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The Dayton Symphony recently acquired cellist HYPERLINK "http://www.nba.com/playerfile/carlos_arroyo/index.html" Carlos Romono from the Cincinnati Symphony in exchange for violinist HYPERLINK "http://www.nba.com/playerfile/elden_campbell/index.html" Elton Daal. These artists' contracts are capitalized and reported as assets by the symphonies. What complications arise in determining the cost of each artist's contract for accounting purposes?

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