13 May
2014
13 May
'14
8:51 p.m.
On 05/13/2014 07:19 PM, Toby Thain wrote:
On 13/05/14 12:58 PM, John Wilson wrote:
I have thought about such donations myself. I would be good to get
document signed to the effect that if no longer wanted, the property
must be handed back to the doner or doners heirs.
On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 10:53:47AM +0200, Pontus
Pihlgren wrote:
Agreed. I went through the accession process with a Lisa with a major
museum but by the end of it I was so dissatisfied with their
assurances it wouldn't just sit in a basement or be disposed of that I
decided it had a better future with me.
--Toby
At the very least, one musuem I talked to
doesn't want to give away
things willy-nilly because it might scare away donators of objects. I
suppose many donators give to museums because they know the object ends
up in good hands, not to someone who will turn around and sell it for
profit.
Glad to hear it. I once gave away a KL10 and I honestly have no idea
what the #@!(*#&%(* they did with it (it wasn't around long). Now I'm
very leery of thinking anyone's a better home for my stuff than I am,
no matter what their credentials.
John Wilson