[Genealib] Accepting County History Book donations from patrons?

[Marnie Oakes]

I believe that the IRS requires that the donor value the
gift. See
IRS Publication
561.[http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p561.pdf]  When folks
donate
books to our library [or Friends' book sale],  we provide a
receipt indicating
the number of hardcover and paperback books donated.
 
Hope this helps,
 

Marnie Oakes, Director 
Reuben Hoar Library 
41 Shattuck Street 
Littleton, MA 01460 
Phone: 978-486-4046 
Fax: 978-952-2323 
moakes at mvlc.org 

 


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[mailto:genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu] On Behalf Of
Tina Beaird
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 7:15 PM
To: genealib at mailman.acomp.usf.edu
Subject: [Genealib] Accepting County History Book donations
from patrons?


I have been contacted by a woman from out of town about
purchasing 2 county histories that she has had in her family
for a number of years.  The info is not for my county, but
for the county next to mine. I am interested in the books,
but she has no idea what they are worth and seemed
interested in having me give her a price.  I am not
qualified in the least to assess the value of county
histories. Does anyone have a structure they use for pricing
historic books or a rule of thumb?
 
Thank you, 
 
Tina Beaird
Reference Librarian 
Plainfield Public Library 
15025 S. Illinois St. 
Plainfield, IL 60544 
815.436.6639 

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