08-09-2019, 05:07 PM
After liquidating 2 estates in the last 3 years, the value of "antiques" is in the crapper. What our parents cherished as "our inheritance" is basically of no value to millennials living out of a Sprinter van. Items that my father in law thought were worth thousands were sold for pennies on the dollar.
While using an estate auction type of place will cost dearly as a percentage of value, they will save a lot of headache in helping separate the wheat from the chaff, and then taking everything at once. Unfortunately much of what parents had treasured was of no value to even local thrift stores. We had to pay to have it hauled away.
What my mother went through with the children of her non-spouse "significant other" of 40 years, after he had a stroke, was truly disgusting. People value the possibility of a monetary inheritance far more than the happiness of their elders.
I have empathy for you Gene, but I hope you can find someone with the will to help convince Mavis and family that you matter!
While using an estate auction type of place will cost dearly as a percentage of value, they will save a lot of headache in helping separate the wheat from the chaff, and then taking everything at once. Unfortunately much of what parents had treasured was of no value to even local thrift stores. We had to pay to have it hauled away.
What my mother went through with the children of her non-spouse "significant other" of 40 years, after he had a stroke, was truly disgusting. People value the possibility of a monetary inheritance far more than the happiness of their elders.
I have empathy for you Gene, but I hope you can find someone with the will to help convince Mavis and family that you matter!