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Ansel Adams garage sale: Ansel Adams negatives may fetch $200 million
28 July, 2010
Ansel Adams garage sale: Ansel Adams negatives may fetch $200 million for their owner Rick Norsigian who plans to retire now
Ansel Adams long lost negatives of his memorable photographs are found. The experts who have proven the authenticity of the negatives and experts say that these films can top more than $200 million at current rate.
But his grandson who runs an art museum in his name is not impressed. He says that he cannot fathom why these ‘rare’ negatives were stored in Pasadena, a wealthy Los Angeles suburbs.
The man who now owns these historic negatives of one of the greatest American photographs on early twentieth century had bought these negatives for a royal sum of merely 45 dollars.
Rick Norsigian, a sixty four year old man had bought these some ten years ago and he could find out about this very recently when there were some reports about these lost negatives.
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