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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, we were told that the value of most people's possessions (not including jewelry or known artwork), are on the order of 10-15k.  When a collector relative died, the auction house that was brought in to estimate the value came up with a total value of 6k.  Prior to her death, she would spend hundreds of dollars a month on various collectibles - ceramic houses, equestrian figurines, you name it.  There are others like her out there who would pay similar prices for these items, but honestly, the time and work needed to find these buyers and make the sales, deem the effort not worth it, especially when the estate is getting split several ways.[/quote]

I’m a new poster. For me, the issue is wasn’t whether we got any money, but horror at the idea of nice, useful things simply being thrown out.

For me, the idea that a consultant could make some money by selling some of the furniture, and use that to subsidize giving a lot of the thrift shoppable items to thrift shops, rather than putting EVERYTHING straight into dumpsters, was comforting.

And plenty will end up in dumpsters, but maybe a few things will have a second life. [/quote]

A couple years ago my brother helped my parents move out of their home and into assisted living and needed to completely clear out a 3000+ sqf house.  My mom had a TON of fancy crystal/china/collectible figurines etc. that cost a lot of money to collect but not easy to re-sell.  He put an ad on Facebook marketplace and some guy that owns a consignment store came over and all of that for one very low price.   
He did the same thing with furniture (even gently used mattresses!)   My brother lived about an hour away from my parent's house so he just needed to be done quickly and would rather even give things away for free, rather than wait for a buyer willing to pay "what it's worth."[/quote]

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