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[quote=Anonymous]My elderly parents (very belatedly) finally moved out of their 3000 sq ft house in the suburbs to a CRCC apartment.  My father would not move and insisted on staying there until the very end.  But my mother broke her hip and a split level house is about the worst in that regard post recovery.  The house is sold and my brother and I rushed to get stuff out of there.   Two rooms were stuffed to the top with boxes and more and more haphazard stuff.  I found my grandmothers momentos and pictures (really great) in the garage with mouse droppings all over it.  Other crazy stuff.  There was more signs of dementia there than we imagined.

I have given away a truck load of stuff and still there is more.  My kids (and brothers kids) have picked thru what they want.

Any suggestions on how to deal with:
1. 1000s of pictures and associated negatives. Some might be good.  
2. 100+ Picture albums - many related to their hobbies.  Some from European trips and cruises.  I dont have enough storage space for them all.
3. Electronics.   many many cameras - most of which are small point and shot but a few better digital ones with big lens. Computers. 5 ipads. 4 laptops computers. 
4. Photo slides.  3 carosuels full of them plus a couple of boxes. Can they be converted to photos?
5. Lithographs.  European.  Late 1800s and early 1900s.  No idea if these are valuable.  A couple i would keep but not 50 of them.
6. War memorabilia  like swords, one really old gun, daggars, belts, WW1 helmet
7. Steins - a couple are nice but 20 not so much
8. Silver - my grandmothers silver is lovely but i don't want it.  My kids wont want it. Ditto on china and linens.
9. A lot of personal papers.  I went thru and trashed much of it but still there is more.  Any guidelines on what to keep?

My parents apartment is stuffed already and now the house is out of mind so they seem to not care about what remains.  If i ask about anything, my father wants me to bring it over and then it is added to the already extremely cluttered second bedroom (bed is unusable already).

If there is anything of value it would go towards their living expenses which are very high.

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