Dec 11, 2012 - Sale 2298

Sale 2298 - Lot 129

Price Realized: $ 720
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(CRIME)
Group of 12 photographs depicting grisly crime scenes, including a murder at "Club Howdy," in Greenwich Village, American Bertillon-inspired mug shots (one with fingerprints), the aftermath of a suicide, an especially gruesome morgue scene of a victim whose arms have been removed, and 3 head shots of murdered men. Silver prints, 7 3/4x9 1/2 inches (19.7x24.1 cm.), and smaller, several with mimeographed captions, handwritten notations, hand stamps, and background information, such as clippings. 1940s-1971