The best friend-turned-executor of a remarkable, little-known photographer faced the challenge of preserving a voluminous print and digital legacy. The artist’s family had no ability to retain or promote their father’s works. How to preserve and generate interest in a legacy that would otherwise be lost?

A veteran’s widow wanted to preserve a large collection of nearly 1200 letters she and her husband had exchanged during WWII. These were lovingly stored in shoe boxes around her house, unseen and unread by others but dog-eared from her repeated reading over 50 years. Little did the family know some letters shed new light on history of great significance. Could the letters be saved, shared and if so, how?

An artist created a thorny problem by leaving a will requiring that his art works be donated in full to a single non-profit to use to achieve its mission. No non-profit had been identified, cultivated or prepared to receive this 500-work collection by the artist before he died. How could his personal representative meet this legal obligation?

A career diplomat collected more than 1000 works of museum quality tribal and ethnic arts from around the world, kept at her home in a remote area. The collection was both large and eclectic. While many items were personally valuable, she wasn’t sure of their market value and had no viable way to identify and coordinate the services of the many experts needed.  Without help, she faced their haphazard disposition.