(15 Feb 2007) HEADLINE: Kiss photo auctioned on Valentine's Day
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CAPTION: The famous photo of a sailor kissing a nurse in Time's Square was sold at auction Wednesday in New York. (Feb. 15)
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OPENS WITH SOT: "what better way to say 'I love you' in 2007 than with a vintage photograph?"
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That may have been the thought that drove a bidder to offer 12-thousand dollars for this famous photo from the day at the end of World War Two when Victory over Japan was announced.
SOT: Nicholas Lowry, Swann Auction Galleries: "They say passion like this hasn't existed in America since the end of the second World War, but on this Valentine's Day I actually dispute that, as viewed here today, people love photography so much they are spending thousands and thousands of dollars on these rare and wonderful images"
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The photographer's signature is on the silver-resin coated print that was made in the 1980s.
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'Alfred Eisenstaedt died in 1995. He had been a photographer for "life" magazine for decades.
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He snapped "V-J Day Kiss" in 1945 in Times Square. The identity of the two people in the photo has always been disputed.
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The iconic photo was purchased by an anonymous bidder.
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