Lucky is at a professional baseball game and catches a homer…

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Lucky is аt а prоfessiоnаl baseball game and catches a hоmerun baseball that is worth $50,000.  The ball was hit by a star player, and it broke the record for the longest homerun ball in the baseball club’s history. Lucky keeps the ball, puts it on his shelf, and shows it to all his friends.  In the next year, Lucky’s accountant tells him he has to pay tax on the ball. Unfortunately for Lucky, in YEAR 2, another player broke the existing record, and the ball is now only worth $25,000. Lucky sells the ball in YEAR 2 for $25,000.  Which one of the following is correct?