XML 27 R10.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT

Inventory

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

NOTE E – INVENTORY

Our inventory consisted of the following:


		June 30, 2011				December 31, 2010
Artifacts		$	6,011,026			$	6,203,813
Packaging			187,747				219,101
Merchandise			477,005				486,857
Merchandise reserve			(469,632	)			(479,459	)

Total inventory		$	6,206,146			$	6,430,312

Of these amounts, $5,806,405 and $6,020,699 are classified as non-current as of June 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.

If we secure ownership rights to the recovered artifacts from the "Black Swan" project, we will capitalize into inventory all related costs to recover and conserve these artifacts. Recovery costs include operating costs to recover, legal fees to defend and secure ownership rights and other costs associated with bringing the artifacts into an appropriate archaeological state. We have capitalized costs of approximately $2.6 million related to recovery and conservation that have been reserved for at 100%. When and if ownership rights are secured, these deferred costs will be allocated to inventory and the reserve eliminated.

The entire disclosure for inventory. This may include, but is not limited to, the basis of stating inventory, the method of determining inventory cost, the major classes of inventory, and the nature of the cost elements included in inventory. If inventory is stated above cost, accrued net losses on firm purchase commitments for inventory and losses resulting from valuing inventory at the lower-of-cost-or-market may also be included. For LIFO inventory, may disclose the amount and basis for determining the excess of replacement or current cost over stated LIFO value and the effects of a LIFO quantities liquidation that impacts net income.

+ References+ Details