Valuing Your Collection

A practical guide for museums, libraries and archives

Freda Matassa

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English

Facet Publishing
30 September 2017

Library, archive & information management; Museums & museology

This book addresses the issue of valuing objects in cultural collections, ranging from high-value to low or no-value and featuring a range of collections including fine art, archives, science and photography. Practical advice is given on how to assign values and best practice examples are drawn from museums, libraries and archives.

The subject of valuation has always been challenging for museums and public collections and is becoming more urgent as monetary values of many items continue to break records. There is an increase in lending, with more loans requiring a value for insurance. Cultural collections and exhibitions are expanding to all corners of the world, while, at the same time, lenders are becoming more risk-averse. Valuing Your Collection will address the issues and offer some solutions.

Content covered includes:

questions of valuing public and private cultural collections assigning values to individual objects or an entire collection legal and ethical considerations discussion of authentication and attribution the insurance business and valuation guides to valuing different types of collections a range of case studies showing valuation across multiple sectors sample templates with criteria for valuing different objects.

This book will be useful for curators of cultural collections, professionals in museums, libraries and archives, cultural heritage students, private collectors, those involved with art insurance, art business and anyone requiring practical guidance on valuation.

By: Freda Matassa
Imprint: Facet Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 245mm, Width: 164mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 222g
ISBN: 9781783301881
ISBN 10: 1783301880
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 30 September 2017
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Freda Matassa FRSA MA (Hons) DipAL DipEd is a well-known UK expert on collections management who advises, teaches and lectures internationally. Currently Director of Matassa Toffolo, a museum-standard art consultancy, former Head of Collections Management at Tate Galleries and co-founder of the European Registrars Conference, she is expert adviser on several European projects for museum standards and to the Minister of Culture on Immunity from Seizure. She was named one of the Top 50 Women to Watch in the arts and is the author of Museum Collections Management (Facet, 2011) and Organizing Exhibitions (Facet, 2014).

Reviews for Valuing Your Collection: A practical guide for museums, libraries and archives

It is an eminently readable book and highly recommended for all professionals working in museums, libraries and archives as well as collectors and anyone involved in art business. -- Margaret Katny * Information Professional * 'I recommend this book to any curator, archivist, and rare books librarian who must address not only the cultural value of collections but the ethical and realistic issues regarding the monetary value of our cultural materials.' - Anastasia S. Varnalis-Weigle, Asst. Professor, University of Maine/August -- Anastasia Weigle * Maine Archives & Museum Newsletter * 'Freda Matassa's book breaks down what can be a complicated and anxiety producing task for custodians into manageable stages... I would very much recommend this book to all custodians of a heritage collection. The examples are contemporary and very relevant, as are the case studies and templates, making this an incredibly helpful guide for those who are considering valuations, loans and insurance. '- Claire Marsland, Catholic Archives * Catholic Archives *