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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- The person who would know its value is: Ray Smith 130 Cold Spring St. New Haven, CT 06511 203 776-5564 Hope this helps. At 09:48 AM 1/5/98 EST, you wrote: >----------------------------Original message---------------------------- >Again, Happy New Year to all! > >In doing our trimester break clean-up, I discovered _Recent Ideals of >American Art_, New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1888. Approx. 425 cm. >x 320 cm. Text by George William Sheldon. This is a collection, >complete with slipcase, which came out in serial form, of 175 oils and >watercolor paintings reproduced in Paris on copper plates by the Goupil >Photogravure and Typogravure processes. The covers of each of the 25 >sections are slightly foxed, and three pages of text are missing, >otherwise the collection is in good condition. > >My questions are: Is this a valuable set? Are any of you familiar with >it? Can you put me in touch with someone who might know its value? > >Rocky Mountain library is relatively small, holding 5,000 volumes. We >aren't an archive nor a research library. I believe retaining this set >will do it more harm than good. A research library would be able to >better care for it. > >Nancy Mactague, Director: Resource Center >Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Denver, CO >(303) 753-6046 x 127. Fax (303)759-4970. > >"Archaeology provides the framework for art history." Munby, 1977 > > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > ************************************************************************* Liping Song Whitney Museum of American Art/Library Phone: 212) 570-3682 945 Madison Ave. Fax: (212) 570-7729 New York, NY 10021 E-mail: [log in to unmask]