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Lot # 25: 1931 Times Square, "Center of the American World" One of the Best Images Ever Taken

Starting Bid: $25.00

Bids: 31 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "December Collectors Auction 2020",
which ran from 12/9/2020 3:00 PM to
12/26/2020 8:00 PM



In the process of looking at millions of photographs over a ten year period, we have seen hundred if not thousands of images of Times Square in New York City. Of all those photographs, this image stands alone as the best representation of Times Square we have ever seen. Taken in 1931 definitively by the film "The Smiling Lieutenant" being played, the image has it all: shoppers, people, cars, trolleys, signs, marquees, flags etc. An absolute masterpiece of photography from the greatest city in the world, offered here for the first time ever!

Size: 8x10
Designation: Vintage 1
Condition: 3.5/5
Quality: 5/5
Overall Grade: 8.5/10

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