I completely understood you in the first message, because my own brain got in the way. :)
On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 2:41 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I'm not even reading all of that stuf and it makes me sad >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> 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 >>> [email protected] >>> 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 >> [email protected] >> 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 > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
