[Nhcoll-l] Advice on estimating the value of donated collections?

[Taylor, Sarah]

Good morning all,

A colleague at a regional museum reached out to ask me for advice on how to estimate the value of a collection of donated birds (mostly skins, some taxidermy mounts). He's not interested in individual values for each piece, but a big picture "lump sum." I'm sure this has come up on the listserve before, but I haven't been able to locate it. If anyone has ideas or can point me in the direction of a resource to send to my colleague, I'd really appreciate it! I have no appraisal skills myself - and I'm a botanist - so I'm at a total loss on my end.

Cheers,
Sarah

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Sarah Taylor, PhD


Collections Manager, CONN

George Safford Torrey Herbarium
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Connecticut
75 North Eagleville Road, Unit 3043
Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3043
U.S.A.

P: 860.486.1889
F: 860.486.4320
http://bgbaseserver.eeb.uconn.edu/

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