It would be a felony to sell Robert
Rauschenberg’s 1959 work titled Canyon because it contains a dead bald eagle,
a species that is now under federal protection.
However, the I.R.S. expects the owners to pay $29.2 million in estate
taxes for inheriting the work! “At
the moment, tax experts note that the I.R.S.’s stance puts the heirs in a bind:
If they don’t pay, they would be guilty of violating federal tax laws, but if
they try to sell Canyon to zero-out
their bill, they could go to jail for violating eagle protection laws.”
(Patricia Cohen, New York Times)
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