Hi, I am writing for another museum near me that does a lot of retail sales of 
digital prints of the images in their photo collection. An issue has come up 
regarding photos of famous people. The museum has in its collection many 
photos of celebrities and other famous people (e.g., Groucho Marx, Mickey 
Mantle, Jackie Gleason, Chris Evert, Presidents, etc.) that they have sold 
copies of over the years. They now have a board member who says that can't 
sell them because the museum might get sued by relatives. Some of the 
photos have been donated through various sources over the years and a large 
collection from a local photographer was donated with him "turning" over the 
copyright and/or ownership to the museum.

They want to know if there are any copyright/trademark issues with selling 
these copies from their collection.

Thanks.

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