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Posted By: prewarsports

I agree, Museums have enough stuff. Not only that, but unless I am mistaken I think the Baseball Hall of Fame is a for profit organization and even though you donate something they could still sell it later at their discretion if times got tough, or do what they want to do and there is no guarantee that the ball or any item would even stay there.

I also think that if you actually "donate" something you can't put restrictions on their use once it is theirs. I believe you would have to loan it to them, which would give you little or no tax breaks but would be assured you could get it back. I think the only way you could donate and then later retreive it back would be if they were severely mistreating the item or comitting waste.

Been a while since my property law class but that is what I remember.