Tom ~ I had excellent results using Craig's list. It's well worth looking into.
Barbara Case
Currier Museum of Art
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Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Sample procedures for handling sale of
unaccessioned objects?
Thanks for your suggestions. Haven't had much luck
with ebay. Our low value items didn't sell. Auctions
that do lesser value items are 5 hours away in upstate
New York. We have over 15 19c. field plows that no one
local will take. Nearby museums are full. Would a
ceremonial burial be out of line?
Tom Edmonds
Southampton Historical Museum
--- Marc Williams <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> At least throughout New England, and I would imagine
> throughout most of the
> country, there are small, usually small-town or
> rural auction houses that
> will sell ANYTHING. Usually, these are weekday
> evening sales and may net
> only a few dollars, but that is better than unwanted
> items sitting around
> taking up valuable space.
>
> Another alternative is of course ebay. This is
> certainly public, and may be
> a bit more work, but you can specify a reasonable
> fee for handling in
> addition to shipping costs, thus recovering some/all
> of your labor. Larger
> items can be listed as "local pick-up only" to avoid
> shipping. If you do
> not want to do the listing yourselves, there are
> companies that will handle
> the whole process for a fee, you just drop off the
> items. Entire businesses
> exist doing nothing but selling on ebay, and they
> are more than happy to
> include you. It's also a fun thing for someone who
> is retired to do and
> willing to donate their time to the museum. It even
> can be used as a
> fundraising program, where donors give unwanted
> items to the museum
> specifically for sale on ebay. Even cars are an
> option - I personally have
> purchased three on ebay!
>
> Marc
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jill Chancey" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2006 3:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] Sample procedures for
> handling sale of unaccessioned
> objects?
>
>
> > Re: auctioning low-to-mid-value auction items, you
> may wish to contact
> > regional auction houses outside of the Big Names &
> Big Northeastern
> > Cities, as the decorator market for such items is
> still strong in the
> > "provinces." New Orleans, for example, has two
> local auction houses
> > which do a strong business in decorator-quality
> items in addition to
> > their high-end sales. I would guess there are
> others in Atlanta,
> > Chicago, Dallas - anywhere people are paying
> decorators to do up their
> > houses.
> >
> > To answer the original question, we get approval
> from our Collections
> > Committee, which is made up of Board members and
> several community
> > (non-Board) members, to sell never-accessioned
> items, usually through
> > public auction houses. I believe they report the
> sale to the Board, but
> > no Board vote is required. In the event that no
> auction house wants it,
> > we offer it to the committee that runs the silent
> auction for our annual
> > gala fundraiser. This is the sale venue of last
> resort, since it is
> > technically public but you have to be invited to
> the auction preview or
> > buy tickets to the museum gala to attend the
> auction. Stuff that we
> > can't sell at all has ended up filling space,
> decoratively, in a
> > conference room and several rooms that we rent out
> for private
> > functions. A few things have gone to the
> education department for use
> > in still life drawing.
> >
> > --
> > Jill R. Chancey, PhD
> > Curator
> > Lauren Rogers Museum of Art
> > PO Box 1108
> > Laurel, MS 39440
> > www.LRMA.org
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> >
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