Randy, although they will not be able to estimate a value for you, the  
reference staff of the Music Division at the Library of Congress may  
be able to put you in touch with someone who could do so, or at least  
advise you on how to find such a person.  You can contact them in a  
variety of ways, outlined in the information at http://www.loc.gov/rr/askalib/ask-perform.html 
.   Please think twice before sending them anything via "snail mail,"  
however: ever since the anthrax episode, all incoming Federal mail is  
irradiated, which enormously lengthens delivery time and may damage or  
destroy the mail itself.

Good luck with this.  It sounds as though your collection could be  
very useful to future researchers, and I'm so glad to hear you're  
hoping to make it available through a research institution.

-- Jurretta Heckscher


On Oct 17, 2008, at 1:41 PM, Digital Heritage of Virginia wrote:

> In my twilight years, I have catalogued my collection of mostly  
> brass music, predominately with Virginia tie-ins.  I have about 1700  
> titles in about 100 collections.  It is primarily hard-copy, part  
> books, song books, etc. but does have some auxiliary MP3 files of  
> some of the music.  I would like to eventually contribute all of it  
> to an institution who would be interested, but my first task is to  
> find somebody who can put some valuation on it for me.  I can send  
> via snail mail a document which list the collections, shows  
> examples, and discusses some of the more important ones.
>
> Does anybody know of any musical historian out there with whom I  
> might contract to estimate a value?
>
> Randy Cabell
> The (old) Trumpeter of Jamestowne
>
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