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Art Commission, the Smithsonian General Counsel, the Assistant Secretary for Museums, and the Secretary. Two hundred and one of these were transferred to other Smithsonian museums, while the remainder were or are to be sold at public auction. $7,000 has been realized from the sale of this material to date. Funds realized from material approved for deaccession prior to 1987 but sold this year at public auction are: over $1 million from sculpture and European paintings, including 16 from the Ralph Cross Johnson Collection; over $30,000 from miniatures; and over $40,000 from the remaining components of the Hamilton Rice Gothic Room. In addition, [[underlined]] Gregory XV [[/underlined]] by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Guercino) realized $1.5 million from direct sale to the J. Paul Getty Museum. These funds have significantly enhanced the Museum's acquisition funds.

[[underlined]] National Air and Space Museum [[/underlined]]

Objects judged by the curators as beyond the scope or unnecessary for the purposes of the museum are deaccessioned, usually by transfer to another not-for-profit institution. Objects donated by NASA are offered to them for first refusal. An extremely deteriorated object may be destroyed. Nineteen deaccession transactions occurred at the National Air and Space Museum in 1987 but realized no monetary gains.

[[underlined]] Cooper-Hewitt Museum [[/underlined]]

Because of knowledge gained during the base-line inventory and subsequent reconciliation, the Cooper-Hewitt Museum is, for the first time, in a position to deaccession irrelevant and duplicate objects and reproductions. Ninety-one objects were deaccessioned in 1987: four transferred to the National Museum of American History; eleven pieces donated in the early 20th century by the Schuyler sisters were transferred to the Schuyler Mansion; several badly deteriorated pieces were destroyed; and the remainder were sold at public auction, realizing about $14,500. Money realized at public auction is restricted to the Cooper-Hewitt Museum's acquisition fund.

[[underlined]] Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden [[/underlined]]

During 1987 the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Trustees deaccessioned 232 art works. To date, 43 of these objects have been sold at public auction, realizing a total of $1,179,800. Significant among the sales are: Fritz Glarner's [[underlined]] Tondo [[/underlined]] ($140,000); Picasso's [[underlined]] Reclining Nude [[/underlined]] ($165,000); Fairfield Porter's [[underlined]] First of May [[/underlined]] ($65,000); and Nicolas de Stael's [[underlined]] Houses in Sicily [[/underlined]] ($410,000). Proceeds from sale of deaccessioned material are restricted to the Hirshhorn's acquisition fund.

[[underlined]] Smithsonian Libraries [[/underlined]]

Typically, unneeded library collections are transferred from the Smithsonian to the Library of Congress, which has a program to make titles available to other public libraries. In fiscal year 1987, 1804 volumes were withdrawn from Smithsonian library collections, predominately via transfer to the Library of Congress. In addition, 132 volumes were returned to the original donor, the Burndy Library in Norwalk, Connecticut.