‘Lost’ Ansel Adams negatives bought for $45 are valued at $200m

A TROVE of old glass negatives bought at a garage sale for $45 (€35) have been authenticated as the lost work of famed nature photographer Ansel Adams and are worth at least $200 million, an attorney for the owner said yesterday.

A team of experts concluded after a six-month examination that the 65 negatives are Adams’ early work, which were believed to have been destroyed in a 1937 fire at his Yosemite National Park studio, Arnold Peter said.

“These photographs are really the missing link,” he said. “They really fill the void in Ansel Adams’ early career.”