Paleonet: Microfossil donation appraisals
Mark Storaasli
mstoraasli at gmail.com
Fri Sep 21 23:39:30 UTC 2012
If "market values" of the kind are tracked by the institution, and the
source data is
readily had, then the independent appraiser is not absolutely required; but
the "proof
of value" better be iron-clad -not simply exhorbitant cost of
extraction/display but actual
auction/market records of sales. I see unsorted micro-fossils running about
$20 an
ounce(?)...an independent appraiser will be better, unless your institution
has been
purchasing comparable individually-mounted specimens(?)
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 3:54 PM, Roger D. K. Thomas
<roger.thomas at fandm.edu>wrote:
> Dear Tom.
>
> I am quite sure the IRS will not accept appraisals from recipients of
> gifts. This would involve a conflict of interest. It is my understanding
> that donors need to have their items appraised by an independent expert,
> prior to making the donation. I presume this could still be done, although
> you already have the collection in hand.
>
> Kind regards, Roger
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Thomas Hegna <thegna at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> All,
>> We recently had a donation of some nice microfossil slides to our
>> department. How have other people handled the appraisal of microfossil
>> donations?
>> Best,
>> Tom
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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