This is just my opinion,of course, but I don't think anything from the Petersen donation will be deasessioned in our lifetimes. It is the most elaborate collection of sporting arms in this country and it is being monitored on a daily basis by interested collectors. RP funded the entire Petersen Room and there is a movement to have the Invincibles, the Annie Oakley gun, and #100,000 moved to the new room. Phil will be asked about that when I get back home. The new room is the proper place for these guns.
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