[AT] Cold snap

[John Hall]

Larry, I think it comes from folks donating stuff with the intention of 
the general public being able to enjoy it. Unfortunately a lot of 
museums accept donations of items knowing full well they can not 
properly care for them, exhibit them, or even store them out of the 
weather. Those items would be better preserved selling to collectors, 
even if the price is minimal. I have personally seen museum warehouses 
full of stuff they can't properly display and the general public never 
gets to see. Also, I have seen them place good items out for yard art 
where they soon rotted away to nothing. To do either of these is to 
disrespect the hobby/collection in my opinion.

A great example of how a LARGE collection should be done is the 
Wisconsin Historical Society--IHC collection. It is my understanding the 
collection was donated by the McCormick family with enough money to care 
for and catalog it so John Q Public gets benefit from it

https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/Article/CS3364

To sum it up,  I recently sold my dads grain binder. I must have priced 
it too low as it sold FAST, and I had about 3-5 more in line to get it. 
At the same time, I had enough money on it that the guy carried it 
straight home and put it under a shed on concrete. He was "invested" in 
it so he was going to take care of it.

John Hall





On 1/19/2018 2:14 PM, Rena Glover Goss wrote:
> It boggles my mind that people think they can place restrictions on gifts that are given to museums and libraries.
>
> Larry
> ---- Tyler Juranek <tylerpolkaman at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>   I agree with John and Henry. Awhile back, a family of a man that
>> lived not to far from my grandfather, donated his tractor collection
>> to a historic society after his death. Not only did they donate the
>> tractors, but they also donated some extra parts, parts tractors, etc
>> to help the society maintain what they got.
>>   Well, a few months later, the historic group had an auction, selling
>> all of the things that they didn't want out of the estate.
>>   So if you can find a collector, I would go that route. And those
>> sears tractors, those are kind of rare, or at least in the midwest
>> they are.
>>   Just my $0.02.
>>   Take Care,
>>   Tyler
>>
>> On 1/18/18, John Hall <jtchall at nc.rr.com> wrote:
>>> I agree about checking with museums. Unless it is a super valuable or
>>> rare piece, they probably aren't going to financially be able to
>>> preserve it. If money is no object, give to a collector that has
>>> demonstrated resources and ability to preserving it. If not interested
>>> in giving to a collector, set your price high enough to deter scrappers
>>> and those wanting"yard art", but low enough that a collector will buy it
>>> at such a value he can financially afford to preserve and restore it. I
>>> view old iron purchases just like anything else I had to buy--If i had
>>> to pay for it, you can believe I'm going to take care of it.
>>>
>>> John Hall
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 1/18/2018 7:35 AM, Henry Miller wrote:
>>>> Don't donate to museums without first verifying they will care for it.
>>>> Most museums lack funds and have rooms for of things wasting away. They
>>>> often legally cannot sell them (other than to a different museum) and so
>>>> they end up waiting until time destroys things enough that they can junk
>>>> it. In the mean time nobody gets to enjoy that part of history as it
>>>> doesn't go on exhibit.
>>>>
>>>> If you find the right museum they will be excited to get it in exhibit and
>>>> care for it so all is well. Only that one piece though. If you give them
>>>> everything it sits in the back room un cared for.
>>>>
>>>> In short letting a private collector have your things for cheap on the
>>>> condition that they care for them and take them to shows is probably the
>>>> best way to get them shown to the public.
>>>>
>>>> I collect player pianos where the supply far exceeds demand. We have seen
>>>> some rare instruments worth saving destroyed because it was donated to a
>>>> museum that didn't care about it. Cars and tractors tend to be more
>>>> valuable so you have a better chance of them being cared for but only if
>>>> you check.
>>>>
>>>> Something to think about. There is no one right answer for everything.
>>>>
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