University is a large, diverse institution.
We welcome gifts of artwork, antiques, musical instruments, books, equipment, stamps, coins and other valuable collectibles. After that period, Villanova University may retain them for use on campus or sell them at an auction and keep the proceeds for their Art Gallery budget. C haritable gifts of artworks almost always present valuation problems. An appraisal by a respected, unbiased expert is key to substantiating a charitable deduction for a donated work art. The donor is always responsible for obtaining this appraisal.