Dear bigmah-ga;
Thank you for allowing me an opportunity to answer your interesting
question.
Vintage hat collections of the type you mentioned have recently sold
on Ebay in the $100-500 range for collections half the size of yours.
This may be a good option for you.
EBAY
http://www.ebay.com
EBAY: VINTAGE HATS
http://search-completed.ebay.com/search/search.dll?GetResult&SortProperty=MetaHighestPriceSort&query=vintage+hats&from=R14&siteid=0&ht=1&combine=y&st=2
In addition, you might consider approaching the drama department of
your local university, college or high school. Perhaps their budgets
would permit them to purchase such a collection for use as theatrical
costumes.
If you’d like to donate them to a theatrical school or organization,
THE POCKET THEATER is incorporated as a non-profit 501 (C) (3)
corporation so all donations to them are tax deductible. If you are
not particularly interested in the cash reward but could use the tax
credit, you can place a fair value on the items and donate your
collection to their costume department and claim the donation on your
next tax application. You can contact them here:
THE POCKET THEATER
http://www.pockettheatre.com/
There are, of course, many others that are similarly incorporated,
perhaps even in your area. Here are some good search strategies for
finding them:
GOOGLE SEARCH: THEATER "501 (C) (3)"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&q=THEATER+%22501+%28C%29+%283%29%22
GOOGLE SEARCH: PLAYHOUSE "501 (C) (3)"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&q=playhouse+%22501+%28C%29+%283%29%22
GOOGLE SEARCH: THEATRICAL "501 (C) (3)"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&q=THEATRICAL+%22501+%28C%29+%283%29%22
GOOGLE SEARCH: COSTUMES "501 (C) (3)"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&q=COSTUMES+%22501+%28C%29+%283%29%22
GOOGLE SEARCH: DRAMA "501 (C) (3)"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&q=DRAMA+%22501+%28C%29+%283%29%22
I hope you find that that my research exceeds your expectations. If
you have any questions about my research please post a clarification
request prior to rating the answer. I welcome your rating and your
final comments and I look forward to working with you again in the
near future. Thank you for bringing your question to us.
Best regards;
Tutuzdad-ga
INFORMATION SOURCES
Defined above
SEARCH STRATEGY
SEARCH ENGINE USED:
Google ://www.google.com
SEARCH TERMS USED:
VINTAGE HATS
THEATER "501 (C) (3)"
PLAYHOUSE "501 (C) (3)"
THEATRICAL "501 (C) (3)"
COSTUMES "501 (C) (3)"
DRAMA "501 (C) (3)" |
