Sales and Inventory Records
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Parsons, Betty, 1900-1982
setName: label: See more items in
content: Betty Parsons Gallery records and personal papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3.9 Linear Feet (Boxes 25-28, 51)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1946-1983
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.parsbett, Series 5
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: Sales and Inventory Records are arranged into four subseries:

5.1: Sales and Purchase Records

5.2: Artist Accounts

5.3: Consignment and Loan Records

5.4: Gallery Inventories
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: This series has been digitized in its entirety.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Found in this series are the records containing detailed information about gallery stock - sales, purchases, inventory, prices, artists' commissions, individual artist accounts, loan and consignment activities, and commission sales shared with other dealers. Multiple formats include invoices, forms, daybooks, ledger books, ledger sheets and inventories. Additional records documenting routine business transactions are located in the general business and financial records and "Artist Sales and Expenses" invoices can be found within the artist files. Documents in this series are a rich resource of information on individual works of art, including provenance and exhibition history. Condition reports are scattered amongst the files.