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Los Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · Jul 30, 2026$2,432 ≈ £1,816 ≈ €2,119Sign up free to see price
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Louis Armstrong Distortion
Weegee (American, 1899–1968)
$1,625 price realized incl. premium
≈ £1,292≈ €1,519
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “gelatin silver print”
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- sheet: 10 x 8 1/8 inches
- Auction house
- Capsule Auctions
- Sale
- Limelight: Contemporary Art and Photography (limelight-contemporary-art-and-photography-2022-05-26)
- Date
- May 26, 2022
- Location
- New York, New York, United States
- Lot
- 91
- Estimate
- $1,000 – $2,000 (≈ £795 – £1,591) (≈ €935 – €1,870)
- Source
- Auction house capsuleauctions.com ↗Retrieved Oct 13, 2026
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