Ansel Adams
What a deal! Photographer Ansel Adams' work uncovered at a yard sale
Rick Norsigian made one of the best yard sale deals ever.
Ten years ago, the California painter bought two boxes of photographic plates for $45, after he bargained the owner down from $75. Today, they are worth an estimated $200 million.
So what was in those boxes? Sixty-five glass negatives made by Ansel Adams, the iconic American nature photographer, CNN reported.
Experts thought the negatives were lost in a 1937 darkroom fire that destroyed 5,000 plates.... Read More Ansel Adams
Ten years ago, the California painter bought two boxes of photographic plates for $45, after he bargained the owner down from $75. Today, they are worth an estimated $200 million.
So what was in those boxes? Sixty-five glass negatives made by Ansel Adams, the iconic American nature photographer, CNN reported.
Experts thought the negatives were lost in a 1937 darkroom fire that destroyed 5,000 plates.... Read More Ansel Adams
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