How do you deaccession components? I mean, for instance say you had a tea set--a beautiful tea set, but one with a lot of stuff that you already had. Say you had one accession number assigned to the tea set as a whole with all the pieces as components. Say you sold off some of the plates, a spoon or two, and maybe even a cup. Say none of these components were in numerical order within the record. How would you be isolate only the deaccessioned items, assign each of them some sort of return receipt number, and print out a return receipt report--all the while still retaining the integrity of the current record? I eagerly await your replies because, quite frankly, it's stumped the lot of us. Much obliged. Vicki Cain Sr. Administrative Assistant Registrar's Office Yale University Art Gallery Phone: 203/432-7876 Fax: 203/432-7159