The physical objects may be the property of the gift's recipient but ALL
other rights lie elsewhere.
Steve Smolian
-----Original Message-----
From: Julian Antos
Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2014 9:22 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Looking for some advice on how to sell some rare
tapes
If they were in fact a gift how would the Gould estate have anything to do
with them? Are they under copyright? Unless they are, shouldn't the estate
have as much control under them as a piece of tissue Glenn Gould sneezed
in?
On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 8:14 PM, Paul Stamler <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On 2/9/2014 6:15 PM, Alan Foljambe wrote:
>
>> I have some rare tapes that I would like to sell and thought some of the
>> people on this list might be able to provide me with some guidance.
>>
>> I have two 1/4" reel to reel tapes of Glenn Gould playing Chopin. These
>> were bought from the estate of Larry Lake in Toronto, who was an engineer
>> who did work for CBC and a friend of Gould's. The tapes were probably
>> given
>> to Lake by Gould. As far as I know, these tapes have never been
>> reproduced
>> or published.
>>
>> I've been told that these tapes could be worth a huge amount of money but
>> I'm cautious and somewhat dubious about this claim. Apparently tapes of
>> Gould playing Chopin are far more rare than Bach, as he was a devotee of
>> Bach and didn't really even like Chopin.
>>
>> Any guidance you might want to provide about dealing with this situation
>> would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
>>
>
> Those tapes were the property of Glenn Gould, and are now the property of
> his estate. Only they have the right to sell the tapes, or publish them in
> any way.
>
> Peace,
> Paul
>
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