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What is the Value of Illegal Art?

When New York art dealer Ileana Sonnabend passed away in 2007 her children inherited an art collection valued at about 1 billion dollars.  One of the pieces, “Canyon” by 20th century artist Robert Rauschenberg included a portion of a stuffed bald eagle.  Due to the...

GRATs Are Still Great

Susan Share In the immortal complaint of one of Jane Austen characters,“People always live forever when there’s an annuity to be paid them.”  From Sense and Sensibility, 1811. But you can enjoy substantial benefits from short-term annuities as well. Since the early...