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I’m 58 and have been collecting fairly consistently for 50 years. I recently updated my will to include my baseball toys. I have four adult kids. Although they have humored me over the years, none of them have ever really expressed an interest in my collection. I decided to have each of them identify an item from my collection that they wanted. We will sell the rest when I’m 70 and use those funds for a family vacation. When I told them what I was doing they found it to be rather macabre. Nonetheless, their choices were interesting as they didn’t make their choices based on value. In fact some of the more valuable items were left on the table so to speak. Instead they made their selections based on sentiment. When I asked why they made their selections each one of them recounted and linked the item to a memory of me. I was surprised how much they had actually paid attention to my rambling over the years. I have great kids who have pretty good taste.