Weegee, [Claire Booth Luce], 1944 – 11″x14″ (images from auction website)
Sold for $749.99 (plus $8.00 shipping).
“Rep. Luce making a campaign speech. Story at right shows how some of her constituents are taking her fight for re-election.”
auction
NOT! “RARE! WEEGEE: VINTAGE STAMPED PHOTO 1940s”
(Images from ebay)
“RARE! WEEGEE: VINTAGE STAMPED PHOTO 1940s”
US $55.00 – Buy It Now, or Make an Offer
“JUST FOUND IN ARCHIVE Last one!!!
RARE WEEGEE PHOTO IN GOOD COUNDITION FOR ITS AGE AND RARITY!
Weegee was the pseudonym of Arthur Fellig, a photographer and photojournalist, known for his stark black and white street photography”
Item specifics:
Original/Reprint: Original Print
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Modified Item: No
Region of Origin: US
Date of Creation: 1940-1949
Photo Type: Gelatin Silver
Size Type/Largest Dimension: 5×4
Color: Black & White
(Words copied from ebay.)
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It might be “rare,” it might be “stamped,” it might be a photo…
(There are frequently misspellings and bad grammar in fraudulent ebay listings.)
Nevertheless this photo was not made by Weegee…
Recent Auction: Motorist’s Pillar of Death
Weegee, [Accident], March 1, 1939 (images from auction website)
Sold for $699.99 (plus $8.00 shipping) on December 16, 2018.
“Motorist’s Pillar of Death
New York City – One man was killed when this car hit a lone pillar standing along the line where the old Sixth Avenue elevated railway is being dismantled. Policemen are checking the wreckage at Sixth Avenue and 27th Street early March 1.
3/1/39″
80 years ago today…
Recent Auction (Seven Swans A Selling)
(Screenshot of Swann Auction Galleries website)
Swann, “Photographs: Art and Visual Culture,” February 21, 2019, sale 2499, lots 101, 102, 170.
1. Empire State Building (distortion); sold for $3,750. (Beautiful photo; of course it’s a photo of a photo.)
2. Four photos; sold for $6,000. (Nice prints; of course the photos were made in 1943-44.)
3. Pair of distortions; sold for $3,900. (Nice prints; photos of photos?)
Recent auction: “Mayor Nipped By Jack Frost”
(images from auction site)
Sold for $599.99 (plus $8.00 for shipping)
in December 2018.
PM press photo from Culver… “PM-FILE” means it wasn’t published…
“F.H. La Guardia at fire 1/8/42
Pay if used (arrow to Weegee stamp)
before he… his check” written on verso
Extra! Weegee, pp. 202-203
Photo is in the extraordinary Extra! Weegee, with the caption: “Mayor Nipped By Jack Frost.” “…5-alarm fire at the municipally owned pier 83 on the Hudson River… his right cheek was frost bitten…”
Recent Auction: “Original Press Print”
(Images copied from auction website)
Copied from auction website: “Weegee, ‘Arrested For Bribing Basket Ball Players’, 1942, Original Press Print”
Sold for $60.00
(Photo of HR and HS was published in PM on January 31, 1945.)
“Original” is a funny word to describe a press print…
Two definitions of the word original, copied from google:
Original:
1. present or existing from the beginning; first or earliest.
2. created directly and personally by a particular artist; not a copy or imitation.
(This is an original blog post.)
Recent auction: Monkey the Cat
Weegee, Shanty Town, Mr. ‘Sawdust’ with ‘Monkey’, 6 3/4″ x 8 3/4″, ca. 1936-37. (Screenshots from auction house website.) Sold for $1,500.00.
(Interior reminiscent of Fellig’s flat; one of the most beautiful photos we’ve seen. Unclear why there’s a PIX stamp… perhaps Karger related…)
Recent auction: “Burglar’s Ball, Webster Hall”
Weegee, Burglar’s Ball, Webster Hall, 7 5/8″ x 9 1/2″, ca. 1937 (screenshots from auction house website). Not sold.
Weegee, Burglar’s Ball. Dr. Hannibal Hamlin and Edna Cobb dancing at Webster Hall, 10″ x 7 5/8″, ca. 1937 (screenshots from auction house website). Sold for $1,250.00.
Unrelated:
NY Sun, December 21, 1937.
Recent auctions: Photos not made by Weegee 2
Provenance: “a record of ownership of a work of art or an antique, used as a guide to authenticity or quality.”
Images from eBay.
Sold for $199.43.
These photographs were not made by Weegee.
Copied from the eBay listing:
“Vintage Pair of WEEGEE PHOTOS (1 stamped) Ornate Theatre Interiors small
ORIGINAL ITEM, NOT A REPRINT
size: 2 1/2 x 2 3/4 inches approx each
light wear
no rips
no bends
Please see scan for details”
Provenance: “a record of ownership of a work of art or an antique, used as a guide to authenticity or quality.”
Recent auctions: Photos not made by Weegee 1
Provenance: “a record of ownership of a work of art or an antique, used as a guide to authenticity or quality.”
Images from eBay.
This photograph was not made by Weegee.
Sold for $95.
Copied from original eBay listing:
“Vintage Weegee ORIGINAL 4×4 Undershirt Suspenders and Bow tie STAMPED Photograph
Original
4″ x 4″ Photograph
untitled
Portrait
Man in undershirt with Suspenders and a Bow Tie.
Original Weegee (Arthur Fellig) photograph
Printed circa early-to-mid 1950s from his original negative,
the image was printed and by Weegee himself.
There is his credit stamp on the back as shown.
Condition
NEAR FINE OR BETTER
1 original 4″ x 4″ B&W silver gelatin print
(circa late 1940s)
on double-weight fiber paper with lustre finish and narrow borders.
Tonally rich, bright and clean with a bit of handling.
Please examine the images I have included.
Though the print has a much finer grain than the images present,
they show you the actual condition of the photograph.”
Images from eBay.
This photograph was not made by Weegee.
Sold for $100.
Copied from eBay listing:
“Vintage Arthur Fellig Weegee ORIGINAL 4×4 Hunters Lodge Bar STAMPED Photograph
Original
4″ x 4″ Photograph
untitled
Portrait
Men in Hunter’s Lodge Bar
Original Weegee (Arthur Fellig) photograph
Printed circa early-to-mid 1950s from his original negative,
the image was printed and by Weegee himself.
There is his credit stamp on the back as shown.
Condition
VERY GOOD PLUS OR BETTER
1 original 4″ x 4″ B&W silver gelatin print
(circa late 1940s)
on double-weight fiber paper with lustre finish and narrow borders.
Tonally rich, bright and clean with loss to lower right corner as shown.
Please examine the images I have included.
Though the print has a much finer grain than the images present,
they show you the actual condition of the photograph.”
Provenance: “a record of ownership of a work of art or an antique, used as a guide to authenticity or quality.”
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