A few recent (01/29/2012) auction results:

Weegee, ca. 1953
Sold for: $1,080.00
(screenshots from: Third Ave. El, 1950s)
About 2 minutes into this great little film about the Third Ave. El what might be the “Simply Add Boiling Water” building appears…
(Of course Joseph Cornell and Stan Brakhage’s great little film about the Third Ave. El can be seen here…)
(thanks TM for the Third Ave. El link…)
http://www.youtube.com/get_player
Unidentified Photographer, Sherry Britton, ca. 1940
(Audio is from 1957.)
http://www.youtube.com/get_player
Sherry Britton, photo by Silver Studios, ca. 1957
(Not Weegee… but not bad…)
(Again, it seems easier to upload a “video” than an audio file, so we added an image…)
http://www.youtube.com/get_player
Mabel Sidney at Sammy’s Bowery Follies!
Unidentified Photographer, ca. 1950
Mabel Sidney singing at Sammy’s ca. 1950
(Not Weegee… but not bad…)
(Again, we wanted to upload just an audio file, but it seems easier to upload a “video” file…)
http://www.youtube.com/get_player
Sherry Britton speaks about Burlesque…
(No Weegee photos… Not Weegee… but not bad…)
(We wanted to add an audio file, but it seems easier to add a “video” file than an audio file… so we added some images to the audio…)
(to be continued/improved…)
Screen grabs from the always great:
This Week: Must-See Arts in the City
<a href="http://culture.wnyc.org/blogs/gallerina/2012/jan/11/datebook-january-11/
“>WNYC’s Arts Datebook: January 11 -17
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 – 12:00 AM