I Found Lost Negatives by Ansel Adams at a Garage Sale

Well, not really, but I did find a charming old broom that I may use as a prop in a future still life. I've been reading about a fellow in California who, at a garage sale, purchased 65 "lost" negatives he says were taken by Ansel Adams.  Even after these negatives were certified by "experts" as being genuine Adams, and valued at $200 million dollars, there is still doubt as to their provenance.  A woman in Fresno California has produced a print by her uncle Earl that appears to have been taken within minutes of one of the "Adams" negatives, thus suggesting that the negatives were created by uncle Earl, and not Adams.  In all the discussion and debate about whether these images were the work of Adams or uncle Earl Brooks, there seems to be little mention of the artistic merit of the photographs.  The small-sized images I have seen displayed on the inernet do not appear to me to be among Adams' more compelling images.

      Day's End, Santa Rosa Mountains, California

If the photo above could be unquestionably identified as a previously undiscovered image by Ansel Adams, the negative alone would perhaps be valued in excess of a million dollars, not to mention the value of any subsequent prints made from it (Mr. Norsigian, the owner of the 65 garage-sale negatives, is selling prints from his "Adams" negatives for up to $7500 each).  Unfortunately for me, this is not an Adams image, it's one of my own, and because I am the photographer and not Adams, the image is worth (to be kind) considerably less than a million dollars.  I believe this current controversy is just another sad example of how an artwork's merit is too often judged more by who authored it than by its actual content. What do you think?