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“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.

January 30, 2016

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“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…

January 30, 2016

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“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…

AF 10

March 10, 2013

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The number 10 “printed” on a piece of film and adhered to the lower left corner of a 4×5 film holder, that is not coincidentally numbered 10.

AF 56. Corner of Weegee print.

In the corner of some full frame Weegee prints (easily seen on some of the “portfolio” prints) there is an AF, Arthur Fellig, and a number. Usually it is inverted, interestingly not on the above print.
Perhaps these AFs were constructed like the above 10. And used from approximately 1942-1944. (More exact dates will be forthcoming.)
During this time period, it’s common to see other PM Daily photographers’ initials “written” on the corner of their prints. And many other press photographers have similar initials, names, and/or photo agencies (ACME, etc.) “written” on their negatives and prints…

(All images except for the film holder are screen shots from the great Met. Museum website.)

If the above AF thoughts are true, then it’s a useful way to date Weegee photos. And further proof that the photo “Summer on the Upper West Side,” often called “Summer on the Lower East Side, ca. 1937”, was made later, around 1944…