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It'll be interesting to follow this and see how it pans out:

Adams heirs skeptical about lost negatives claim

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. – It's an antique collector's dream: buying an old box at a garage sale and discovering it contains famous lost works worth a fortune.

That's what Rick Norsigian said happened to him. Ten years ago, the Fresno painter stumbled upon a trove of 65 old glass negatives that he says have been authenticated as the work of famed nature photographer Ansel Adams, possibly worth $200 million.

"This is absolutely beyond what I thought," the 64-year-old said at a press conference held at a Beverly Hills art gallery on Tuesday. "I'm very lucky."

Norsigian's lawyer Arnold Peter said a team of experts who studied the negatives over the past six months concluded "beyond a reasonable doubt" that the photos were Adams' early work, and they were believed to have been destroyed in a 1937 fire at his Yosemite National Park studio.

"These photographs are really the missing link," he said. "They really fill the void in Ansel Adams' early career."

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Ten years ago, the Fresno painter stumbled upon a trove of 65 old glass negatives that he says have been authenticated as the work of famed nature photographer Ansel Adams, possibly worth $200 million.

DOUG
Yes, and he bought the lot for $45. I'd like to make a deal like that.