The first day of a forced sale of photographs owned by the Polaroid Company brought in more than $7 million Monday at Sotheby’s, breaking a record for the highest price ever paid for an Ansel Adams picture.“Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park,” the large 1938 black-and-white landscape pictured above, went for $722,500, including a buyer’s commission to the auction house, topping the $609,000 that was paid for another Adams work in 2006.More info at the NYT.