Weegee the Famous stamp looks like…
Recent Auctions: Unidentified Photographer’s Untitled Contact Sheet
Unidentified Photographer
Sold for: $49.95
From the auction listing:
WEEGEE Original Contact Photo Print Sheet Includes Arthur Fellig Photograph
This auction is for an original 8 by 10 inch contact print sheet made by famous celebrity newspaper photographer Arthur Fellig (WEEGEE). One of the images shows WEEGEE nibbling on the ear of a beautiful woman.
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.
Recent Auctions: Untitled
Sold for: US $72.76
From the auction listing:
WEEGEE Original Contact Sheet Photo Print From Naked Hollywood Strip Club
This auction is for an original 8 by 10 inch vintage contact print page showing a single image of a female stripper in the upper right hand margin.
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.
Recent Auctions: Untitled
Sold for: $112.50
From the auction listing:
WEEGEE Original 8 X 10 Photo Movie Star Distortion ’50s Arthur Fellig Photograph
This auction is for an original 8 by 10 inch silver gelatin photograph made by noted celebrity and newspaper photographer Arthur Fellig in the early 1950s. Late in his career WEEGEE used various darkroom manipulations to satarize public figures such as movie stars and politicians, here is one of them.
This item is in excellent condition, in sharp focus. There is no photographer’s imprint or signature, however we guarantee authenticity of this item so bid with confidence.
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.
Recent Auctions: "Rent Party"
Sold for: $154.01
From the auction listing:
WEEGEE Original 8 by 10 Photograph Rent Party 1942 Arthur Fellig Photo
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 overall good condition, however there is light wrinkling along the upper margin of gthe print (which does not affect the overall quality of the image). There is no photographer’s imprint or signature, however we guarantee authenticity of this item so bid with confidence.
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 that photo was not made in 1942… ca. 1955 is closer to the truth…
In our little electronic filling cabinet this one goes in the “Auction” folder…
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