The director of my museum regularly scans e-bay for things appropriate to
our time period (1890-1930, not much help for you). Everything seems to be
as advertised and undamaged, though one wonders about the reliability of
provenance info. sometimes. My director purchased a Christmas card that the
seller advertised as being from 1902, but there was nothing on the card to
indicate a date. So, we really can't be sure when it was produced. We also
have trouble getting the receipts from him. As an aside, I wonder how e-bay
receipts stack up as legal proof of ownership? Anyway, e-bay is working for
us, all in all. We've found some really neat things.
Just my two cents.
Cheers,
Chris Godbold
Assistant Curator
Heritage Farmstead Museum
Plano, TX
>
>Does anyone have experience with buying items on e-bay for your museum's
>collections?  Has it been successful?  Did you encounter any problems?
>What were they?  Any recommendations for other museums looking to fill
>specific needs for the collection in this manner?  We are particularly
>interested in any attempts to purchase Civil War related artifacts in this
>manner.


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