1 ANSEL ADAMS PHOTO SELLS FOR $720,000 IN NYC
Iconic American photographer Ansel Adams is having quite a moment at auctions this fall. After Jackson Hole Art Auction sold a Wyoming image once owned by Elton John for $312,000 in September, Sotheby’s presented an entire sale dedicated to the photographer in New York City in October. The top lot was Aspens, Northern New Mexico (Vertical), a dramatic and moody shot showing a cluster of aspens. With a high estimate of $250,000, the image, likely printed in the 1970s, sold for $720,000. Another image, Moon and Half Dome, Yosemite National Park, California, sold for $384,000, well over the $200,000 high estimate. Adams has performed well at auctions in the past, but a handful of sales of this magnitude within several weeks…
