Paleonet: Microfossil donation appraisals: Two suggestions
Peter Smolka
PeterPaulSmolka at T-Online.de
Mon Sep 24 09:50:04 UTC 2012
I would suggest:
1) One can(!) buy various kinds of fossils, including microfossils from
various service-companies, also (even(!)) companies that work for the
oil-industry.
I would search such companies / consultants, see the AAPG website and other
(Google) and ask them for:
"Mounting on a slide, 6 species of (....): What do they cost from you -
ready for use."
That might help, e.. nothing "per ounce" but asking for a sample for
"reference-purposes",l comparable to geochemical calibration-samples etc.
I am thinking of companies of the type of "Robertson Research" who - in the
past - sat in some tiny village in Wales and did various services (don't
know whether they still exist).
2) Or: Ask => another <= universitry what would => they <= charge if they
would do it as fundraisng-service.
That is within the unoversity realm, for example:
Outcrop nearby, bus-ticket there: 4 hours PhD-students salary to get the
samples.
1 hour washing in the laboratory (assuming softrock but with a reasonable
amount for overheads, putting in the heated oven etc.).
1 hour picking with a trained eye
1 hour mounting (plus "this and that")
2 hours packing and mailing including searching for packing-materials.
Sum: 9 hours PhD salary, bus-ticket etc.
This way (example two) the costs are realistical, e.g. without "executives
compensation / bonuses etc.".
****************
I had recently the same issue:
I was searching for a native postdoc or an retired professor who could do
some final language-polishing for some 3000-4000 words manuscript (intended
for an Elsevier Journal).
I was willing to pay a reasonable amount, e.g. 200-300 USD (credit card or
bank-transfer).
Of course: English commas are a must as there I am weak.
And of course: Some view regarding understandability, e.g. they way I review
myself.
They are really difficult to find.
Kind regards
Peter
(Dr. Peter P. Smolka)
Email:
PeterPaulSmolka at T-Online.de
smolka at uni-muenster.de
-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: paleonet-bounces at nhm.ac.uk [mailto:paleonet-bounces at nhm.ac.uk]Im
Auftrag von Mark Storaasli
Gesendet: Samstag, 22. September 2012 01:40
An: PaleoNet
Betreff: Re: Paleonet: Microfossil donation appraisals
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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