Cindy, Sorry to deviate from this subject, but scanning glass plate negatives onto any medium is not the way to preserve them. Archivally processed B&W copy negatives are the best way to preserve them. David On 13 Dec 2005 at 14:36, Historic Upshur Museum wrote: > We at the Historic Upshur Museum was given a collection of > glass plate > negatives dating back to 1892 to about the mid 1940'2, We > have been scanning them into PastPerfect and have decided > thru the Board of Directors to charge per 8x10 sheet of > Kodak paper $20, that means you could possible print 2 5x7 > or whatever you can get on the one sheet for the $20. That > covers the costs of the 10 to 12 thousand we have to scan, > preserve and store properly. > Just thought that might give someone something to think > about. The professional photographer here in Gilmer now > charges I think $12 to > $30 per sheet , depending on if he has to restore the > picture. > > Cindy Norris > Office Coordinator > Historic Upshur Museum > Gilmer, Texas > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Todd Bothel" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 1:37 PM > Subject: Value of Negative Donation > > > > I thought someone might be able to provide an answer for > the following > question. A donor is looking to donate > ~400,000 negatives (a mix of > local > > historical events, buildings, celebrities, presidents, > etc) and is > trying > > to determine a value for IRS purposes. Does anyone have > a way to > calculate > > the value? Per negative strip? Per image? 10 negatives = > ? > > Any help is greatly appreciated. > > Thanks. > > > ================================================== ======= > > 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). > *************************************************************************** David L. Mishkin - Consultant Providing lectures and workshops on Photographic Preservation, Document Preservation and Modern Imaging Methods. [log in to unmask] (207)-233-3055 **************************************************************************** ========================================================= 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).