When we had a large commercial negative collection given to our museum,
another commercial photographer in town appraised the collection,
assigning a value of what his best guess as to sales out of the
collection if he took it and marketed it along with his own material,
over a five year period.  Looking at it as a business investment seemed
reasonable.
     Diane Brenner, Anchorage Msueum

On Tue, 24 Jun 1997, Sara P. Kelley wrote:

> We are negotiating with a member for her photograph/negative/slide
> collection of great local interest.  She is not sure she's ready to give
> them to us quite yet.  How do we ensure she will when she's ready
> (probably when she moves out of her current house, but not as late
> as when she dies)?  Is there a way we can word a Deed of Gift for
> a specific later date or event?
>
> Her other question (and mine!) is about appraising photographic collections.
> Our small community has a few people that can appraise more
> typical museum objects -- they are all antiques dealers -- but no one
> with any real knowledge of photographs.  Any suggestions out there?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Sara
>
>
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> Sara Phinney Kelley, Historic Site Administrator
> Centre County Historical Society
> State College, PA
> (814) 234-4779                  e-mail: [log in to unmask]
>