Try Richard Fullington at the Dallas Museum of Natural History. He is the only person I know who does appraisals acceptable to the IRS. Sally Shelton Director, Collections Care and Conservation San Diego Natural History Museum On Thu, 1 Sep 1994, Museum Informatics Project wrote: > Anybody here help with this? Peter > - - - - The original note follows - - - - > > Date: Thu, 1 Sep 1994 20:55:01 -0400 > Reply-To: [log in to unmask] > From: [log in to unmask] > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: Insect appraisers > X-Comment: Entomology Discussion List > > The only two people that we knew doing appraisals for donations > of insect specimens are no longer offering that service. If anybody > out there in ENTOMO_L land knows of anybody doing appraisals of > natural history specimens, I'd surely appreciate hearing about it. > > Michael C. Thomas, Ph.D. > Florida State Collection of Arthropods > Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services > P.O. Box 147100 > Gainesville, FL 32614-7100 U.S.A. > email: [log in to unmask] fax: (904) 955-2301 voice: (904) 372-3505 >