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Verb: deaccession
  1. Sell (art works) from a collection, especially in order to raise money for the purchase of other art works
    "The museum deaccessioned several important works of this painter"

Derived forms: deaccessioned, deaccessioning, deaccessions

Type of: flog [Brit, informal], sell

Encyclopedia: Deaccession