Moral Quandary

[batsballsbases]

Dan,
Its a very hard question to answer. I myself have had this happen twice. The first item is still in my collection and would be very hard to part with. The second was in my collection and I had decided to auction it off. I ended up buying it back and after having it for about 3 months I was contacted by someone on this board asking me what had happened to the item. I told him that I re acquired it and was just planning to hold on to it. He then told me a very touching story of why he wanted the item ,it touched me so deeply that I ended up selling it to him. I guess the best way to handle it is to go with what you are comfortable with. Bottom line its your item to do what you wish with .

[FUBAR]

In my opinion, you are not obligated to give/sell it to them.

However, if you dont have any real connection to it, you should consider a trade or a sale. I do not know what the monetary value would be, but my personal opinion on collecting, is it should be done from the heart and not from the pocketbook, even though the pocketbook is what dictates our purchases. Maybe you could turn it into something that would have more meaning to you. If you do sell it or trade it or whatever, get a caveat stating you get first option to buy for the exact same price they paid you.

From what i have been told, Don Drysdale was my uncle, i have no proof, nor any connection to him, except the same last name. If you had anything of his, i wouldnt feel like you owed it to me in any way shape or form.