Photo © Rago Auctions — view this lot on Rago Auctions ↗Bus and Produce Truck Crash, c. 1940-49
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Simply Add Boiling Water
Weegee (American, 1899–1968) · 1937
$15,000 price realized incl. premium
≈ £11,539≈ €12,766
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- Medium
- Photograph · Photography all photograph results →As published: “Gelatin silver print”
- Category
- Photographs
- Dimensions
- 13 x 10 5/8 in. (33 x 27 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Photographs (NY040220)
- Date
- October 14, 2020
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 226
- Estimate
- $12,000 – $18,000 (≈ £9,231 – £13,847) (≈ €10,213 – €15,319)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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