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Posted By: Dave
I have posted a smiliar thread before but not to this extent. With the new wave it seems of extra folks on the board nowadays I hope to get a variety of input on what everyone's plans are. After you die, how are you CURRENTLY looking at having your collection handled? If I died today, wouldn't be too big of a deal, I am not invested in the thousands in my collection so what I do have my wife could stick on ebay (hopefully in the right section) and list each card individually. My kids are young...if my wife and I both go at the same time, do I leave in the will that kids get cards after 18? Do I find someone now trustworthy to handle selling the cards with the kids getting the money now? or wait til they are 18? The kids by the way are 12, 10, and 15 months. |
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Posted By: anthony
i plan on leaving the collection to my two boys in a trust of some sort (currently 11 & 14) with instructions to contact the moderator of this board for help on listing them in the b/s/t, but not until the younger one is 18. this way their money grubbing c**t of a mother wouldnt take the money from them...ha, you're laughing now but you dont know my ex-wife. but more than likely they would probably keep them for awhile since they do collect some newer stuff now. my collection currently is listed with a photo of the card and the current value next to it in my computer so they would know roughly what they should be getting for them. |
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Posted By: Joe D.
I almost spit out my coffee |
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Posted By: Frank Wakefield
Hey guys... |
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Posted By: Mike
In my will and trust agreements, my attorney has been instructed who gets what, and when. My wife has been left a nationally known dealer's name, whom she can contact, and trust, and whom I have been close to for 20 years or so. Memorabilia is no different than any other material object, it can be spelled out on paper. It is imperative that people put things in writing, so as to limit the amount of confusion after one dies. I have seen many family members go to war after an untimely death, and bicker and fight over the things left behind. After I leave, I couldn't care less about "baseball cards" but the ones left behind still have to deal with things, and it helps if all is spelled out beforehand. (my son is my memorabila recipient). He has a love for it, as I do. The dealer is my advisor. And will help my son or wife dispose of things if necessary. I trust them, to do what is right. |
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Posted By: James Feagin
I plan on eventually selling my collection and using those funds to be a full-time service missionary for my church. |
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Posted By: JK
Frank, |
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Posted By: Bill Stone
I am hiding mine in a shoebox in the attic so one of my heirs can find them and list them on Ebay as a true attic find. |
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Posted By: jP
My collection will go to my son. He knows this already but i dont think he quite understands or knows the awesome history within the cards and that there is value in the collection. I will teach him this and as much as i can about collecting as time passes. I cant wait til he is a little older so we can go to the shops, shows, etc. together. |
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Posted By: Judge Dred (Fred)
I'm taking it with me! With my luck my family will probably respect my wishes but they'll have a change of plans and cremate me... What was that book called? Farenheit 451.... |
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Posted By: Dan Bretta
My son will get my collection....I already call it "our" stuff when discussing it...He's only 5, but he knows better than to touch "our" stuff. If he shows no interest through the years I suppose I will liquidate it when I'm an old man...perhaps donate the Nebraska related material to the Nebraska baseball museum. |
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Posted By: John S
I will have a Viking funeral and my cards will burn with me. It will make everyone else's collection worth a bit more. |
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Posted By: Mark
The real issue here is whether or not your remains are embalmed or cremated after you die. Such modification to the corpse might be considered an alteration by some. Would facial makeup be considered restoration ?Would the mortician have to disclose this prior to writing an obituary ?.......... Oh sorry, wrong thread |
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Posted By: cmoking
I haven't done this yet, but I plan to type out a letter and put it with my cards. The letter will have a short list of my collector friends and their email or phone numbers. If something happens to me and someone needs to sell the cards, I'm going to suggest they contact one of my friends on the list and ask them for advice on where to sell it. I would rather not put down a specific auction house or ebay or a dealer's name, that's because when I do pass, the right selling route may be different than it is now. My friends will have better advice at that time than I do now looking into the future, especially since I don't even know when that future is. |
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Posted By: peter ullman
my collection probably will not make it to my death! I've been slowly selling some off to fund other purchases and this will probably continue. If any do survive, I will only will them to those who can appreciate them. the most likely scenario will be me selling them off though! |
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Posted By: warshawlaw
My wife will have it all anyhow if I croak first; if she goes first, it goes to my daughter. My wife knows the names and contact information for several major auctioneers and knows what to negotiate in terms of commissions and BP. They can do the rest for her. If my wife predeceases me, either the guardian or my daughter will have the same info. |
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Posted By: t-205
I will be slabbed an AUTH because of the makeup and the restoration on other parts, PRO would grade me a 10 when i;m dead! :D lol |
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Posted By: S Gross
Great post -- I didn't realize so many people have put so much thought on this subject. All are great points that anyone can use to fit their personal situation. |
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Posted By: Frank Wakefield
Hey JK... |
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Posted By: Bob
My collection will subsequently wind up in the hands of this aspiring baseball superstar. |
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Posted By: Tom Boblitt
really good question. I have 14 and 10 year old stepsons who are no more interested in sports in general or baseball in particular that I don't think they'd care a thing about them. I'm adopting a little girl from China, so hopefully I'll get her playing softball and she'll love the cards as much as I. If I die in the short run, my good friend Cliftons8 on here is instructed to work with my wife to dispose of all my crap via some reasonable method. |
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Posted By: howard
Whatever you do make sure that you leave written instructions. When my brother was dying he made a point of telling my parents that he wanted me to have his cards but he didn't want to ask me because he was afraid I wouldn't want them. Of course I wanted them but my brother was a little paranoid due to the nature of his disease(a brain tumor). He had only a few pre-war cards but a superb collection of Topps and Bowman from the late 1940's through about 1980. When I felt the time was right I asked him about the cards and we had a big emotional episode with both of our stoic facades collapsing simultaneously. |
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Posted By: Darrell
Too funny - I had another jack n coke to enjoy the responses --- makes you think.... |
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Posted By: Joann
I'm same as King - been meaning to (and will soon) put a letter in my safe deposit box that gives various options for selling - reputable auction houses (smaller), etc, and an idea of what a reasonable consignment fee would be. |
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Posted By: steve f
Hey gang, |
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Posted By: Joe D.
Dylan Thomas’ “Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night” |
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Posted By: barrysloate
Joe- one of the great poems of the 20th century, and Dylan Thomas's most recognizable work. |
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Posted By: Marckus
Great question that many of us collector's need to think about. |
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