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<p>[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 26217452, member: 13650"]That's what I've been thinking about. There are many various scopes of what people consider a "large" collection. I know what I have and know that it would be a burden at this point if my family had to deal with it and I wouldn't want them to get ripped off later. </p><p> What you've done is appropriate. I mean if someone has a son, daugher or grandchild that's into it and could take it over, that'd be great. Would be glad if that was my situation but seems like that is rarely the case. </p><p><br /></p><p> Even for you yourself knowing everything about them it is work to sell one single thing and get a fair price for it. Basically if you accumulate and collect anything for decades it's going to be a situation for someone else to deal with eventually. </p><p> I wondered if anyone else felt like maybe they have pursued things in too many directions over the decades collecting to where maybe you should force yourself to reign it in and actually get more enjoyment out of focusing on say two or three endeavors instead of seven different directions. Instead of trying to do it all. Which would also have the side benefit of condesning down what your family memebers had to deal with some day.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 26217452, member: 13650"]That's what I've been thinking about. There are many various scopes of what people consider a "large" collection. I know what I have and know that it would be a burden at this point if my family had to deal with it and I wouldn't want them to get ripped off later. What you've done is appropriate. I mean if someone has a son, daugher or grandchild that's into it and could take it over, that'd be great. Would be glad if that was my situation but seems like that is rarely the case. Even for you yourself knowing everything about them it is work to sell one single thing and get a fair price for it. Basically if you accumulate and collect anything for decades it's going to be a situation for someone else to deal with eventually. I wondered if anyone else felt like maybe they have pursued things in too many directions over the decades collecting to where maybe you should force yourself to reign it in and actually get more enjoyment out of focusing on say two or three endeavors instead of seven different directions. Instead of trying to do it all. Which would also have the side benefit of condesning down what your family memebers had to deal with some day.[/QUOTE]
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