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Re: Monetary Appraisals



Dear Joe & Others:

We have spent thirty-one years developing the expertise, references, and skills
relating to the appraisal of books and manuscripts.  There is no quick way to this
knowledge.

Perhaps you should suggest to your bosses that, if they would like values attached
to items in the collections, they should engage the services of a qualified
appraiser.

We ourselves are available for appraisal assignments throughout the U.S.

Hope this helps,

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> Date:    Sun, 17 Dec 2000 14:26:11 -0500
> From:    "Joseph H. Gillette" <josephhg@GATEWAY.NET>
> Subject: Monetary Appraisals
> My name is Joe Gillette, and I'm the archivist at the Orange County =
> Regional History Center in Orlando, FL. I have a question I'm hoping =
> someone out there has experience with and can give me some pointers. My =
> boss has recently informed me that when we catalog new accessions to our =
> collection (this goes for objects, papers, and photos), we now need to =
> provide some kind of monetary value to the item(s). I have absolutely no =
> idea how to do this. It's something to which I have never had any =
> exposure. How does one attach a monetary value to archival papers? Is =
> there a standard set of rules I should use? If so, what are they, and is =
> there any kind of published sourcebook out there somewhere I could =
> obtain, similar to the kind of resources museum curators, collectors, =
> auctioneers, and insurance appraisers might use? If there isn't, what =
> kind of general guidelines are used within the profession to attach a =
> monetary value to archival papers? Like I said, I have no experience =
> with such things, and I'm hoping someone out there can help me out. =
> Thanks much.
> =20
> Joe Gillette
> Orange County Regional History Center
> Orlando, FL

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