On 28-Jul-10 16:43, Rich Mason wrote:
On Jul 28, 2010, at 3:38 PM, David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
The prints may be worthless to collectors
Maybe the right phrasing would be /worth less, /rather than "worthless."
An Ansel Adams print made b y Adams money, but prints made by others are
still often beyond the reach of the average Joe.
30x40 darkroom prints are currently being offered for $7500 at
<http://www.lostnegatives.com/>.
If they're previously-unpublished works by Adams made before 1978 (which
is the assertion of the sellers), then the copyrights are held by
whoever holds the general Adams copyrights, so far as I can tell; which
means the sellers will shortly be in a world of hurt, and may find
themselves arguing in court that they photos aren't by Adams after all :-).
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