Kay Montclare, who sold charts of antique samplers from museums, died a few years ago. Reports on the web indicate that her grandson sold all her books to a used bookseller who sold them; thus there is nothing left. I have several of her charts, but was intending to buy more. Since they are now gone and, I assume, the copyright is also, I thought all of her fans could exchange copies of what they have and trade them. Anyone interestested?
"bree" wrote
A word of caution--don't assume copyright died because the author dies. In the normal course, it survives for 70 years after the author's death.
Dawne
The copyright is not gone. It is in force for many years after the books were originally printed, even if the author is dead and no one chooses to print them.
Kay did all her designs from photographs from museum catalogs and such, so the colors and stitches are not always 100% accurate reproductions. Something to be aware of.
There is certainly no problem with trading the originals but her family might not be happy if they find out lots of copies are being made and traded. You can often find her original stuff on eBay.
Pat > Kay Montclare, who sold charts of antique samplers from museums, died
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Hello everybody my name is Kayedee. I am Kay Montclare,s Great-grand daughter. I have been missing her lately so I decided to look up her name to see if anything came up. I found this site the most and have read some pretty interesting things. I would like to clear some things up for people nothing of hers has EVER been sold EVER!! And the copyright is indeed still intact. I dont know where you have read all of this information but it is un true. Thanks for taking time to read this!
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Halo Granddaughter of Late kind Kay , I remember her kindness , She was a nice person. mirjam from Israel
------------------------------------- Hi I'm not sure who old your posting is. I'm Interested. I used to live just down the road from here store in NH. I have a few of her "HANDS ON" lessons which she later turened into books. Please get back to me
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------------------------------------- I was so sorry to learn of your Great Grandmother's passing, Kayedee. She really was a very nice, and very talented lady, and is greatly missed within the needle arts community.
Could you tell me whether your family has any plans to begin publishing her work again, or to sell the rights so that someone could continue her wonderful work?
On Wednesday, December 2, 2009 5:34:07 AM UTC+2, Johnston86 wrote: Hallo to you Great Granddaughter. many years ago i exchanged some nice Emails with your Great Grandmother, she told me about her work in the Museum , I remember her as a kind writer, and she was interested in my fiberart. . mirjam
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