Ansel Adams Lost-And-Found Photos

Ansel Adams Lost-And-Found Photos – Rick Norsigian has a hobby of picking through piles of items that people do not want at garage sales. It appears that all of his hard work has paid off. Ten years ago he bought two small boxes for $45, which were originally priced at $70. Now, the contents of the boxes are said to be worth at least $200 million, according to a Beverly Hills art appraiser.

The box contained 65 glass negatives that were created by photographer Ansel Adams in the early years of his career. The negatives were thought to have been destroyed in a 1937 darkroom fire along with as many as 5,000 other plates.
Now, it appears that the negatives were not destroyed, and instead have turned up in Rick Norsigian’s possession.

“It truly is a missing link of Ansel Adams and history and his career,” said appraiser David W. Streets.
The photographers were taken between 1919 and 1930, long before Ansel Adams became internationally known in the 1940s. Adams is known as the father of American photography, and many of the photographs that were taken by him are now worth millions of dollars.
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The 6.5 x 8.5 inch glass plate negatives are mostly of famous Yosemite landscapes along with a number of well known landmarks that are located in San Francisco. Some of them do have some fire damage from the dark room fire. How they made their way from the dark room fire 70 years ago to a garage sale in 2000 is anyone’s guess, but Rick Norsigian is sure happy that they did.