I meant to say, “I doubt there’s any need to fear the IRS,” burt my brain got in the way of my fingers.
On Sep 10, 2014, at 2:03 PM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > Of course I don’t know what your brother-in-law’s financial status might be, > but if he’s leaving less than $800,000 there is no inheritance tax. I managed > my mother’s estate when she passed, and estimating the value of things like > photographs and negatives was left to my discretion. Unless there’s an > obvious attempt to drive the total below that 800K figure, I doubt that > there’s no need to fear the IRS. > On Sep 9, 2014, at 9:13 PM, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> My brother-in-law, a retired photojournalist (Newsweek, Time), has >> left specific instructions to destroy his negatives after his death so >> his family won't be hit by US inheritance taxes on the estimated >> market value of the collection. He sells through Getty and Polaris so >> this is a valid financial threat. >> >> Kinda sad, I think. He did a close up and personal pictorial project >> with a young Bob Dylan and Rotolo, his then girlfriend, living in New >> York, and these rare shots would be destroyed, along with thousands of >> others. >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 8:37 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <godd...@me.com> wrote: >>> Indeed. It has taught me ... I now have explicit instructions in my will as >>> to what will happen with my photographs after I leave this mortal coil. Not >>> that I expect them to be valuable to anyone besides me, but I will not >>> allow vulpine lawyers to profit from my works. That's much worse than >>> allowing treasure finders like Maloof and the other owners to profit from >>> their discoveries. I'd much rather see the photos burned. >>> >>> The Virginia lawyer at the bottom of this latest turn of affairs is >>> probably another redneck Fundamentalist Republican ... The worst kind of >>> scum skimmer. >>> >>> Godfrey >>> >>> >>>> On Sep 9, 2014, at 4:49 PM, Ann Sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> I'm not even reading all of that stuf and it makes me sad >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> >> >> -- >> -bmw >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
