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$45 garage sale painting worth $200mil

post #1 of 17
7/27/10 at 1:36pm
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Rick Norsigian's hobby of picking through piles of unwanted items at garage sales in search of antiques has paid off for the Fresno, California, painter.

Two small boxes he bought 10 years ago for $45 -- negotiated down from $70 -- are now estimated to be worth at least $200 million, according to a Beverly Hills art appraiser.

Noice!
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post #2 of 17
7/27/10 at 1:45pm
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"It is my belief that he brought these negatives with him for teaching purposes and to show students how to not let their negatives be engulfed in a fire," Alt said. "I think this clearly explains the range of work in these negatives, from very early pictorialist boat pictures, to images not as successful, to images of the highest level of his work during this time period."

Is he being cheeky?
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post #3 of 17
7/27/10 at 2:01pm
As soon as someone pays 200 million dollars for those pictures the value will have actual meaning.
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post #4 of 17
7/27/10 at 3:08pm
^^ True, but, even if they overestimated by a factor of 20, the guy still has $10 million.
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post #5 of 17
7/27/10 at 4:40pm
The auction record for Adams is less than a million - and that was a 'great work' printed by Adams himself.

This will make a nice book sale for the owner (if Adams's estate can't or doesn't intervene) and he'll sell some prints - but $200 million is ridiculous.
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post #6 of 17
7/27/10 at 4:49pm
"found it at a garage sale" = "came to me through crime" ... what percentage of the time?
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post #7 of 17
7/27/10 at 8:52pm
shouldn't this be the ultimate poast in the "thrift store bragging" thread?
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post #8 of 17
7/27/10 at 9:02pm
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Originally Posted by HRoi View Post
shouldn't this be the ultimate poast in the "thrift store bragging" thread?

that's just what i was thinking. take that vicuna coat!
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post #9 of 17
7/27/10 at 9:04pm
Could have sworn they where photo negatives not painting.
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post #10 of 17
7/27/10 at 10:27pm
well, actually, i think they were glass negatives ... but you're right.
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post #11 of 17
7/27/10 at 10:29pm
craigslist>garage sales> spoo's neighborhood this weekend > Check.
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post #12 of 17
7/29/10 at 12:20am
Only worth what someone actually pays.
Even at a fraction of that $200 Mil, it's time to sell.
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post #13 of 17
7/29/10 at 12:48am
From the not so fast department: Adams' family says negs are fake
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post #14 of 17
7/29/10 at 6:01am
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Originally Posted by Dakota rube View Post
From the not so fast department:
Adams' family says negs are fake

Antiques Roadshow: baller edition
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post #15 of 17
7/29/10 at 6:07am
Dude has just become extremely unhappy. The love of his life, a little known woman named Beth, will now sleep with him for "no reasons".
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