Preparing Your Collection For Your Death

[ocjack]

I"m 67 and in good health. But I am 67. So I decided to take it upon myself to sell my entire collection in order to not burden my wife with having to deal with it.

Giving your spouse the names of one or even a few people you feel you could trust to help her in the event of an untimely departure does help to alleviate the burden a little. I appreciate Leon's offer to help. That's a huge responsibility to be willing to undertake (no pun intended) for someone.

Regardless, it's best to plan as early as possible.

[almostdone]

I am 42 with 4 children and none have shown any interest in my collection. My only son, who is about to be 18, says he wants one specific card of mine to remember me by. I'm not so sure of the coincidence but it happens to be the most valuable card I own (1933 Delong Lou Gerhig). While I appreciate his desire to remember me through a card I told him my 89 Upper a Deck Griffey could do the same. The sale of my collection, including the Gerhig, would be more beneficial to my family than holding on to it.
I have instructed my wife to get in touch with one of three people I trust to help sell my collection. The first is a fellow board member and a very dear friend of mine whom I trust completely. His collecting habits are almost identical to mine and I know he would do anything to help out in any way possible. The second is Leon because he has way more contacts in the hobby that I could ever dream of and I know he would do his best to help out my family in their time of grieving. The third is a dealer that I sold a large part of my prewar collection to and treated me fairly and with great respect to me and my collection. I think between the three of these men my family would get the best value considering the situation and be able to move on.
Drew

[Fred]

It's getting buried with me in an unmarked grave... or it's going to be a gooey mess of plastic and ash if I'm cremated.... would it considered littering if the blob of plastic and ash was thrown into the ocean... dumb question, the fact that it would be my ashes, it'd be considered dumping garbage in the ocean...

[ALR-bishop]

I have shown my wife a picture of Alan Rosen and told her if he shows up on the front porch with a hand full of one hundred dollar bills after I am gone, to let the dogs out

[rhettyeakley]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

I have shown my wife a picture of Alan Rosen and told her if he shows up on the front porch with a hand full of one hundred dollar bills after I am gone, to let the dogs out

NICE! I have told my wife something VERY similar!