Doug,
 
We rent transparencies (ours tend to be 8"x10") for a period of three
months for $125.00.  We will extend the loan period, but most people
don't request this.  It is hard to keep track of the orders since they
have to return the transparency, but I don't think we would ever consider
selling them outright since they are so expensive to produce (aside from
the issue of losing control over reproductions of the image -- although I
think this issue tends to be somewhat overblown).  I hope this helps.
 
With every good wish,
 
Steven R. Smith
Art Collection
Harvard Law School
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On Tue, 10 Jan 1995, DOUGLAS TILGHMAN wrote:
 
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> Doug Tilghman, Assistant Director, Spencer Museum of Art
> University of Kansas, Lawrence KS 66045     913-864-4710
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>     I would appreciate information about your policies and experience with
> selling or leasing color transparencies of collection objects for
> reproduction.  (Not slides, but larger, typically 4x5 inch transparencies
> needed for high-quality printing purposes.)
>     We currently "rent" them at $75 for each 90-day period.  This is because
> they are very time-consuming to produce; you can't shoot a bunch easily
> as with slides.  BUT usually the publisher needs them for a year or more,
> and we don't get back most of them.  That's why we charge so much, to
> cover the cost of the ones we can't retrieve.  We are considering selling
> them instead.
>     Any suggestions?  I'll share your comments with the net if you permit.
>