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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clutteredcloset49, post: 376701, member: 85&quot;]I&#039;m sorry for your father&#039;s passing</p><p><br /></p><p>Do you have proof that your father donated this particular book?</p><p>That is what you need.</p><p><br /></p><p>What they said about the value and only declaring $500 doesn&#039;t sit right with me.</p><p>What did you determine the book was worth?</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m thinking she was protecting the library.&nbsp; If the book is worth a huge amount of money, then the library has to declare that as a gift.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I think your sister wasn&#039;t given good info.</p><p>You need proof that he donated the book, to whom, and when.</p><p><br /></p><p>The IRS has good publications telling you what you need.</p><p>Here is one on valuation of donated items.</p><p><a href="https://www.irs.gov/publications/p561" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.irs.gov/publications/p561" rel="nofollow">https://www.irs.gov/publications/p561</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The left hand column is the table of contents for the publication.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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