Dear Tom and other major league collectors,

The prospects of tax benefits are meagre and procedures somewhat daunting.
I think Gary Rosenberg has travelled this path before (in- and outbound);
perhaps he can encase the transactions in a nut-shell (Nucula; shell-related).

Meanwhile I shall snailmail you some paperwork on the topic of donation/IRS.

Harry


At 07:08 AM 10/8/99 -0400, you wrote:
>When I die, which could be any day now, I plan to donate my collection to
>some appreciative institution so that my spousal unit can take a tax
>write-off. But I've been told she could do better by selling it, which I
>find hard to believe because so much of my collection is "obscure" stuff -
>micros - that never show up on a list. I've also been told that she would
>not be able to declare the total value of the appraised collection if she
>donated it. Anyone have any info on this?
>
>
>*****************************************
> G Thomas Watters
> Ohio Biological Survey &
> Aquatic Ecology Laboratory
> Ohio State University
> 1315 Kinnear Road
> Columbus, OH 43212 USA
> v: 614-292-6170  f: 614-292-0181
>******************************************
>
>"The world is my oyster except for months with an 'R' in them" - Firesign
>Theater
>
>"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and he
>has to buy a license" - GTW
>
Harry G. Lee
Suite 500
1801 Barrs St.
Jacksonville, Fl. 32204
USA   904-384-6419
<[log in to unmask]>
Visit the Jacksonville Shell Club Home Page at:
http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/wfrank/jacksonv.htm

oo  .--.  oo  .--.  oo  .--.
 \\(____)_ \\(____)_ \\(____)_
  `~~~~~~~` `~~~~~~~` `~~~~~~~`