Screen shot from swanngalleries.com
Screen shot from swanngalleries.com
Weegee, The Critic, 1943
(Perhaps the size, 21 x 25 inches, of this photo is unusual.)
Sold for $12,500
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auction
Recent auction: “Weegee is flicker happy!” (negative)
“ARTHUR FELLIG WEEGEE FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPHER NYC Old Photo Negative 190A”
“You are bidding on a guaranteed authentic 4X5 original negative as shown- This negative is from the PM New York City Daily News between 1940 – 1948.”
Images and words, above, copied from ebay.
Sold for $415.00
The seller will even sell you a print (8×10 – 24×36) of the negative, and for $35 send you a CD of the “Photoshopped” image “that you can use for your reproductions.”
And the photographer was?
“Weegee Tries His Hand with the Flickers.” Perhaps a slight variant image was published on February 1947…
Recent auction: “OLSEN AND JOHNSON WINTER GARDEN BY WEEGEE…” – negative.
“OLSEN AND JOHNSON WINTER GARDEN BY WEEGEE NYC Old Photo Negative 254A”
“You are bidding on a guaranteed authentic 4X5 original negative as shown- This negative is from the PM New York City Daily News between 1940 – 1948.”
All above words and images are copied from ebay.
Sold for $34.00
The seller will even sell you a print (8×10 – 24×36) of the negative, and for $35 send you a CD of the “Photoshopped” image “that you can use for your reproductions.”
Recent auction: “McWIlliams, Fascist Candidate, Faces His Future Undiscouraged” negative…
“JOSEPH MCWILLIAMS WW2 ACTIVIST BY WEEGEE NYC Old Photo Negative 255A”
“You are bidding on a guaranteed authentic 4X5 original negative as shown- This negative is from the PM New York City Daily News between 1940 – 1948.”
All words and images above are copied from ebay.
Sold for $45.00
The seller will even sell you a print (8×10 – 24×36) of the negative, and for $35 send you a CD of the “Photoshopped” image “that you can use for your reproductions.”
Activist? “JOSEPH MCWILLIAMS WW2 ACTIVIST” according to the ebay seller… Fascist, yes… Don’t think McWilliams has been called a World War Two activist in a long time… “Fascist-type candidate for his American Destiny party for Congressman…” is how PM referred to McWilliams on July 8, 1940…
“Weegee Original Photograph 1940’s NYC stamped”???
“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 .”
Images and words copied from ebay.
Sold for $49.99 on Oct. 31, 2015.
This photo was not made by Weegee…
Not a photo made by Weegee: “TRUMPET [?] PLAYER BY WEEGEE THE FAMOUS”
Images and words from ebay:
“From my personal Photo Collection i sell some items. So please look also to my other Auctions.
Photo of a trumpet player by WEEGEE the Famous, with original Copyright Stamp on the back, very rare item, size 12x10cm, in very good condition for its age
Ship worldwide, registered Airmail, 10 USD, Payment within 3 working days, Payment only via paypal
Good Luck”
Sold for $39.00
(If that’s a trumpet, then the photo was made by Weegee… If that’s a clarinet, then I don’t think it was…)
Finally… “Weegee Original Photograph 1940’s NYC stamped and framed” or “the spot on image is a shadow”
(Images are screen shots from eBay.)
Finally, after a several years,
“Weegee Original Photograph 1940’s NYC stamped and framed” and “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 10×10 with frame the frame alone cost 100.00” (quotes from eBay)
has been sold…
For a mere $73.22…
(Reflection of a shadow… Reflection of “photographic history”… Reflection of fraud…)
A good example of a bad fraud…
“WEEGEE PHOTOGRAPH- Arthur Fellig ORIGINAL”???
Sold for $49.99 on April 4, 2014 on eBay…
In our opinion, this photo was not made by Weegee.
A real, authentic Weegee The Famous stamp measures 1 3/16th in diameter…
“WEEGEE PHOTOGRAPH- Arthur Fellig ORIGINAL”???
Sold for $49.99 on April 6, 2014 on eBay…
In our opinion, this photo was not made by Weegee.
From eBay listing:
“BUY IT NOW………. Weegee was the pseudonym of Arthur Fellig (June 12, 1899 – December 26, 1968), a photographer and photojournalist, known for his stark black and white street photography. Weegee worked in Manhattan, New York City’s Lower East Side as a press photographer during the 1930s and ’40s, and he developed his signature style by following the city’s emergency services and documenting their activity. Much of his work depicted unflinchingly realistic scenes of urban life, crime, injury and death.”
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
“Weegee was the pseudonym of Arthur Fellig (June 12, 1899 – December 26, 1968), a photographer and photojournalist, known for his stark black and white street photography. Weegee worked in Manhattan, New York City’s Lower East Side as a press photographer during the 1930s and ’40s, and he developed his signature style by following the city’s emergency services and documenting their activity.[1] Much of his work depicted unflinchingly realistic scenes of urban life, crime, injury and death.This photo is part of the Michael Gallagher estate. I will ship this vintage photo via first class mail with delivery confirmation”
A real, authentic Weegee The Famous stamp measures 1 3/16th in diameter…
Four more phony Fellig fotos on ebay… “WEEGEE PHOTOGRAPH- Arthur Fellig ORIGINAL”
In our opinion, these photos were not made by Weegee.
But this blog post was!
It’s stamped!
ps. This is a real stamp:
pps.
Three out of four of these are phony… “One of these things doesn’t belong with the others…”
From Weegee by Weegee
Arthur Fellig, Alias Weegee, New York photographs 1935-50, Side Gallery
A real, authentic Weegee The Famous stamp measures 1 3/16th in diameter…
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