Mar 10, 2011 - Sale 2239

Sale 2239 - Lot 253

Price Realized: $ 3,840
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(CIVIL RIGHTS--RIOTS.) Watts Riots. Group of 11 gelatin silver prints, 9-3/4x6-1/2 inches; stamps on reverse of Mike Smith, PIX. should be seen. Watts, Los Angeles, 1965
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What should have been a routine arrest of Marquette Frye for driving while under the influence descended into a full-blown riot after the arresting officer refused to allow Frye's brother to drive the car home. Six days of bloody riots virtually destroyed the neighborhood.