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Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 12:59
PM
Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Appraisals and
Fakes
If a museum is
offered a piece for purchase or donation and determines that the item is not
what the seller claims it to be, does the museum have a moral/ethical
obligation to let the public know? My museum turned down a piece and
then later discovered that it was sold to a collector who assumed that the
piece was “authentic”. We want to avoid this situation in the future,
and would like to know what other institutions do.
Thank you for your
help,
Carrie
Snow
Carrie E.
Snow
Manager Collections
Care
Church History
Museum
801-240-4619
801-244-2307
(cell)
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