[Genealib] Accepting County History Book donations from patrons?

[Brannan, Joyce A.]

Tina is asking about purchasing books not acepting donations.  I check ebay, AbeBooks, and Amazon used books.  I also check the historical societies for the area in question to see if they have any for sale, and if so, what are they asking.  People tend to have an idea of inflated value when they price their books.  
 
Joyce Adams Brannan
Julia Tutwiler Library
University of West Alabama
Livingston, AL 35470

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From: genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu on behalf of Marnie Oakes
Sent: Tue 2/5/2008 9:44 AM
To: 'Librarians Serving Genealogists'
Subject: RE: [Genealib] Accepting County History Book donations from patrons?


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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	From: genealib-bounces at mailman.acomp.usf.edu [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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