Appraisal: Ansel Adams Modern Prints, ca. 1960
Clip: Season 29 Episode 17 | 2m 48sVideo has Closed Captions
Appraisal: Ansel Adams Modern Prints, ca. 1960
In Vintage San Jose, Hour 2, Daile Kaplan appraises Ansel Adams modern prints, ca. 1960.
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Appraisal: Ansel Adams Modern Prints, ca. 1960
Clip: Season 29 Episode 17 | 2m 48sVideo has Closed Captions
In Vintage San Jose, Hour 2, Daile Kaplan appraises Ansel Adams modern prints, ca. 1960.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipGUEST: I worked in Yosemite in 1971.
And I came down for a weekend to visit my folks to bring more records back up to Yosemite.
I stopped at a flea market in Castro Valley, and I recognized the photographs, and I inquired as to how much they were, and he pulled one out, and I asked him, "Who took it?"
And he gave me some line, a brother-in-law or somebody, so I kind of knew he didn't know what he had I didn't really know what he had, but I asked, "Did you have any more?"
He brought out two more; I paid $1.65 for three Ansel Adams.
I think they're originals.
APPRAISER: I know you're concerned as to whether Ansel Adams actually made these prints.
And I believe he did make them.
Number one, if we look in the lower right corner of this print, which is called Nevada Falls, we see that his signature clearly appears in ink below the photograph, which is typical of the display and presentation of Ansel Adams's prints.
Earlier we looked at the back of the mount...
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: ...and we saw that they each had a hand stamp.
And that hand stamp did not have a ZIP code associated with it.
ZIP codes were introduced around 1963, so the print date on the photographs could actually be as early as late 1950s, since the hand stamp so clearly is an early Ansel Adams hand stamp.
Ansel Adams revisited earlier negatives, because some of these negatives were made in the '30s and '40s...
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: ...and printed from those early negatives prints in 14 by 11 inches, Merced River, 11 by 14 inches, and then Vernal Falls, slightly smaller.
In the 1970s, as he got older, he delegated the printing responsibilities to Alan Ross.
And in 1975, when Alan Ross started working with Ansel and printing from these older negatives...
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: ...Ansel wouldn't sign his name.
He would initial the prints...
GUEST: Oh!
APPRAISER: ...to indicate that he had seen them, that he had authorized them, but they weren't printed by him.
At auction, this group of photographs is worth $15,000 to $25,000.
GUEST: (exhales) For all three of them?
APPRAISER: For the three together.
Appraisal: Gustav Stickley Desk, ca. 1910
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 1m 1s | Appraisal: Gustav Stickley Desk, ca. 1910 (1m 1s)
Appraisal: 1813 Reverend Young Marriage Certificate
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 1m 27s | Appraisal: 1813 Reverend Young Marriage Certificate (1m 27s)
Appraisal: 1886 Leland Stanford-signed Joaquin Miller Book
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 59s | Appraisal: 1886 Leland Stanford-signed Joaquin Miller Book (59s)
Appraisal: Boxing Folk Art Cane, ca. 1895
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 47s | Appraisal: Boxing Folk Art Cane, ca. 1895 (47s)
Appraisal: Handel Piano Lamp, ca. 1920
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 1m | Appraisal: Handel Piano Lamp, ca. 1920 (1m)
Appraisal: "The Grabhorn Press" Sign, ca. 1940
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 1m 19s | Appraisal: "The Grabhorn Press" Sign, ca. 1940 (1m 19s)
Appraisal: T. Earnshaw Marine Chronometer, ca. 1815
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 2m 18s | Appraisal: T. Earnshaw Marine Chronometer, ca. 1815 (2m 18s)
Appraisal: 1885 Frederic S. Cozzens Chromolithograph
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 3m 32s | Appraisal: 1885 Frederic S. Cozzens Chromolithograph (3m 32s)
Appraisal: 1934 Martin 000-18 Guitar
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 2m 55s | Appraisal: 1934 Martin 000-18 Guitar (2m 55s)
Appraisal: Christoph Münhofin "Night" Clock, ca. 1680
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 2m 36s | Appraisal: Christoph Münhofin "Night" Clock, ca. 1680 (2m 36s)
Appraisal: Italico Brass Oil Painting, ca. 1920
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 2m 38s | Appraisal: Italico Brass Oil Painting, ca. 1920 (2m 38s)
Appraisal: Izabel Coles Jewelry & Drawings
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 2m 34s | Appraisal: Izabel Coles Jewelry & Drawings (2m 34s)
Appraisal: Marius Hammer Plique-à-Jour Bowl, ca. 1900
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 1m 59s | Appraisal: Marius Hammer Plique-à-Jour Bowl, ca. 1900 (1m 59s)
Appraisal: Margaret De Patta Studio Jewelry, ca. 1949
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 2m 27s | Appraisal: Margaret De Patta Studio Jewelry, ca. 1949 (2m 27s)
Appraisal: 1938 Ray Jerome Baker Book
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 3m 5s | Appraisal: 1938 Ray Jerome Baker Book (3m 5s)
Appraisal: 1990 Wayne Thiebaud Pen & Ink Drawing
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 2m 49s | Appraisal: 1990 Wayne Thiebaud Pen & Ink Drawing (2m 49s)
Appraisal: Roger Broders Dunkerque Travel Poster, ca. 1930
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 3m 39s | Appraisal: Roger Broders Dunkerque Travel Poster, ca. 1930 (3m 39s)
Appraisal: Almeric Walter Pottery Vase, ca. 1890
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 2m 16s | Appraisal: Almeric Walter Pottery Vase, ca. 1890 (2m 16s)
Appraisal: Philadelphia Walnut Sideboard, ca. 1880
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 1m 4s | Appraisal: Philadelphia Walnut Sideboard, ca. 1880 (1m 4s)
Appraisal: Enrico Fanfani Oil Painting, ca. 1860
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 34s | Appraisal: Enrico Fanfani Oil Painting, ca. 1860 (34s)
Appraisal: Japanese Lacquer Box, ca. 1800
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 3m 41s | Appraisal: Japanese Lacquer Box, ca. 1800 (3m 41s)
Appraisal: Longines Aviator's Watch, ca. 1938
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 1m 50s | Appraisal: Longines Aviator's Watch, ca. 1938 (1m 50s)
Appraisal: Philadelphia Chippendale Walnut Chair, ca. 1775
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Clip: S29 Ep17 | 3m 20s | Appraisal: Philadelphia Chippendale Walnut Chair, ca. 1775 (3m 20s)
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