Message-ID: <000f01c8ca59$07b80660$0301a8c0@Jensen> From: "Don Jensen" <dnjkenosha@wi.rr.com> Subject: Re: Trunk sale Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 12:48:30 -0500
I understand that ACTUAL donors must and do waive all rights to the
items they donate.
Presumably all such DONORS understand that it is a possibility that the
item may be deaccessioned and sold/auctioned/raffled. And, presumably,
they accept that condition.. The concern is that POTENTIAL future
donors, reading in the newspaper or hearing about the sale of
deaccessioned artifacts will conclude that IF, for example, they were to
donate Grandma's cherished trunk, it might one day be sold, and
therefore, they NEVER offer it. Thus, they never talk to museum
staffers about donating and find out that the reality is that MOST
accessioned items remain in the collection and FEW are disposed of. It
is the adverse impression that such public local sales leave with
POTENTIAL donors that is the negative that museum professionals tell me
should be avoided.
--Don Jensen
BOD, Kenosha History Center
----- Original Message -----
From: Pioneer Village
To: localhistory@listserve.uwec.edu
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 11:26 AM
Subject: Re: Trunk sale
Our accession policy does not allow for the sale of donated items - we
do not want to discourage donations. Our policy states- "I hereby
give,transfer, and assign my personal property described in this
document as an unrestricted gift to the Barron Couny Historical Society
to use,retain, or dispose ( not sell ) of pursuant to the historical and
educational purposes of the society. The items listed below are free
and clear of restriction; and will become the property of the Barron
County Historical Society and can not be reclaimed by donor, or their
heirs. The Society may loan, rent or lease any items listed below."
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Dodsworth
To: Listserve
Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 7:23 PM
Subject: Trunk sale
The Mazomanie Historical Society announces a trunk and travel case auction for Saturday, June 14. Nineteen surplus trunks and travel cases will go on the silent auction block between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. at the Depot Library on Brodhead Street in downtown Mazomanie. It will be held in conjunction with a village-wide garage sale and the annual Library Book Sale. All items will have minimum bid price and the winning bids will be announced at 1 p.m. All sales are cash and carry.