7 Jul
2011
7 Jul
'11
8:12 p.m.
On Thu, 7 Jul 2011, William Donzelli wrote:
I'd doubt traditional appraisers would know where to begin with the stuff
we play with. I sent a private email to Sellam to see what he thinks.
I'm someone in the business, but I'm guessing the IRS wouldn't like it if
I did the appraisal for something I myself donated.
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David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
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While
preparing the paperwork for some donations to the Computer History
Museum, I started wondering about appraising the artifacts donated for tax
write-off purposes. ?Who would qualify as an appraiser of classic computer
items? ?I think I'm a pretty good candidate given the time I've spent
selling the stuff on Ebay. ?Is this something I should run by a lawyer?
Someone in the business. Sellam, for example.
This field (and money) is so small that traditional appraisers are
really not an option.