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From: Allen on 31 Jul 2010 11:47
Allen wrote:
> HocusPocus wrote:
>> On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:07:00 GMT, "MC" <any(a)any.any> wrote:
>>
>>> HocusPocus wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:13:53 -0700, Gary Edstrom
>>>> <GEdstrom(a)PacBell.Net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:58:44 -0700 (PDT), RichA
>>>>> <rander3127(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>> http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/celebrity.news.gossip/07/28/ansel.adams.negative.dispute/index.html?iref=NS1
>>>
>>>>>> "I have sent people to prison for the rest of their lives for far
>>>>>> less evidence than I have seen in this case," said evidence and
>>>>>> burden of proof expert Manny Medrano, who was hired by Norsigian
>>>>>> to help authenticate the plates. "In my view, those photographs
>>>>>> were done by Ansel Adams."
>>>>> What do you want to bet that if they are indeed genuine, the Ansel
>>>>> Adams heirs will sue to get them back as stolen property?
>>>> Gary, in that clip his grandson says they're not genuine. The
>>>> handwriting is not his grandmother's and the spelling mistakes don't
>>>> fit with her spending lots of time at Yosemite. I must be missing
>>>> something. How will they be confirmed as genuine? It IS fascinating
>>>> stuff! :)
>>> The whole thing stinks of jealousy. The Adams clan don't like the fact
>>> that this "stranger" has become very rich on the back of their famous
>>> relative.
>>>
>>> MC
>> Reverse psychology would say the relatives should claim they are genuine,
>> let the guy make money off them because then, based on the valuation of
>> these 'new' negatives, the family holdings will be worth multimillions
>> more
>> than today. Win, Win. No?
>>
>>
>>
> So you are saying that increasing the supply of something will drive up
> the price? Let's say that someone should discover that the entire Rocky
> Mountains are pure covered by a thin layer of stone; would this drive
> the price of gold up even higher? Of course not--it would push it down
> to something like the price of iron.
> Allen
Oops! Should have been 'pure gold'.
Allen
From: Savageduck on 31 Jul 2010 15:33
On 2010-07-31 10:24:25 -0700, HocusPocus <hocuspocus(a)magic.tricks> said:

> On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:50:25 -0500, Allen <allent(a)austin.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> HocusPocus wrote:
>>> On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:07:00 GMT, "MC" <any(a)any.any> wrote:
>>>
>>>> HocusPocus wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:13:53 -0700, Gary Edstrom
>>>>> <GEdstrom(a)PacBell.Net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:58:44 -0700 (PDT), RichA
>>>>>> <rander3127(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>> http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/celebrity.news.gossip/07/28/ansel.adams.negative.dispute/index.html?iref=NS1
"I
>>>>
>>>>>>> have sent people to prison for the rest of their lives for far
>>>>>>> less evidence than I have seen in this case," said evidence and
>>>>>>> burden of proof expert Manny Medrano, who was hired by Norsigian
>>>>>>> to help authenticate the plates. "In my view, those photographs
>>>>>>> were done by Ansel Adams."
>>>>>> What do you want to bet that if they are indeed genuine, the Ansel
>>>>>> Adams heirs will sue to get them back as stolen property?
>>>>> Gary, in that clip his grandson says they're not genuine. The
>>>>> handwriting is not his grandmother's and the spelling mistakes don't
>>>>> fit with her spending lots of time at Yosemite. I must be missing
>>>>> something. How will they be confirmed as genuine? It IS fascinating
>>>>> stuff! :)
>>>> The whole thing stinks of jealousy. The Adams clan don't like the fact
>>>> that this "stranger" has become very rich on the back of their famous
>>>> relative.
>>>>
>>>> MC
>>> Reverse psychology would say the relatives should claim they are genuine,
>>> let the guy make money off them because then, based on the valuation of
>>> these 'new' negatives, the family holdings will be worth multimillions more
>>> than today. Win, Win. No?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> So you are saying that increasing the supply of something will drive up
>> the price? Let's say that someone should discover that the entire Rocky
>> Mountains are pure covered by a thin layer of stone; would this drive
>> the price of gold up even higher? Of course not--it would push it down
>> to something like the price of iron.
>> Allen
>
> I was saying the value of the already held negs would go up if their worth
> was based on the inflated value of of the 'suspect' negs.
>

There seem to be some other opinions;

<
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2010/07/28/intv.matthew.adams.negatives.cnn
>

<
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2010/07/29/ansel.adams.photos.uncle.earl.ktvu
>


--
Regards,

Savageduck

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