With the famed Mao Gong Tripod, for example, the museum first made model reproductions and took photos of the object, which it then provided to firms bidding for the right to "reproduce the reproduction." The finished products, which bear the NPM logo, are shipped to the museum, which either sells them itself or sells them on consignment via some 40 contracted merchants.
以毛公鼎為例，故宮先自行複製出模型或提供文物圖檔，然後招標給廠商「再複製」，最後印有故宮標誌的成品再回到故宮，由故宮自行販賣或委由全國約 40 個合約商店託售。