Ansel Adams
58 copies for sale · $25–$19,000 · 13 first editions · 7 signed
Notable copies for sale
Images 1923-1974 (first edition, signed) — Manhattan Rare Books$7,500
Examples The Making of 40 Photographs (first edition, signed) — Riverrun Books & Manuscripts$125
Mount Clarence King (signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$12,500
Correspondence from Ansel Adams to Witter Bynner 2 postcards; summer, 1962 (signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$500
YOSEMITE AND THE RANGE OF LIGHT (signed) — Phillip J. Pirages$19,000
Letters and Images 1916-1984 (first edition) — Riverrun Books & Manuscripts$25
Typed Letter Signed TLS — Manhattan Rare Books$3,500
Photography at Mid-Century: Tenth Anniversary Exhibition — James Cummins Bookseller$2,500
Sierra Nevada: The John Muir Trail — James Cummins Bookseller$1,500
EXAMPLES; The Making of 40 Photographs (first edition) — Rare Book Cellar$78
YOSEMITE AND THE RANGE OF LIGHT (first edition) — Rare Book Cellar$73
THE NEGATIVE (first edition) — Rare Book Cellar$73
Works on the market
YOSEMITE AND THE RANGE OF LIGHT3 copies · $73–$19,000
THE PORTFOLIOS OF ANSEL ADAMS3 copies · $125–$393
EXAMPLES : ; The Making of 40 Photographs3 copies · $78–$223
THE NEGATIVE: BASIC PHOTO 22 copies · $83–$89
THE NEGATIVE2 copies · $73
CELEBRATING THE AMERICAN EARTH : ; A Tribute to Ansel Adams2 copies · $38–$48
THE NEGATIVE; The Ansel Adams Photography Series Book 22 copies · $43–$44
A TRIBUTE TO ANSEL ADAMS : ; Celebrating the American Earth2 copies · $37–$43
Mount Clarence King1 copy · $12,500
Images 1923-19741 copy · $7,500
Typed Letter Signed TLS1 copy · $3,500
Photography at Mid-Century: Tenth Anniversary Exhibition1 copy · $2,500
Sierra Nevada: The John Muir Trail1 copy · $1,500
THE CAMERA, THE NEGATIVE, THE PRINT1 copy · $475
YOSEMITE VALLEY1 copy · $270
POLAROID LAND PHOTOGRAPHY1 copy · $230
Ansel Adams: Images 1923-19741 copy · $200
Photographs of the South-west, Ansel Adams1 copy · $160
Market context
41 copies of Ansel Adams's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $52 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
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