PM, November 11, 1941
“Like Rats, Out of the Slums… And Like Well-Dressed Rats They Die”
PM, November 13, 1941 (Photos by Alan Fisher, Irving Haberman, Wide World)
November 6, 1940
PM, November 6, 1940
“The Lower East Side Watches Its Champ Win”
“Thousands of the people who most love the President jammed East Broadway on the lower East Side last night to cheer his third-term victory. They are reading election bulletins flashed by the Jewish Daily Forward in this remarkable photo. Photo by Weegee”
PM, November 6, 1940
Weegee Portfolio: November 10, 2017
Screenshot from sothebys.com
“Portfolio comprising 45 silver prints, printed by Sid Kaplan in 1982. Each print with the collection blind stamp in the margin. Each respectively numbered from 1 to 45 with the edition number 6 in pencil on the reverse. Edition of 45 with 6 ‘Hors Series’. Introduction text by Louis Stettner and title page numbered 6 in black felt tip pen. In its grey clamshell box. Each print 16 x 20 in. (or reverse), portfolio 21 1/2 x 17 1/4 x 1 1/2 in.”
“Acquired directly from the artist” [Posthumously?]
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Entire Weegee Portfolio with case, 45 of classic/famous Weegee prints, by the best printer, full frame…
Sothebys: November 10, 2017
“‘To HOD'”
Screenshot from sothebys.com
“mounted, signed and inscribed “To HOD” by the photographer in ink and titled in an unidentified hand in ink on the mount, matted, circa 1940s”
“Howard A. Schumacher was the president of Speed Graphic Camera Company… Schumacher assigned Weegee to photograph various destinations in the United States, and when his work was completed, Weegee presented Schumacher with 8 mounted prints, which he inscribed ‘To HOD,’ Schumacher’s nickname.”
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Auction: Sothebys, April 27, 2005
Interesting: Graflex “assigned Weegee to photograph various destinations in the United States.”
November 5, 1941
PM, November 5, 1941
La Guardia re-elected. (By aprox. 133,841 votes.)
“The La Guardias always spend Election Night alone with phone off and radio on. No newspaper men ever got in on Election Night…
Ray Platnick of PM wrote a note on a card:
“Your honor – Just one victory picture, please…”
“You know, I’m tired,” he said, “but I don’t mind getting up for you photographers. But I don’t like reporters.”…
“Caption it, ‘We got the Mayor out of bed to pose for pictures.'” PM, November 5, 1941, p. 13
November 5, 1940
PM, November 5, 1940
Three Weegee Photos: Recent Auction, October 2017
Where: Swann Auction Galleries
When: October 19, 2017
What: “Art and Storytelling: Photographs and Photobooks”
What: A few screen shots from swanngalleries.com.
What: Words copied from swanngalleries.com.
“Snowstorm. Ferrotyped silver print, the image measuring 11″ x 13 3/8”, with The Graflex Photo Contest label crediting Weegee and noting that the print won “Second Prize in Action Class,” on verso. Ca. 1940. Price Realized (with Buyer’s Premium) $2,250.”
“Marilyn Monroe on a pink elephant. 13 1/4″ x 11″ inches, the mount approximately 16 3/4″ x 15″ inches, with Weegee’s signature, in ink, on mount recto and his hand stamp on mount verso. Ca. 1955. Price Realized (with Buyer’s Premium) $4,940.”
“I Cried When I Took This Picture * The Flower Peddler * Curfew Time on Broadway. Together, 3 ferrotyped silver prints, the images measuring approximately 13 1/4″ x 10 1/2″, and the reverse, the sheets slightly larger, each with one hand stamp (the 451 West 47th Street, Weegee’s Photo Representatives, or the Weegee the Famous), the second with sizing notations, in pencil, and the third with a typed caption label, all on verso. Ca 1940; the first printed ca. 1950. Unsold.”
Screen shots from swanngalleries.com.
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We love the Snowstorm photo with the Graflex Photo Contest label. Don’t think we’ve seen that photo before.
November 4, 1941
PM, November 4, 1941
November 4, 1940
PM, November 4, 1940
November 3, 1941
PM, November 3, 1941 (photos by Martin Harris)
“The Many Friends of Leadbelly Stage a Folksong Fest for Him
Old Huddie Leadbetter (‘Leadbelly’), the song spinner who came to us from the chain-gangs of the South with his guitar and an unending variety of genuine folk music, has been ailing, and yesterday afternoon at Cafe Society downtown a host of friends and admirers staged a ‘testimonial’ for him.” PM, November 3, 1941
WEEGEEWEEGEEWEEGEE 