Just brainstorming . . .
How about buying both and donating one back to the charity and taking
the write off?
ScottGee1
On 10/5/05, Barry B. Bean <bbbean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> My wife and I attended a charity auction a couple of weeks ago. We took an
> interest in a particular photograph, and bid it up to a pretty substantial
> price, but were outbid by $100 at the very end. After
> the auction, we met the photographer's parents, and I gave them my contact
> information.
>
> This week I heard from the event organizer and the photographer in separate
> e-mails. The organizer said they had been given a second print, and they'd be
> willing to sell it to me for my high bid. I also
> heard from the photographer who said he had another print and could sell it
> for what it would normally sell at a gallery.
>
> If I buy from the photographer, he takes the proceeds, and I pay just a
> little more than 1/2 what I bid at the auction. On the other hand, if I buy
> the print from the organization, a good cause benefits, but
> I'm out nearly twice as much $$$, and the photographer gets nothing.
>
> What would you do?
>
>
> --
> Barry B. Bean
> Bean & Bean Cotton Company
> Peach Orchard, MO
> www.beancotton.com
> www.beanformissouri.org
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