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Lawyer: Negatives verified as Ansel Adams' work
By CHRISTINA HOAG, Associated Press Writer Christina Hoag, Associated Press Writer – 1 hr 27 mins ago BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – A trove of old glass negatives bought at a garage sale for $45 have been authenticated as the lost work of famed nature photographer Ansel Adams and are worth at least $200 million, an attorney for the owner said Tuesday.
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07-27-2010, 02:36 PM
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Forty-five bucks!
Unbelievable. So, what happens next? Does this person who bought them get millions in exchange for 'selling' them to the Ansel Adams estate or something?
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07-27-2010, 02:53 PM
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A friend of mine bought a photo at an estate sale for ¢25. It turned out to be a Cunningham worth over $60K. She sold the photo and put a down payment on a house. She knows her photography.
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UPDATE:
Ansel Adams Trust Sues Over Garage Sale Negatives
SAN JOSE, Calif. — A group representing Ansel Adams sued a California man for selling prints and posters under the name of the famed nature photographer, the latest salvo in a dispute over glass negatives bought at a garage sale and purported to be Adams' lost work. The lawsuit, filed Monday in federal district court in San Francisco by The Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust, seeks to stop Rick Norsigian and consulting firm PRS Media Partners from using Adams' name, likeness and trademark in their efforts to sell prints and posters not authorized or endorsed by the trust. The suit alleges trademark infringement, false advertising, trademark dilution, unfair competition and other claims. It does not specify damages but asks the court to order the defendants to pay restitution of their profits from any sales, as well as award any other monetary relief. Norsigian's lawyer, Arnold Peter, said the lawsuit has no merit and is designed to harass his client and "silence this debate." "We are disappointed that the Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust has decided to resort to the courts in order to resolve what, in our view, is a debate that should be resolved by art and forensic experts," Peter said in a statement. Norsigian says he bought the negatives 10 years ago at a Fresno garage sale for $45. He noticed they resembled Adams' famed photographs of Yosemite National Park and hired Peter to assemble a team of experts to authenticate them. Last month, Peter announced that his team studied the 65 negatives for six months and concluded "beyond a reasonable doubt" that the photos were Adams' early work, believed to have been destroyed in a 1937 fire at his Yosemite studio. Norsigian, a resident of Fresno, has set up a website to sell prints made from some of the negatives, from $45 for a poster to $7,500 for a darkroom print with a certificate of authenticity. A Beverly Hills art gallery owned by David W. Streets plans to hold a public viewing of part of the collection next month. Adams' representatives have never bought the claim, calling it a fraud. The lawsuit is the latest action to stop what they believe is a scam. Read the rest: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_692750.html
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