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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hope you can do something. A neighbor of mine died and his son came later with a couple men and a dump truck. I know he kept some things but it was sad because of some of the things I saw being thrown away. One was an ornate family Bible with names and dates going back 100 years in the inside front pages. I pulled it out and took it home, then decided that was irrational and put it back.  [/quote]

Your post makes me so sad. It also reminds me of an estate sale in Ponte Vedra where a framed case of the deceased owner's swimming medals from a highly regarded university--at least 50 medals and more than a few were from MAJOR swimming events dating back to 1930's-- were on sale for $25. Just out there with the kitchen and living room stuff...can't believe that no one in the family wanted them.[/quote]

But what are you going to do with grandpa’s old swimming medals? Put them in a drawer? How is that better?
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PP here. I would hang the framed medals on an office wall in my home, or a basement playroom, etc. These weren't just any old swimming medals, btw, and the framed case was beautiful.[/quote]

Yeah, I would have no desire to have that hanging on my wall. To each their own.[/quote]

That's fine. We're a very sentimental family, and it would be very meaningful to me to have my grandfather's medals. [/quote]

I am also sentimental but don’t put as much value on things as you seem to. Probably the same with the family selling the medals.[b] My walls are covered in family photos and if I were that family, I’d probably have a lovely framed photo of grandpa wearing his own medals[/b].[/quote]
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I agree, the actual medals themselves wouldn't mean much to me either, wouldn't be something I'd display.[/quote]

Then to the trash heap they shall go.[/quote]

Put them in a shadow box display and hang them in the hallway or a spare bedroom  I totally would keep medals like that.  In fact, I would probably give them a place of prominence of the display was done nicely enough.  They are so much more interesting to look at than some mass print from TJ Maxx.

A treasured family bible could be displayed on a corner table in the dining room or some other out of the way spot.[/quote]

+1 I'm the poster who originally mentioned the medals. That's what our family would do as well. [/quote]

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