When I looked into deaccessioning a group
of taxidermied animals several years ago, I found out that there’s quite
a surplus of many of these. No doubt this will determine the values, depending
on the type of animal.
See http://www.taxidermyappraisals.com/
for a list of cost for taxidermy – part of establishing the value of a
mount – and for appraisal info.
See http://www.hsus.org/press_and_publications/press_releases/congress_shoots_down_taxidermy.html
for some interesting information on a tax scam involving hunting and taxidermy.
Keep in mind that the movie industry is a
big “user” of taxidermy mounts for props, albeit more as renters
than buyers, I can imagine.
Arsenic is an issue to take into
consideration, as Joan G. suggested in her response. See http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:Szw7tkAjxf8J:www.spnhc.org/documents/CF16/sirois.pdf+arsenic+taxidermy&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=20
for more info on this.
I can imagine that whether you can sell
taxidermy specimens depends on what animal it is. All kinds of laws apply to
this, including Fish and Wildlife and Endangered Species. Worth looking into
this.
Good luck!
Remko Jansonius
From: Museum
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Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006
9:16 AM
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Subject: Deaccession help
I am the director
of a new museum. We have 150+ taxidermied animals that were parts of
numerous collections. We hold title to all of them and need to
deaccession these animals. They do not fit the mission of our museum and the
storage costs are eating us alive.
Can anyone help
with two questions:
1. We want to sell these - Does anyone have suggestions for auction
houses or liquidators we could contact?
2. How does one come up with a price for each animal? Some are
CITIES mammals with all of the paper work, etc. We have the appraised
values from when they were given to the museum. Is this what we use for a
price? I need advice so as to get a fair price for the museum and to be
fair to the buyer.
Thanks to all who
may be able to help with this question.
Ken
Kenneth D. Mark
Director of the
Telephone:
717-691-6082
FAX: 717-691-6046
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