Garage sale negatives worth $200 million......

Wow! What a find!

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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) - 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.
A team of experts concluded after an exhaustive, six-month examination that the 65 negatives are Adams' early work, which were believed to have been destroyed in a 1937 fire at his Yosemite National Park studio, Arnold Peter said.

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I'd have those suckers up for auction today!!

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Originally Posted by Phillbo

I'd have those suckers up for auction today!!

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And retire tomorrow...:chute:...Ben

Sorry I rent them to different Museums and retire. Sell them when the markets way up in a few years then really enjoy the retirement.

:smilie: Great find.

And the lawsuit from the seller is next.........................

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And the lawsuit from the seller is next.........................

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On what grounds?

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Originally Posted by Dave Grubb

On what grounds?

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This is :usa:who need grounds. What about the estate of Adams and the right to print them, think that is where the big problem will come from.

Unjust enrichment, I would take the case in a minute here and settle it in a few months and get my client some big bucks, if you want me to go into legal detail I will, no way no how will this purchaser take it all...............

I would go underground then... 20MM on the black market and I'd be set.

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Originally Posted by Phillbo

I would go underground then... 20MM on the black market and I'd be set.

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Until they found it and you would pay thirty six percent this year thirty nine next year, or maybe a little less if you could claim a capital gain................either way, good find, but you are screwed.

It doesn't seem like this is posturing to recover or claim Adam's intellectual property.