Preparing Your Collection For Your Death

[Tomman1961]

I was hit with cancer-stage 3 at age 47. I am now 52 and cancer free. Doctors at Sloan Kettering in NYC say "cured". But I had to tell my wife to sell it through an auction house. No guilt. Take the mobey and run. I would say $50,000 is about right. cards, Yearbook, Autographs, Everything. I should update the inventory better. She knows the difference between a Diamond Star and a Goudey and Playball. But I really should inventory everything. She may not know I have a run of Street and Smiths from about 1960-present. She knows the auction houses I trust. My son has no interest, but when I'm gone, maybe he wants it. That would be fine too. I just lost my Dad 10 days ago. He was a coin collector. The family has no idea what it is worth, and I never posed the question to him.