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From: tbg@apollo.UUCP
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Subject: Question about charitable donations of stuff
Message-ID: <30ac7dfc.2a75@apollo.uucp>
Date: Mon, 13-Oct-86 11:48:16 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 13 11:48:16 1986
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Organization: Apollo Computer, Chelmsford, Mass.
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    Can anyone give me some practical advice about donating
    books, records, and video tape to my local library and
    deducting it as a charitable contribution?  J.K. Lasser's
    is kind of esoteric on the subject (it gives an example of 
    a U.S. Senator trying to deduct the value of his personal 
    papers).  

    Has anyone ever done this?  How do I establish the worth of
    10 year old technical books?   Or slightly used vinyl
    opera recordings?  Also, what about donating stuff to the 
    salvation army, like clothes?



    Tom Gross
    Apollo Computer, Inc.
    Chelmsford, MA