webrik33 wrote in What happens to your collection when....:This is kind of a weird question....What happens to your collection when you pass on, die, etc.etc.

What I mean is does it pass on to a family member? Is it to be sold? Put into storage? I'm curious.

Well... My wife has orders to send my stuff to a trusted friend should anything happen. If he's gone, she will put it up on eBay.

webrik33 wrote in What happens to your collection when....:

MadCatUSA wrote in What happens to your collection when....:
Well... My wife has orders to send my stuff to a trusted friend should anything happen. If he's gone, she will put it up on eBay.

Therein lies my frustration. My son is only 6. In my will I bequeath all my collections to him.

The problem is my ex-wife said she would burn it all! My folks are too old to bother with selling it. And I don't really have any friends who would want to mess with it either.

So I'm wondering if maybe I should just sell it all...RPG, Comics, Books, Records, and put the money into a savings or somesuch for my son.

This topic has come to light recently because I have SOOOO much stuff and no one who would care to have it!

I left guidelines about what to do with my stuff for my wife should I die, but I am slowly selling stuff that I'll never get around to reading/using again.  Fortunately, I have two sons that would mostly appreciate anything left, even if my guidelines are ignored.  The bottom line is that I already realize no one in my family will appreciate my collection as much as me and everyone appreciates money about as much as I do.  Sell!  

my collection will go to my brothers son,although they don't play d&d they do play pathfinder.
they play on the internet and use the rulebooks on the net,so although they younger generation might be playing 20th edition in a few years time.
some of the monsters and player characters can be used in there campaigns.
and who know some of my collection might only go up in value.
with things like skype and virtial reality who knows how they will be playing and what they will be playing.
re4321

My sister and brother want to dumpster everything now. They will definitely toss everything when I'm dead.

JasonZavoda wrote in What happens to your collection when....:My sister and brother want to dumpster everything now. They will definitely toss everything when I'm dead.

If this wasn't said in jest, that's a shame. I don't even know how to respond beyond my initial sentence.

Zen

Like the pharaohs of old, I want to be entombed with my collection so that I can continue to play D&D in the afterlife

I expect it will all end up at the local charity shop. Better than the bin I guess.  

lippy wrote in What happens to your collection when....:Heh, Goodwill for me probably.

I had the experience lately of entertaining the prospect of selling some of the odds and ends that have found their way into my collection but don't really belong there. So I did a little research on Ebay and Amazon and decided they have a conservative market value of maybe $500. Looked into the selling fees and determined I'd probably clear $3XX assuming everything actually sold, which is probably not realistic. A lot of work for maybe a couple hundred bucks.

So, I thought hey, maybe NK would give me decent trade for this stuff and it wouldn't be that hard to send them one box of crap. They'll probably turn around and list it for $1,000, maybe they'll offer me a couple hundred bucks for it in trade. A few weeks and a few emails from me asking if they were ever going to respond I got the big offer - $60. Ha, I'd burn the crap before I'd be exploited for that kind of profit margin. So it stays in my closet.

The moral of the story is that I am reminded of what I guess I already knew, which is that personal property, including about 99% of collectibles, has no market value.

You can always send it to me. I'll take good care of it.  

At the risk of being completely self-serving, if your collection falls into the range of "Barely worth the time to sell" and "I'd rather dump it in the trash than take that offer", think about donating it if you pass.  North Texas RPG con would welcome any donation, which would use your stuff to keep us going and either put it into the Live Auction, Silent Auction, or Midnight Auction (or raffle).  I'm sure Garycon and Gamehole con (two other conventions built around keeping old school gaming alive) would also welcome your stuff. If that seems too mercenary, there are many gaming clubs alive and functioning right now that might also welcome some good old stuff. I regularly donate loads of Judge Guild goodies to local schools or gaming clubs.  A lot of them will even pay the price of shipping just to get cool stuff.  When I kick the bucket, I'm sure what doesn't go to my grandkids to sell (the good valuable stuff) will go to Doug and the con to sell and keep it solvent.  Also, I'm sure far too many of you will descend like rogue vultures to pick clean the carcass of my warehouse at my wife's blessing, which is as it should be....just leave her a decent offering for the privilege!

Mike B.