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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Joe2007, post: 153889, member: 1262&quot;]Outrage over college&#039;s plans to sell political memorabilia</p><p><a href="http://www.middletownpress.com/article/MI/20160502/NEWS/160509951" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.middletownpress.com/article/MI/20160502/NEWS/160509951" rel="nofollow">http://www.middletownpress.com/article/MI/20160502/NEWS/160509951</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Although deaccessioning of donated items seems to be becoming more commonplace (and accepted) in museums and institutions of higher learning over the past few decades, I still find the practice to be unethical since in many instances the donors were led to believe that their bequests would remain part of the permanent collections and would not under any circumstances be sold. Apparently the University of Hartford has not only lied to donors whom provided their lifelong collections but also the federal government who provided money for the expansion of the University&#039;s libraries specifically to house the collection. The University of Hartford and any other institution that solicits the donation of irreplaceable collections only to auction them off when the fancy strikes should be ashamed of themselves. I hope they get sued into oblivion and have to relinquish the collection to a better suited custodian. Instances such as this illustrate why a collector should be reluctant to bequest their collection to a museum, since it is the fruits of their own labors and should not be sold to benefit some overcompensated official in an ivory tower somewhere looking to sell assets for a one time fix to fill a hole in an university budget.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your thoughts?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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