A good point, David. In the same league as having "volunteers" who were also dealers who busily helped the chief curator of the day "rationalize" the collection of a national Canadian museum. Harry "Those who play with cats must expect to get scratched" - Cervantes, "Don Quixote" Harry Needham, M.A., CFE, etc. President Harry Needham Consulting Services Inc. Training & consulting services for heritage institutions - and others! 74 Abbeyhill Drive Kanata, Ontario K2L 1H1 Canada email: [log in to unmask] (Voice) +1.613.831-1068 (Fax) +1.613.831-9412 ----- Original Message ----- From: David E. Haberstich <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 1:56 AM Subject: Re: Ethical question > To expand a bit on the ethics question regarding spouses, what do people > think of the spouse of a curator functioning as a dealer in the same field? > Ordinarily this might not be a problem--assuming the curator is not a > customer of the dealer spouse!--but I'm thinking of one situation a long time > ago when a curator who had served as a consultant to another museum helped > that institution sell duplicates from its collection to other museums, with > the spouse serving as the dealer. A lot of eyebrows were raised for years > afterward over that arrangement. > > David Haberstich > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). > ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).