Gail, we had one years ago, and I have since decided I don't like them, and
that they contribute to something I don't think my institution, at least,
should be involved in.  I worry that this appraisal stuff is not doing
museums any favors.  I don't have any real stories, although I have to say
one of our long term supporters made a gift of the objects she had appraised
that day -- and they were good additions to the collection -- but she
probably would have anyway, being a good friend of the institution.  I think
ours brought in a lot of people, but I didn't necessarily ever see their
faces again.
Sorry -- I guess I'm a tad negative!
Candace Perry
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  Subject: Appraisal Days


  Hello,


  I am looking for comments on holding an appraisal day in a museum. If
anyone has had some experience with this, I would love to hear your
stories - the good and the bad.


  Thank you.


  Gail



  Gail Kana Anderson
  Interim Director
  Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art
  The University of Oklahoma
  555 Elm Avenue
  Norman, OK 73019-3003
  t. 405.325.1664; f. 405.325.7696
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