Monday, December 17, 2012
The Illegal Eagle and a Baldly Grasping IRS - WSJ.com
Government at Work:
Some things just have to be read to be believed.
I think this qualifies...
Some things just have to be read to be believed.
I think this qualifies...
In the Wall Street Journal, Eric Gibson has an article revolving around this:
"The presence of the stuffed eagle meant it couldn't be sold without violating the 1940 Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act and the 1918 Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Since the artwork couldn't be sold, logic dictated that it be listed as having zero value, which is what the Sonnabend family's three appraisers, one of them Christie's auction house, did.
But don't look for 'logic' in any government dictionary."
