Lost Treasures When we Pass..

[moosedog]

All my stuff is on my FFL books and in a card file. The card file has dates, descriptions, sources and prices paid.
A couple of my best friends own gun shops and the wife knows who to call when I go to the big rodeo in the sky. My son and daughter can have what they want. I don't lose sleep over such stuff, it's only stuff.

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

Pack rats and hoarders often make people happy. When Rudy Vallee died in 1986 he left a treasure trove of theater memorabilia to the UCLA theater department. A neighborhood mother told me years ago that some of her son's McDonald's Flintstones mug broke, I gave him TWO sets.
I am a fan of the English 3-speed bike. In 2016 I saw a 1966 Dunelt listed on Craigslist, contacted the seller, arranged a meeting-the bike is MINT !

 

[Squarebutt]

A friend of mine was 63, active and a racer and car collector. One morning he died suddenly of a heart attack and his family has since been finding his cars here, there and everywhere. At last count they had found 37, mostly older classics, not many with paperwork. I feel bad for the wife and kids.

 

[armorer951]

Here's a classic example of one of the "treasures" we are talking about. Something I cherish that no one would care a thing about.........

One of my dad's old tie clasps that looks like a bear trap. It actually works.

 

[2ndAmendmentLeftist]

My grandfather recently passed away, it's actually how I ended up on this forum a couple days ago trying to identify a date range for one of his revolvers.

My goodness, he had so much stuff! I'm torn between keeping it because a lot of it obviously meant a lot to him, but there's just so much of it and absolutely no room to store it all. I feel like garbage even thinking about selling/giving away some of this stuff, but that's what it is at the end of the day, stuff. And I need to keep reminding myself of that.

I just need to find people that'll appreciate things like a VHS tape collection or 17 breadmaker machines or a litany of other stuff that I have no use for and no interest in and keep the things that matter most to me and mattered most to him.

 

[Muley Gil]

I have a file on my computer called "gun gifts". It says who gets what. I have a friend who owns the LGS and he can sell the remainder to pay any costs and give my wife the rest. He is listed for a couple by the way.

Am I on your list Max????

 

[Beemerguy53]

My dad was a Depression Kid who grew up in poverty, and at age 14 in 1938, while a freshman in high school, was driving an ice truck to support his disabled parents and his little sister.

He got a job as a chemist with the US Navy, put himself through Johns Hopkins University, became a Chemical Engineer, and did design work on nuclear submarines.

When Dad passed away in 2007, at age 83, we found a footlocker in his basement with all his Navy memorabilia and photos in it. There were a number of Zippos, with cloisonne ship's patches on them...and a bag of cloth ships' patches...and a lot of photos. The one thing that really stood out to me was a photo of the USS Nautilus, the first nuclear ship, inscribed to Dad and signed by her Captain after he had sailed on her in 1962.

I couldn't part with such important pieces of my family history, so I bought a Lane cedar chest and packed it away in my home...

 

[Robspeire]

When I pass all of my "Stuff" is to be Sold on Craigslist & Forums (such as this one) by my nephew (he has all passwords). All proceeds are to be given to St. Judes Hospital for Children. I do have 2 sons but if somethings means something to them they can fork over the cash.
Nephew gets 15%.