it's also more than the kid on the corner made for selling lemonade. as long as you seem to agree that $10,000 for 10 years work is fair wages, yer hired! btw, %5 of whatever you earn automatically goes to me because i have acted as your "agent." and if you don't agree, the government -- which will also collect a good percentage of the measly but hard earned compensation for your time and presumed expertise -- is only too happy to assist me in securing my claim. "The wheels of justice grind exceedingly slow, but exceedingly fine." yours for the archives, ms --- "Lucas. Arel" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Still, as a percentage, it's better than the agent > got and almost as good as > the state! > > Arel > (the usual disclaimers) > Arel Lucas, C.A. > Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott > Campus > -----Original Message----- > From: Archives & Archivists > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf > Of Marion Sumerianlibrarian > Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 2:34 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: archivist garners record earnings ! ! ! > > from the "allen ginsberg trust" lifeline page, note > the percentage of total amount of sale that is > allocated to archivist, which calculates to a fee > per > annum of . . . . > > Allen sells archive to Stanford University; > purchases > NY loft 1994 > > Allen transfers a trove of life's work, photos, > artifacts, manuscripts, etc. - the result of ten > years > of archiving efforts - to Stanford University in > California for $1 million and buys a modest but > comfortable loft space in New York's East Village to > serve as his home and office. > > The net proceeds are less than expected - Allen > quips: > "The Federal Government, 38 percent. The state 12 > percent, the city 6. My agent took 5, the archivist > who worked on the project for 10 years, 10. I was > left > with a third. I bought the loft. Now I'm back to > square one." > > oy, gevalt-nik! was my face red when i graduated > with > a degree in archives?!!! > > http://www.allenginsberg.org/lifeline.php > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV > List sponsored by the > Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. > For the terms of participation, please refer to > http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. > > To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to > [log in to unmask] > In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname > lastname > *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES > To post a message, send e-mail to > [log in to unmask] > > Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the > web interface at > > http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html > > Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt > <[log in to unmask]> > > A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV > List sponsored by the Society of American > Archivists, www.archivists.org. > For the terms of participation, please refer to > http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. > > To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to > [log in to unmask] > In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname > lastname > *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES > To post a message, send e-mail to > [log in to unmask] > > Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the > web interface at > > http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html > > Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt > <[log in to unmask]> > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com A posting from the Archives & Archivists LISTSERV List sponsored by the Society of American Archivists, www.archivists.org. For the terms of participation, please refer to http://www.archivists.org/listservs/arch_listserv_terms.asp. To subscribe or unsubscribe, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] In body of message: SUB ARCHIVES firstname lastname *or*: UNSUB ARCHIVES To post a message, send e-mail to [log in to unmask] Or to do *anything* (and enjoy doing it!), use the web interface at http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/archives.html Problems? Send e-mail to Robert F Schmidt <[log in to unmask]>