At 02:10 PM 7/16/2024, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
Collectors always assert that their collection has
value, and the next of kin never believe a word of that.
It's not just the claimed value, which could be correct at a given
moment in time. It's the cost involved in physically storing the
stuff, the time and skill it would take to assess and describe it
all for sale, and then conducting the sale and shipment. It's
a lot of work.
At 02:35 PM 7/16/2024, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote:
We also talked about sticking it to the survivors. I
think we concluded
it's best to sell or give away the collection before you're too old to do so.
Far easier to acquire something - just one more! - than to dispose of one.
- John