What would you do ? sell them or keep them ?

[Bear]

A Californian man bought a collection of old negatives in a garage sale for $45. They turned out to be 65 missing Ansel Adams originals from the 1920's and 1930's thought to have been destroyed in a fire. The collection represents approximately 1/3rd of Adams' total output and almost everything from his early years. Estimated value $200 million.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/bought-at-a-garage-sale-for-45-the-photographs-worth-more-than-200m-2036902.html

Sell or keep and what would you buy with the cash if you sold ?

[Ian]

Re: What would you do ? sell them or keep them ?

A Californian man bought a collection of old negatives in a garage sale for $45. They turned out to be 65 missing Ansel Adams originals from the 1920's and 1930's thought to have been destroyed in a fire. The collection represents approximately 1/3rd of Adams' total output and almost everything from his early years. Estimated value $200 million.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/bought-at-a-garage-sale-for-45-the-photographs-worth-more-than-200m-2036902.html

Sell or keep and what would you buy with the cash if you sold ?

I might sell all but my favourite one or two.

But to be frank, the value of these pictures is more for their historic than aesthetic value. If I was a billionaire, would I have bought this in the first place? No. So yes I would have sold them.

Ian

[Bear]

Re: What would you do ? sell them or keep them ?

Absolutely right Ian, the questions was a little tongue in cheek really. I doubt there is anyone who would keep them, other than one or two as you say. The rightful place is in a museum and this is almost certainly where the bulk of them will end up. The Getty perhaps ? But what a find !

[kennykodak]

Re: What would you do ? sell them or keep them ?

simple, to quote Bob Dylan, "money doesn't speak, it swears."
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