It’s Not Ansel Adams, It’s Uncle Earl
You can stop d’oh-ing at yourself for not rummaging around garage sales now. Turns out those early Ansel Adams negatives that some weasel paid $45 for and attempted to sell for $200 million? Fake! Ha-ha. An old lady recognized the negatives and matched one down to the Jefrey Pine branch shadows. Her Uncle Earl frequented Yosemite and took BW photos that look similar to Ansel’s – yes, I’m sure you’re shocked. So, was this a humble blunder or a foiled $200 million con?
by Marina Galperina on July 30, 2010 at 10:30 am
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Hahaha. What a failure.
Was uncle Earl's last name Adams?
It's funny how the only thing that was keeping these worth that much was the name. Sure the photos were great, but the name changes everything.
wait so one guys pictures of yellowstone features look like another guys pictures of yellowstone features?
yeah, its like saying that one guy faked a picture of a box because another guy took a picture of it.
sensationalism fail.
I was very disappointed when I checked and saw nothing else was tagged with "crap weasel".
Look at the clouds in the picture….. It's not the same pic. This is a bogus site. Boo Hiss
@bonez
Yes. Clouds. Different. Duh.
Identical everything else including the shadows of the branches. Unless Ansel and Uncle Earl stood at exactly the same spot at exactly the same time [of day?]. Same roll, different shot.
Then again it could be a coincidence because it's not exactly unique, un-replicable work.
Those aren't the same photo. The cloud formations (among other details) are noticeably different.