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Re: [ARSCLIST] Who is accepting old record collections?
... but what if the 5000-piece collection was very carefully assembled with
an expert focus on some aspect of musical interest? ... like Operatic
recordings by African American performers? like American punk rock
recordings from the Southern states?
I think that we should respect the differences between a true "collection"
and just a haphazard "accumulation" of discs.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger and Allison Kulp" <thorenstd124@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Who is accepting old record collections?
I have already had two universities express an interest in getting my
records when I croak.
As you know yourself Steve,a collection of 5000 records is pretty
piddling,and pathetic.
Roger
--- On Wed, 4/8/09, Steven Smolian <smolians@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Steven Smolian <smolians@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [ARSCLIST] Who is accepting old record collections?
To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2009, 8:08 AM
As I'm writing the text for the expansion of my www.recordappraiser.com
webpage, I'm up to the section about who is accepting record collections.
So who is? LP collections are usually in the 5,000-10,0000 item range, 45s
and 78s about the same.
I know this has been asked and answered before, but my directory is to be
focussed on the realities of the present, just changed tax regulations.
You must be registered as a 501c3 organization. To be fully tax deductible,
the accepting institution has to retain all the records for the new minimum
3 years (previously 2 years). Some can be merged with existing materials.
The rest have to be held in a "do not discard" storage mode until three
years after the date of the gift to avoid bad economic consequences to the
donor.
You may specify that processing funds have to accompany the gift, but it
will cut down drastically on what you will be offered.
Most collections that are floating around out there are classical, rock or
easy listening. Sometimes they are from retired DJs.
Let me know what you will acept (subject to confirmation on a case-by-case
basis) and what kinds of music.
Steve Smolian