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$45 purchase of $200,000,000 negatives.

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vitols
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Saw this a couple days ago and i thought i would share it. Some guy bought some glass plates of photographic negatives at a garage sale for $45. They turned out to be the negatives from famous photographer Ansel Adams.

Take a look at the full article.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/07/27/ansel.adams.discovery/index.html
Jul 29 2010 9:01AM
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Sir.Steezealot
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Lucky bastard
Jul 29 2010 9:01AM
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fsscott
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That's wicked.

Garage sales rule
Jul 29 2010 9:06AM
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Static
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"another man at the garage sale wasn't so lucky, upon returning home he discovered the $15 power drill he bought only worked in reverse"

fuckin' scammers
Jul 29 2010 9:07AM
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Half-Blood
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Wow that is an insane find on his part, it's also a great find for the history of photography. I would love to go see those negatives up close that would be very cool.
Jul 29 2010 9:16AM
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.Roockley.
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that's amazing
Jul 29 2010 9:20AM
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vitols
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so unreal. makes we wanna hit up garage sales on the reg.
Jul 29 2010 9:26AM
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bob1233456
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what a lucky guy.
Jul 29 2010 9:41AM
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T.Rex
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dam
Jul 29 2010 9:49AM
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.Duncan.
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wow thats crazy luck
Jul 29 2010 9:51AM
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snwbrdmilf
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Does CNN ever proofread before they post their articles? So many typos.
Jul 29 2010 9:51AM
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.frenchy
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wow, such a lucky guy.
Jul 29 2010 9:54AM
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Bar_Down
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saw this shit on the news last night. thats so lucky, i'd be fuckin pumped
Jul 29 2010 9:55AM
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DockEllis
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that is quite a return on investment right there, $45 to 200 mil...tough to find interest rates that good in this economy
Jul 29 2010 10:07AM
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KLovelace
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the guy who sold them at his garage sale is probably face palming big time
Jul 29 2010 10:15AM
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Fuck.W.M.E.
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thats exactly what I thought. I would be so fucking pissed if I was him
Jul 29 2010 10:17AM
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ngates_EC
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I saw it on the new too. So crazy, lucky guy!
Jul 29 2010 10:20AM
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Bar_Down
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i'd be fuckin RATTLED
Jul 29 2010 10:42AM
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WikiWiki
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holy shit that is rediculous

Jul 29 2010 10:52AM
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Melvs
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Ya, but according to Ansel Adam's grandson, things don't seem right... check it out.

http://theanseladamsgallery.blogspot.com/2010/07/response-to-july-27-2010-article.html
Jul 29 2010 11:11AM
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Peter.
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thats nuts, its like that lady that bought a lebron jeweled pendant that turned out to be actual gems
Jul 29 2010 11:21AM
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Relish_man
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saw this on Craig Ferguson last night. that guy most be so fuckin pumped.
Jul 29 2010 11:27AM
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ROOS.
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this happened to some lady and they made a movie about it


its called who the fuck is jackson pollock

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0487092/

she scored big time too
Jul 29 2010 12:09PM
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EthanH*
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This was in my local news.

Such a sick find.

Jul 29 2010 3:42PM
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TOK
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Ridiculous, I'll buy them off him for 50$
Jul 29 2010 3:45PM
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1337
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That's crazy for the guy, but also really sweet that they were able to find the images. Like the article said, many were destroyed in a fire, and finding these is really remarkable.
Jul 29 2010 3:51PM
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