Digital BW, The Print

I¹ll do that.  Thanks.

Harry


On 6/12/07 5:58 PM, "Sandy Schaffell" <sschaffell@...> wrote:

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> Harry,
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> Perhaps you should begin your valuation search at the IRS web site.  Let us
> know what you learn.  I know we'd all be interested.  Good luck.
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> On 6/12/07, hflockwood <hflockwood@...
> <mailto:hflockwood%40verizon.net> > wrote:
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>> >   In a juried process, I was selected to exhibit my (B&W) prints at a
>> > non-profit art center in VT
>> > (Northeast Kingdom.) The prints are archival (carbon on cotton: MIS
>> > quadtone, HFA paper)
>> > and are professionally matted and (16x20) framed. There will be 25 prints
>> > in the month-
>> > long exhibit.
>> >
>> > Since the center is in the midst of a fund raising effort, I'm
>> > contemplating donating the entire
>> > collection to their building fund, rather than trying to sell them.
>> > Obviously, this raises the
>> > question of how to value the collection for tax purposes.
>> >
>> > The materials cost to me of putting the collection together is about $150
>> > per print, with no
>> > value given to my time or to the artistic value of the prints included.
>> >
>> > So, if I am to claim a charitable deduction, how do I value the donation?
>> > The center has
>> > agreed that $400 per print, or $10,000 for the collection, would be easily
>> > justified.
>> >
>> > I'm looking for guidance from others who may have faced a similar
>> > situation.
>> >
>> > TIA.
>> >
>> > Harry
>> >
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>> >



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