armoredman
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Wife will sell it all for pennies on the dollar and buy more shoes.
The last person I tried to help with this was a widow, left with one 24-gun safe, containing 51 firearms, many compact semi-auto pistols you've seen flashy adverts for in gun rags. Her late husband had also left a handwritten list of values. . . retail prices he had paid during the Clinton and Obama Banics.I limit myself to one medium gun safe, that shouldn’t be too difficult to disperse.
Yup.where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal
Buy wisely and get what you can, Losing money on my collection would just be SOP for how my gun ownership wentThe last person I tried to help with this was a widow, left with one 24-gun safe, containing 51 firearms, many compact semi-auto pistols you've seen flashy adverts for in gun rags. Her late husband had also left a handwritten list of values. . . retail prices he had paid during the Clinton and Obama Banics.
I spent about 10 hours photographing the whole collection and researching completed sales in GB. I handed her a list of what I thought I could sell them for mostly ranging from 60-80% of what he'd paid.
That entire 'collection' is still sitting there, and she's waiting for someone to come and tell her it's worth what he paid. Baring a zombie apocalypse, no one's coming. Her kids are entirely uninterested.
After your passing, your stuff is worth exactly what it's worth to your heirs.
Yup.
I have to say, that just makes me sad for him.He owned more tools than Home Depot! None of his four sons can so much as hammer a nail. . .
Widows will either sell their decedent's possessions for pennies on the dollar, or, conversely, hold out for too much. Now, I've considered making a catalog of everything I own, with values (which in itself would be a huge task), but such a listing would be out of date almost as soon as it was written. In addition, would the values be retail values, be what I paid years ago, or be what a dealer would be expected to give? In each of these cases, the listed values would be misleading. Better to have a trusted friend, who is extremely knowledgeable about guns, handle this after I'm gone. Problem is, I don't know anybody who is both that trusted and that knowledgeable. I've given up trying to worry about this. What will happen, will happen. I'm just focused on enjoying what I have while I'm still here.Wife will sell it all for pennies on the dollar and buy more shoes.
One person's "clutter" is another person's "treasure." I've spent my whole life collecting not only guns, but also books (thousands of volumes), cameras, stamps, coins, etc. I even have a car in the garage that's been awaiting restoration for the last 30 years. If I were to downsize, it would be like a declaration of surrender from life (I'm 75).I choose not to live a life as a slave to clutter.
Yeah totally agree. They all good guys, just not much in common with their dad. Ironic thing is my dad is not handy at all so diy and building things are something me and the FIL have bonded over. My In laws spend the summers in Chicago where I live so he’s always over helping me with projects when they’re here. He still gets to use his old tools ,haha!I have to say, that just makes me sad for him.
If you enjoy your collections, more power to you.One person's "clutter" is another person's "treasure." I've spent my whole life collecting not only guns, but also books (thousands of volumes), cameras, stamps, coins, etc. I even have a car in the garage that's been awaiting restoration for the last 30 years. If I were to downsize, it would be like a declaration of surrender from life (I'm 75).
I agree with that. However, "collecting" is not "hoarding." Everything that I collect is carefully selected, in accordance with theme(s). For example, when I say that I collect cameras, what I really mean is that I collect Zeiss Contaflexes and certain models of Nikons (F2s, Nikkormats, and FMs). Likewise, with guns, it's mostly U.S.military models. I don't just accumulate haphazardly.I am also the child of a family of hoarders. Posthumous clean up is not fun.
I agree there’s a big difference. My folks took collecting to extreme levels, that also involved never throwing things out.I agree with that. However, "collecting" is not "hoarding." Everything that I collect is carefully selected, in accordance with theme(s). For example, when I say that I collect cameras, what I really mean is that I collect Zeiss Contaflexes and certain models of Nikons (F2s, Nikkormats, and FMs). Likewise, with guns, it's mostly U.S.military models. I don't just accumulate haphazardly.
That's generally how I also feel, although I'm 75. I'm still buying, but it's much more selective these days. (Far fewer holes in the collection left to fill.)I'm 65, retired, and still buying. It's a hobby I love and enjoy along with reloading. I'm at the range at least once a week and still have a place to hunt. The way I see it I'm still young and not done yet. I told the wife if I go before you have fun with the money you make off of the collection...
I handed her a list of what I thought I could sell them for mostly ranging from 60-80% of what he'd paid.
...one was the absolute worst semi-auto .22lr rifle I’ve ever fired...it was frankly junk.
Threads like this remind me that I need to update our Will.
My kid won't get any of our firearms and neither will the brother out in California.
That I do know for sure...
I’ve seen too much ugliness around this issue to not have it squared away when I go.
honestly, guns or not, anything worth handing down or giving away will be itemized by person. Big ticket items like house or other property will not be left for the kids to fight over.