[Nhcoll-l] Valuation of stolen specimens

[Kairo Z]

I'm involved in the private collections sector.

Do you have photos of the specimens stolen? I can put it out to the network
of private collector and specimen markets out there and someone will report
it if it shows up for sale.

Same with the fossils.

Photos of any identifying marks will help greatly.

It would probably be passed off as a vintage specimen if it comes up for
sale, to get around questions about lack of paperwork.

The specimen collections community is large but very well connected. So if
it spread widely enough, the minute it comes up for sale somebody would see
it.

I don't have any current input for valuation. However pangolin specimens do
exist in the hands of private collectors and transactions do occur. I'll
reach out.


K



On Mon, Apr 18, 2022, 4:08 PM Peter H Wimberger <phwimberger at pugetsound.edu>
wrote:

> Hello everyone,
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> I have a question about insurance valuations (a recent NHCOLL discussion
> topic) that suddenly got real for us. We loaned a few specimens to a
> travelling Art/Science exhibit including a small pangolin.  The museum was
> burglarized in the middle of the night (glass windows and cases smashed)
> and multiple artworks and specimens were taken including a pangolin, a
> beaver and beaver skull and a fossil. I need to place a value on the
> pangolin, which is irreplaceable.  What are practices surrounding placing
> value on specific specimens (as opposed to entire collections) that are for
> all intents and purposes, irreplaceable?
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> Are there murky places on the web where specimens are bought and sold
> where we could post the missing pangolin?
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> Thanks,
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> Peter
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