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<p>[QUOTE="tjenkins_1983, post: 421020, member: 8167"]Talking to them, I found out that their dad was a dealer in Tennessee for decades. The collection was supposed to be for the kids to live comfortably on for later years. They told me that when they looked through it with the family attorney 15 or 20 years ago, it was valued around $350,000 (that could be a liberal estimate since it was with an attorney and not an appraiser). Either way, that was 1988-1993 dollars. Surely, some of it has increased since then. They told me that the mom sold some of it a while back but the majority of the collection was in tact. </p><p><br /></p><p>I agree that a lwayer would just be extra money wasted (as always). As far as it costing me a lot for supplies, it's not. I have enough 2x2's and staples to last me until Rapture. I'm just glad to do it for them. If I find something I want to buy, it will be worth the added work and sacrifice of supplies to add a nice piece to my collection. If not, I will have helped out a friend who I know would help me if I needed it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="tjenkins_1983, post: 421020, member: 8167"]Talking to them, I found out that their dad was a dealer in Tennessee for decades. The collection was supposed to be for the kids to live comfortably on for later years. They told me that when they looked through it with the family attorney 15 or 20 years ago, it was valued around $350,000 (that could be a liberal estimate since it was with an attorney and not an appraiser). Either way, that was 1988-1993 dollars. Surely, some of it has increased since then. They told me that the mom sold some of it a while back but the majority of the collection was in tact. I agree that a lwayer would just be extra money wasted (as always). As far as it costing me a lot for supplies, it's not. I have enough 2x2's and staples to last me until Rapture. I'm just glad to do it for them. If I find something I want to buy, it will be worth the added work and sacrifice of supplies to add a nice piece to my collection. If not, I will have helped out a friend who I know would help me if I needed it.[/QUOTE]
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