We have an agreement with SuperStock, Inc., who sell images worldwide.  They
photographed the collection (less than 300 objects photographed, I'd say) as
an "in-kind donation" and gave us a set of 4 x5 transparencies.  In return,
they market the images, sell them, and we get a cut from the royalties.  It
has taken about a year, but we average about $300 a month in sales now.  Let
me know if you would like to get in touch with them.

Chantel Y. Cummings
Registrar
The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens
829 Riverside Avenue
Jacksonville, Florida
32225
USA
Phone (904) 356-6857
FAX (904) 353-4101
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From: WILLIAM TALBOT <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Thursday, January 15, 1998 11:41 AM
Subject: Reproduction and licensing agencies


>Does anyone know firms which on behalf of a small museum with a fine art
and historical collection can market and broker the commercial reproduction
and licensing of images and three-dimensional objects from its collection?
I know companies such as CORBIS and Bridgeman Art Library of London which do
this for major works of art but who can promote to
publishers/fabricators/distributors on behalf of a museum the reproduction
of objects from its mixed collection?  My own experience is that each museum
is on its own in the marketplace. Am I correct?
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>Bill Talbot
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