A Cautionary Tale – Getting your affairs in order before passing on

[G1911]

It’s not easy to document well. It is if you have a narrow collection (not in $$, but in quantity of cards), but I have, I don’t know, maybe 40,000 vintage cards at this point. I have no idea what it’s worth; I keep up with values of what’s on my current want list, but not stuff I have for the most part.

Some of my stuff is left to specific collectors who would value it beyond the $$$, the bulk of it is just in the fund for my general heirs. My father would handle disposal of it, who knows cards and is aware of what’s good and what’s not and won’t get ripped. Should he pre decease me, none of my heirs or people who could be executors will know what’s what. With how prices change and things go in and out, it’s hard to keep a document explaining what card is what and what’s worth how much. They’re aware it’s a good bit of cash in cardboard. If they want to put in the work to get free money from me, they can. If they want to dump it because it’s too much work, they can.