Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's hard to imagine paying $7,500 for one of these. As Ansel might say, you might get the score but not the performance. Not his anyway. I could have bought what was represented as the last P30 ever printed (by Cole Weston) for $2,500, but that was 1990 when $2,500 was some real money. Maybe I should have, since of course Cole would be very familiar with how EW printed it, and they are contact prints anyway. I just never cared for the image all that much. Ken Carney Oklahoma City, Oklahoma On 7/28/2010 9:12 AM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > Hmmmm. I have no idea on the provenance of these of course. > Disregarding that, I looked at the web previews of the prints that they > have > now advertised for sale following this publicity. > USD 7,500 for a silver gelatin print made by I have no idea who from these > negatives. That is the starting range of some authenticated original prints > made and signed by the great man himself. Go to the Ansel Adams Gallery in > Yosemite and you can purchase a selection of very well known work printed > on > silver gelatin by one of Ansel's assistants. USD 225 for the wonderful > 'Thunderstorm, Yosemite Valley' that I fell in love with and look at every > single day. > > Who else thinks this is about money and rarity and collectors over content > and artisan excellence in the print making? Yes I'm sure that collectors > will vehemently disagree with me. They're welcome to do that of course. > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > >