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<div dir="auto">Everyone has offered good advice here. </div>
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<div dir="auto">Apart from conflicts of interest, the one that does the appraisal stands to get involved with the state or federal tax enforcement. If the appraisal is called into question, that represents a nearly limitless time sink in hearings or in court.</div>
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<div dir="auto">We tell donors that we will work with whatever appraiser they designate. We still get offers of "I'll donate this if you'll get me an appraisal for X amount of money." That's a big "no, thank you." </div>
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<div dir="auto">Chris Tacker</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 28, 2022 9:32:38 AM<br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">A colleague at a regional museum reached out to ask me for advice on how to estimate the value of a collection of donated birds (mostly skins, some taxidermy mounts). He’s not interested in individual values for each piece, but a big
picture “lump sum.” I’m sure this has come up on the listserve before, but I haven’t been able to locate it. If anyone has ideas or can point me in the direction of a resource to send to my colleague, I’d really appreciate it! I have no appraisal skills myself
– and I’m a botanist – so I’m at a total loss on my end.</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Cheers,</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">Sarah</p>
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