No, David, I was neither the person asking about price tags, nor was I kidding about the prohibition on selling paintings. There are many not-for-profit galleries in NYC which do sell work. I was kind of musing out loud about the distinction between these galleries and museums proper. We have already dispatched the idea that the definition of museums must include the holding of collections (see extremely polite flame wars in re: science museums and collections between Alan Friedman and Bob McDonald in Curator Magazine). So how is a non-profit gallery, which sells work, legally distinct from a museum as far as the latter's ability to sell work? Someone posted very clearly about the "market making" power of museums, which zeroes in on the ethical dilemna or museums' selling work, but I am interested in hearing any insight about the legal strictures. Eric Siegel [log in to unmask]