Not for tax purposes! That is illegal; it must be
evaluated by a disinterested party. Consider having
him tell you that it is a museum piece worth $10K and
giving him a letter acknowledging a $10K gift for tax
purposes.


At 15:30 15 September 2005, 01-- Zero One wrote:
I would suggest asking the donor to tell you what he
thinks it is worth.
That sounds like the correct price to me.



Larry





'Roy Bourgeois' wrote in message



:

Friends:

We recently received a donation of an excellent condition
Peravia barograph
(with case and extra paper). I promised the donor
a letter stating the
value of the donation. There was a time when these
were very valuable -
but I do not know if they still hold that value in
these days of GPS and
secure data recorders.

I would appreciate opinions of value or recent sale
information from
experienced people on the list. I personally own
a different Peravia but
rarely use it now.

Thanks

Roy Bourgeois
President, Greater Boston Soaring Club