What's your estate plan ?

[drc]

Back when I had a large photograph collection, I labelled and put the photos in categories (original versus later generation, date, photographer, etc) and gave my family the name of a couple of auction houses in case I died. Though in the end, I sold them off on my own.

I think the best and #1 and one essential thing you can do for your relatives is to give someone the name(s) of an auction house, dealer or even Net54 collector the family member can go to. Most people will have no clue where or how to sell the items nor what exactly are the items. If it's just a small collection not worthy of REA or Lelands, the collector can give advice on what to do. I highly recommend that anyone with a collection reading this go and do that one thing today. Unless you don't mind the idea of your E, T and N collection being offered in a "3 for 1$, 20 for $4" bin at a garage sale with the unsold dropped off at Saint Vincent de Paul or the recycle bin. Realize that with the stories I hear here of people keeping their purchases (and, of course more important, purchase prices) from their wives, some wives and relatives might not even realize your collection has financial value, or at least the extent of the value.