[Nhcoll-l] Valuation of stolen specimens

[Peter H Wimberger]

Hello everyone,
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?

Are there murky places on the web where specimens are bought and sold where we could post the missing pangolin?
Thanks,
Peter

Peter Wimberger (he suite)
Director, Slater Museum of Natural History
Professor, Biology
University of Puget Sound
Tacoma, WA 98406

…living and working on the Homelands of the Puyallup Nation



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