Oct 19, 2010 - Sale 2226

Sale 2226 - Lot 124

Price Realized: $ 1,920
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,400 - $ 1,800
BECKER, MURRAY (1909-1986)
The Hindenburg disaster. Silver print, 13x10 1/2 inches (33x26.7 cm.), mounted, with Becker's signature, date and inscription, in ink, on recto. 1937; printed circa 1970
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Becker's inscription reads: "To Sandy Colton,/my good friend/Murray L. Becker 1937/The Associated Press."
From the Estate of William J. "Sandy" Colton. All proceeds to benefit the Eddie Adams Workshop.
Great News Photos and the Stories Behind Them, 31.
Becker took a series of 15 shots of the Hindenburg exploding, from the first moments to the passengers' rescue. By all accounts, when Becker had finished shooting and sent his film to be developed, he sat down and wept.