Anonymous wrote:Read up, very little of that older generation stuff is worth even haul-away money. We were trained to value this stuff but it's out of style now and so there is little market for it. Few people entertain with formal dinners so china, crystal, and silver are not too hotly desired. Charities only want what they can sell or outplayed.
My advice is to ask for what you want, preserve all family history you can, and forget about the rest. Worrying about it just gives you heartache. Poor people are not lining up to decorate their houses with Boomer UMC accoutrements. I lived a two-stage process with my mother, getting rid of my grandmother's fine things and as a result I have stuff in my basement that I don't want and can't really get rid of that's theoretically valuable. I see what the Salvation Army in my town puts in the dumpsters and I often have to talk up what I bring them to get them to take it.
+1 No one wants most of this stuff. Lots of thrift stores won't even take dining sets, china, crystal, or silver anymore because no one will buy it. Many new builds don't even have dining rooms anymore and people getting married these days don't register for china, crystal etc.
Scan pictures and letters and share with other family members. Don't remove anything from the home.
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