# Weegee - Auction Profile

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Updated: 2026-04-30T09:19:37.032Z

## Summary
- Lots tracked: 628
- Lots with prices: 366
- First auction date: 2001-01-17
- Latest auction date: 2026-03-24
- Median realised price: $2,023
- Price range: $180 to $62,500

## Market Takeaway
Weegee shows very deep auction liquidity with 628 tracked lots. Median realized sale is around $2,023. Category concentration is still broad or sparse. Last 12 months recorded 22 sales. Latest recorded sale: 2025-12-16.

## How To Read This Data
- Use the median \($2,023\) as a typical result; many comparable sales cluster between $1,080 and $3,750.
- Auction totals can include buyer premiums or fees depending on reporting, so compare like\-for\-like when possible.
- Condition, size, medium, provenance, and attribution confidence can move value materially versus median comps.

## Price Bands
- Under $1,000: 19.9% (73 sales)
- $1,000 to $10,000: 73.3% (269 sales)
- $10,000\+: 6.8% (25 sales)

## Recent Trend & Velocity
- Last 12 months sales: 22
- Previous 12 months sales: 10
- Recent 12 months median: $825
- Previous 12 months median: $1,000
- Median shift: 0%
- Latest sale date: 2025-12-16
- Days since latest sale: 63
- Market velocity: moderate

## Top Auction Houses
- Swann Auction Galleries: 145 lots
- Christie's: 110 lots
- Sotheby's: 61 lots
- Phillips: 38 lots
- Rago Arts and Auction Center: 28 lots
- Bonhams: 26 lots
- Piasa: 26 lots
- Millea Bros Ltd: 18 lots
- Van Ham Kunstauktionen: 14 lots
- Dreweatts 1759: 13 lots

## Top Categories
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## Recent Sold Lots
1. 2026-03-10 | Weegee, Woman Viewing Picasso Painting at the Tate | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $650 | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-weegee-woman-viewing-picasso-painting-at-the-tate-201-c-7e30bdc2b7
2. 2022-11-08 | WEEGEE \(ARTHUR FELLIG\) \(1899\-1968\) Salvador Dali, c. 1950 tirage argentique | Christie's | €4,410
3. 2021-01-28 | Weegee \(American, 1899\-1968\) Set of Three Distortions \(Circus Tiger\), circa 1955 | Heritage Auctions | $2,200
4. 2005-10-29 | Weegee \(Arthur Fellig, Austrian\-American 1899\-1968\) "Strapless Dress," c. 1956, silver gelatin emulsion print. Collection stamp and \#78. 9" x 7 3/4" Provenance: The artist; Collection of Suzanne and Hugh Johnston. | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $2,280
5. 2005-10-29 | Weegee \(Arthur Fellig, Austrian\-American 1899\-1968\) "The Incredible Dancing Horse," c. 1955, silver gelatin emulsion print. Collection stamp and \#169. 8" x 8" Provenance: The artist; Collection of Suzanne and Hugh Johnston. | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $1,800
6. 2005-10-29 | Weegee \(Arthur Fellig, Austrian\-American 1899\-1968\) "Wild Horses," c. 1955, silver gelatin emulsion print. Collection stamp and \#175. 6" x 8 1/4" Provenance: The artist; Collection of Suzanne and Hugh Johnston. | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $1,680
7. 2026-03-24 | Weegee \(Ascher Fellig, Ukranian/Amer., 1899\-1968\) Wire Worker Photo Print | Akiba Galleries | N/A | source: https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot-weegee-ascher-fellig-ukranian-amer-1899-1968-wire-worker-photo-print-489-c-2a168a5a11
8. 2025-12-16 | Weegee \[Arthur Fellig\]. Self\-portrait and legs distortion. 1950s. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,143
9. 2025-12-16 | Weegee \[Arthur Fellig\]. Three women at the theater. 1940s. | Swann Auction Galleries | N/A
10. 2025-11-04 | Weegee, Tony Curtis and Grace Kelly | Rago Arts and Auction Center | $350
11. 2025-09-25 | Weegee, Empire State Distortion, silver print, circa 1960. | Swann Auction Galleries | $1,056
12. 2025-09-25 | Weegee, Little Italy, silver print, circa 1945. | Swann Auction Galleries | $825
13. 2025-09-15 | Weegee \(Austrian, American 1899 \- 1968\). Man in barber's chair. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | N/A
14. 2025-09-15 | Weegee \(Austrian, American 1899 \- 1968\). Police officers arriving after Harlem riots, New York, 1943. | Adams Amsterdam Auctions | N/A
15. 2025-06-19 | Weegee \(Arthur Fellig\) \- 'Opening Night At The Opera' | New England Auctions | $2,000
16. 2025-04-10 | Weegee \(1899 \- 1968\) \- Sammy's on the Bowery, 1944 | Finarte | N/A
17. 2025-04-10 | Weegee \(1899 \- 1968\) \- Yddish theatre, 1944 | Finarte | €950
18. 2025-04-10 | Weegee \(1899 \- 1968\) \- Frank Sinatra, 1950s | Finarte | €500
19. 2025-03-04 | Weegee, Children in Movie Theater | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $950
20. 2025-03-04 | Weegee, Marilyn Monroe | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $3,500
21. 2025-03-04 | Weegee, Statue of Liberty | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $1,300
22. 2025-03-04 | Weegee, Audrey Hepburn | Los Angeles Modern Auctions | $1,300
23. 2025-02-20 | WEEGEE, 8 KHRUSHCHEV B&W DISTORTION PORTRAITS | Ahlers & Ogletree Inc. | $400
24. 2025-02-20 | WEEGEE, THREE KHRUSHCHEV DISTORTION PORTRAITS | Ahlers & Ogletree Inc. | $350

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