“I Paid My Income Tax Today”; Dick Robertson And His Orchestra; Dick Robertson and The American Four; Irving Berlin; Decca (4151 A); 1942

Phillips Auctioneers, April 2022

Phillips Auctioneers, April 2022

Phillips Auctioneers, April 2022

“Max from the Income Tax”; Sophie Tucker; Ted Shapiro; Bass; Kroll; Mercury (5839); 1952

Screenshot Phillips Auctioneers website

Screenshot Phillips Auctioneers website

I spotted this happy man coming out of church.. he told me that he was a clothing salesman… and that every Easter Sunday he put on his full dress suit…

Naked City, p. 199

“Luxury Tax Blues”; Eddie Vinson And His Orchestra; Eddie Vinson; Vinson; Robinson; Mercury (8051-B); 1947

Phillips Auctioneers, April 2022

Screenshot Phillips Auctioneers website

Screenshot Phillips Auctioneers website

Naked City, pp. 178-179

(Recent auctions, April 2022.)

“Taxpayers’ Blues”; Bulee Gaillard and his Southern Fried Orchestra; Carroll; Gaillard; Norman Granz; Mercury (8970); 1952

Three recent auction results, (screenshots from auction websites):

Phillips, April 8, 2021. (Unsold.)

Obviously not a photo made by Weegee. (Sold for $11.99.)

Naked City, 1945. (Sold for less than $350.)

“San Diego?”

(Screenshots from auction house website.)

Speaking of collecting… A recent auction… Photos not sold…

Three photos with a Weegee stamp; probably not made by Weegee.

And also not sold, a Weegee portfolio:

(Screenshots from auction house website)

Speaking of collecting… Recent auction result…

(Print date is…)

Bonhams, April 9, 2021

Typed captions taped to other versions of this image:
“THE PEDDLER OF ROSES”
“Buy A ROSE for your HONEY”
But all the HONEY’S wanted was 4 ROSES, with GINGER ALE for a CHASER…

“Buy A Rose For Your Honey.” But ALL THE HONEY’S WANTED 4 ROSES… WITH GINGER ALE FOR A CHASER…

Weegee
Various genre scenes, 1940s
5 gelatin silver prints,
printed 1960s
Stamps:
4 stamped photographer’s ‘451 West 47th Street’ credit
3 stamped ‘Weegee The Famous’ credit
3 stamped ‘Weegee from Photo-Representatives’ credit in black ink (verso)

each image approx.: 13 1/2 x 10 3/4 in.
each sheet: 14 x 11 in.

Sold for: $13,750

Christies, October 5, 2016

All of the above words and the image are copied from christies.com website…

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

For more info: swanngalleries.com

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…)