Currently our policy regarding
purchasing deaccessioned materials at auction reads:
"No
objects to be deaccessioned can be acquired privately by any staff, volunteer,
board member, or committee member of the Society unless acquired by purchase at
a public sale of such objects or through other means of public
disposal."
Is this standard and ethical practice?
It is my understanding that anyone associated with an institution should
not knowingly purchase deaccessioned materials from that institution because
it is a conflict of interest.
Does anyone else have a similar policy?
Samantha Grantham
Collections Manager Beverly Historical Society 117 Cabot St. Beverly, MA 01915 (978) 922 - 1186 scgrantham@beverlyhistory.org www.beverlyhistory.org Samantha Grantham
Collections Manager Beverly Historical Society 117 Cabot St. Beverly, MA 01915 (978) 922 - 1186 scgrantham@beverlyhistory.org www.beverlyhistory.org |