[Leica] OT: What would you do?

[Mark Rabiner]

I don't have my framed photos here in my small apartment in new York I have
maps instead. People come in here think I'm a terrorist. Maps with push
pins. Big mistake. Don't separate yourself  form your work. When they ask if
you are a photographer you are going to show them your cameras? Everybody
has cameras. Nobody has your work. Not even you if you don't bring to to
where you are going.


On 1/8/15 2:13 PM, "Wilbur Norman" <coupdefoudrellc at gmail.com> wrote:

> Charitable donations, for US tax deductible purposes, must be to an
> organization having a 503 c status (I think that's the correct tax code
> number).
> 
> The last I knew, the deductible amount, unlike in the old days, is the ACTUAL
> amount the item fetches in the sale.
> 
> For example, you value your framed photo at $100 for the frame (because that's
> what you paid) and $300 for the photo itself (because our cost is $100 and the
> art is worth $200 in your estimation). Your actual cost in the item is $200
> butŠ
> 
> I think the current law lets you deduct only the $200 or the price the item
> fetches at a sale. So, if the photo sells for $500 you can deduct that instead
> of the $200.
> 
> BUTŠ consult a tax professional OR look it up on the IRS web site (good luck
> with the latter.)
> 
> ******************
> 
> On Jan 8, 2015, at 12:02 PM, Susan Ryan wrote:
> 
>> Can you take a tax deduction for a charitable donation? If so, how do you
>> choose a dollar value of the photos donated?
>> 
>> Thanks, 
>> Sue
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On Jan 8, 2015, at 11:50 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> That's probably the best solution - donate to charity auctions.  I've done
>>> that quite a bit and it's always appreciated.
>>> 
>>> Tina
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 1:49 PM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Donate to charity auctions?
>>>> 
>>>> Doug Herr
>>>> Orangevale, Sacramento County
>>>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>>>> http://doug-herr.fineartamerica.com
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Robert Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com>
>>>>> Sent: Jan 8, 2015 10:07 AM
>>>>> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>>>>> Subject: [Leica] OT: What would you do?
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have a dilema. I'm moving back into my old home and clearing out 25+
>>>>> years of "stuff", Clean sweep.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I know some of you have been through this recently (George/Tina/etc.). I
>>>>> have a ton of framed prints that haven't sold at galleries/coffee shops,
>>>>> but that doesn't mean they aren't lovely (IMO).
>>>>> 
>>>>> They are custom framed and mounted. Archival. The works. I don't want to
>>>>> give them away (I think that devalues all art), and I don't want to pack
>>>>> and ship them to folks.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Please PLEASE suggestions? The dump just seems wrong..
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>> --
>>>>> Bob Adler
>>>>> www.robertadlerphotography.com
>>>>> 
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>>> Tina Manley
>>> www.tinamanley.com
>>> tina-manley.artistwebsites.com
>>> http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/
>>> Tina+Manley.html
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