It's all just stuff...

[imashooter2]

List that old china on Ebay. The few people that still like china are on there looking for pieces to complete their existing sets and I understand it moves quickly.

Shipping a single piece wouldn’t be terrible, but the entirety of the set would be a packing nightmare. We did find a place that specializes in replacements that would buy it… after we shipped it to them. So it sits in the attic.

 

[imashooter2]

You are right about modern families and IMO that is kind of a shame.
We still do it on gatherings of the family on special feast days. I hope the kids do when we are gone.

My daughter had no interest in MomMom's china. My wife and I use a beautiful set that she inherited from her mother (which was inherited from her mother before her). I doubt my girl has any interest in that set either. As you say… a shame.

 

[Buford57]

Interesting to read people's perspective on "stuff". When we were first married my wife would respond to the loss of some treasured material item with a shrug and "someday it will all burn anyway". We both lost sight of that along the way and are now slogging through making our son's burden lighter with daily trips to the thrift store and the trash. Not only are the thrift stores becoming particular about what they will take (e.g. only " smart" TVs) my LGS will no longer accept any gun they value at less than $500 on consignment. That's shocking for a guy who used to shop at the town dump.

 

[ladder13]

When my MIL passed, my wife and her sister hired an auctioneer to get rid of everything except their mother’s jewelry and memento’s. They priced everything and came to the house everyday and sat at a table for a week. Everything was catalogued and a list was made.
Big selling items were clothing(yep), costume jewelry, yard tools, and small pieces of furniture. No one wanted any of the large pieces of solid wood furniture, so it went to Salvation Armory.
Someone had sticky fingers as some items were unaccounted for, either the auctioneers, shoppers or both helped themselves as we were not there all day watching.
In any event the girls were happy with what they netted, and they kept what was important to them.
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