Notice of Intent to Acquire Property

The Valentine Museum hereby notifies intent to acquire title to the objects listed below. There is no last known owner on record & this object will become the property of the museum after 65 days if no person can prove ownership of the property, pursuant to Code of VA § 55.1-2606.
X.2020.02.02, .197 Advertisements
X.2024.22 Architectural hardware
X.2021.01.55a-b, .56a-b Announcements
FIC.026512.1-4 Badges
X.2020.02.68 Ballot
X.2021.01.48 Bank Check
X.57.27.08 Basket
X.2025.03.12 Beads
JC.76.269 Bells
X.2020.02.04, .24, .69, .196; X.2025.03.39 Booklets
X.2021.01.37, .39-.44; X.2021.05, .06, .14, .17, .19-.20, .22-.24, .33; FIC.015443 Books
X.52.07.02-.03 Boot hooks
X.2025.03.13 Bottle
X.2025.03.20 Bowl
OM.127.03; V.88.250.56; X.2025.03.14a-b, .40, .55 Boxes
X.2020.02.34 Brochure
X.2025.03.100 Bullet
X.48.98; X.50.29.03; X.55.30; X.56.21-.23; FIC.015167a-c Buttons
X.2020.02.13-.17 Calendars
X.50.19 Capes
P.77.37.01; X.2025.03.49 Carte-de-visites
X.2020.02.03, .33 Catalogs
X.2020.02.84-.85 Certificates
X.2025.03.25-.27 Coffee beans
FIC.009446; FIC.009447; FIC.009449; FIC.009450; FIC.009452; FIC.009453; FIC.009456; FIC.009458; FIC.009460; FIC.009461; FIC.009462; FIC.009464; FIC.009468; FIC.009469; FIC.009474 Coins
FIC.015163; FIC.015165a,b Commemorative Medals
X.2025.03.38 Coral specimen
V.88.250.103 Darning eggs
FIC.001278a,b Decanter
FIC.015160 Dip pen
JC.76.17a-b, .44a-b Doll accessories
X.50.13; X.61.47 Dresses
JC.76.263a-c; V.34.16.01a,b Easter eggs
X.2020.82 Engravings
X.2025.03.18, .43 Envelopes
X.2022.47 Etching plate
FIC.033871a,b; OM.86; V.88.250.30 Eyeglasses
V.52.48.05; V.88.250.11 Fans
X.2025.03.44 Finial
OM.62.01; OM.65.01-.02, .05; X.2025.03.41 Geologic samples
X.57.27.11 Goblets
X.2020.02.82 Greeting Card
X.2020.02.56, .58 Guest books
X.2025.03.45 Hair net
X.2020.02.23 Handbill
X.2025.03.53; X.44.18 Handkerchiefs
FIC.033589 Harness
X.2020.02.66-.67; X.2021.01.57 Invitations
X.2021.01.46 Invoice
X.2020.78 Journal
X.2025.03.70-.71 Kitchen tools
X.2025.03.116 Lamp-lighting torch
FIC.015161 Letter opener
X.2021.01.45, .47, .49-.50; X.2022.41.01-.12 Letters
X.2020.02.55, .57; X.2021.11 Magazines
FIC.007113a Manuscript
X.2025.03.83 Mask
X.2020.02.35 Menu
JC.76.91, .206; X.2025.03.01-.06a-b, .11, .15, .17, .24, .47-.48, .58a,b-.62, .98; X.57.27.71 Miniatures
X.2025.03.21, .111 Models
X.2025.03.37a,b Mortar & pestle
X.49.01.17-18 Needles
X.2020.02.18, .32; X.2021.01.51-.53 Newsletters
X.2020.02.59 Newspapers
X.2020.02.83 Obituary
X.52.18.06a,b Overshoes
X.2020.02.08-.10, .19 Papers
X.2020.02.86-.97; X.2020.81; X.2021.01.38; X.2025.03.57 Photographic prints
FIC.015166a,b Pillbox
V.88.250.107; X.67.04.03 Pincushions
V.88.250.58 Pin
X.2025.03.32a,b Pitchers
X.2025.03.19a-j Plant specimens
X.2025.03.82 Plaque
X.2025.03.92 Plate stand
X.2025.03.31, .88-.91 Plates
X.2020.02.54 Postcard Album
X.2020.02.72-.77 Postcards
X.2021.01.01-.14 Posters
OM.59 Powder horn
X.2020.02.99-.104, .106-.111, .116-.119, .122-.123, .126-.133, .135-.146, .171-.177, .186, .190-.195; X.2021.01.16-.30; X.2026.11.01-05 Prints
X.2020.02.06-.07, .11, .25-.31, .51-.52, .60a-h, .65, .70-.71, .78, .80-.81, .98; X.2021.01.15, .54 Programs V.88.250.95 Purse
FIC.033860 Puttees
X.2020.02.79 Report
V.88.250.91a,b Safety pins
X.57.27.10b,c Samovar
V.35.05.07 Scarf
V.88.250.29 Scissors
X.2020.02.50, .53, .62-.64; X.2021.01.36 Scrapbooks
X.2020.02.05, .61a,b; X.2021.01.31-.32a-h Sheet music
X.2025.03.99 Shells
X.57.27.60 Sherds
X.56.02-.03 Shuttles
X.2026.09.01-09 Sketches & Drawings
X.2025.03.28, .33a,b; X.49.01.161 Souvenirs
V.88.250.109a,b Spools
X.2025.03.30 Spoons
X.52.07.01 Spurs
X.2025.03.07 Stamp
X.2025.03.81 Statue
FIC.012336 Stopper
FIC.033863 Straps
V.69.967 Sword
V.88.250.110 Tape measure
V.76.136 Tapestry
V.70.974; X.48.92.02; X.49.39; V.88.203.01 Textile fragments
V.61.21.07; V.72.352a-c; X.44.33 Thimbles & cases
X.2020.02.20-.22 Tickets
X.2025.03.10, .34-.36, .51-.52, .56, .68-.69 Toys
X.2021.01.35 Travel Diary
X.2026.10 Watercolor
X.2025.03.29 Whip
X.2022.44; X.2025.03.09, .16, .42, .50, .54, .63a-d, .65-.67, .72-.73a-g; .86-.87, .94-.95, .97, .113 Wood & metal fragments
X.2020.02.12 Writing Paper
V.88.250.120 Yarn

Please visit website or contact museum for information on how to make a claim:
The Valentine Museum
Rachel Asbury Cole, Collections Project Manager/Registrar
804-649-0711 ext. 329