Weegee
New York Portfolio
Found at
Bonhams
Masters of PhotographyFrom Edward S. Curtis to Berenice Abbott, Lot 82
30. Jan - 8. Feb 2023
Masters of PhotographyFrom Edward S. Curtis to Berenice Abbott, Lot 82
30. Jan - 8. Feb 2023
Estimate: 12.000 - 18.000 USD
Price realised: 17.850 USD
Price realised: 17.850 USD
Description
Weegee (Arthur Fellig) (1899-1968)
New York Portfolio, 1981
New York: Weegee Portfolio Inc., 49 gelatin silver prints, printed by Sid Kaplan, each with 'Kaplan/ Weegee, NYC' credit stamp on the verso.
each 16 1/4 x 12 1/2 in. (41.2 x 31.7 cm.) or the reverse
sheet each 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.5 cm.) or the reverse
Wilma Wilcox, the photographer's Executor | Murray Martin, Amber Associates, United Kingdom | Acquired from the above by a Private Trust, United Kingdom
New York Portfolio, 1981
New York: Weegee Portfolio Inc., 49 gelatin silver prints, printed by Sid Kaplan, each with 'Kaplan/ Weegee, NYC' credit stamp on the verso.
each 16 1/4 x 12 1/2 in. (41.2 x 31.7 cm.) or the reverse
sheet each 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.5 cm.) or the reverse
Wilma Wilcox, the photographer's Executor | Murray Martin, Amber Associates, United Kingdom | Acquired from the above by a Private Trust, United Kingdom
Auction result well in line with expectations
The work New York Portfolio by Weegee was sold in the Masters of PhotographyFrom Edward S. Curtis to Berenice Abbott auction at Bonhams in February this year. It changed hands for a price of USD 17,850.00 (€ 16,836.45) achieving a result in the upper range of the estimate price range of USD 12,000.00 – 18,000.00. However, buyers have had to dig much deeper into their pockets for other works by Weegee - we have observed the highest auction result to date for the work Weegee Portfolio, which sold at auction in October 2019 for USD 62,500.00 (€ 56,028.69).
Auktionsergebnis im Rahmen der Erwartungen
Die Arbeit New York Portfolio von Weegee wurde im Februar diesen Jahres in der Auktion Masters of PhotographyFrom Edward S. Curtis to Berenice Abbott bei Bonhams versteigert. Dabei wechselte sie für einen Preis von USD 17.850,00 (€ 16.836,45) den Besitzer und erzielte damit ein Ergebnis im oberen Bereich der Schätzpreisspanne von USD 12.000,00 – 18.000,00. Für andere Arbeiten von Weegee mussten die Käufer allerdings auch schon deutlich tiefer in die Tasche greifen – das bisher höchste Auktionsergebnis haben wir für die Arbeit Weegee Portfolio beobachtet, die im Oktober 2019 für USD 62.500,00 (€ 56.028,69) versteigert wurde.