[Nhcoll-l] Advice on estimating the value of donated collections?

[Battermann, Nora]

Dear all,

I thought this a very interesting discussion but understand that it 
mainly concerned US institutions. I'd be interested to hear from 
European institutions too - how do you estimate the values of donated 
collections? I am not aware of a list of appraisers who specialize in 
natural history collections in Germany for example and wonder how other 
institutions handle acquisitions, especially donations.

Greetings from sunny Munich,
Nora

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Am 2022-02-28 19:50, schrieb Tacker, Christopher:
> Everyone has offered good advice here.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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."
> 
> Chris Tacker
> 
> Chris Tacker, Ph.D., P.G.
> Research Curator of Geology
> North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
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> Taylor, Sarah <sarah.taylor at uconn.edu>
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> Good morning all,
> 
> 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.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Sarah
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