If my husband is still alive he’d probably keep it all out of sentimentality. He’s basically said if I die first he wouldn’t want to touch any of my stuff because it would make him too sad since I spent so much time collecting it.
If he dies too then it would probably go to his nephew who would probably just trade them all on the playground for gold fakes.
I might actually add into a will that they would go to my estranged brother. We havent talked in years but I know he’s always down bad and it could possibly change his life for the better. Food for thought I guess.
I have a note in my slab cases of where my google doc sheet is with every card I purchased, when, and the prices I paid, for any tax offset purposes. Also a sheet with 3 options to consign all the slabs through, Z/G at the top, card, web and mailing info, etc. One slab case has another note these are the last cards I would sell as part of my personal collection, but some are very expensive so feel free to sell them all or gift to son and nieces. Trusted family know where things are stored.
Plan is to sell off a portion for kids college anyway, and a few retirement trips. Have already gifted some booster boxes to son and nieces. The rest of the sealed is supposed to be cracked later anyway, when the kids are adults, and the blisters and ETBs can be split up. My oldest niece is 15 and is still way deep into Pokémon and probably always will be so she probably stands to gain the most. It will be a cage fight between my niece and wife. If niece wins, I already know it will go into her collection. If wife wins I expect a cosmetic surgeon and travel agents will win. She’ll already have my life insurance and retirement to galavant with new boy toy, so she’s good there.
Wait…what the hell am I doing spending my money on this stuff anyway?? Thanks for the existential crisis question, now I need to have a drink. Or three.
I’ll be setting up a Ratrace of sorts, with various items scattered about targets and walmarts with clues for those brave enough to take on the ultimate bum rush
I’ve thought about this a bit. My Godmother has 15 grandchildren so far, some of which are Pokemon fans. I hope some day I could hand it down to my immediate family or to her family perhaps. I do want to take the time to write up a ‘price guide’ or some type of accounting, I just haven’t gotten around to it yet.
The main thing for me is this hobby I’ve engaged in has never been entirely about the money, but it would be nice to know they get handed down to someone who appreciates it in some form, either sentimentality or monetarily speaking
We haven’t addressed this yet, but my plan basically is to ask a couple of trusted friends@eeveeteam to help my wife offload any or all of them that she’d like to. She’s not into pokemon at all. Assuming my children show any interest, presumably they’d keep a few, but maybe not all of them
It almost feels like contracts should be put in place. “Hey honey, contact this person on e4 and send them my cards, and they will give you a % of sales”
My collection is relatively small. Roughly 15 graded cards account for about 95% of the total collection value. I have a document I store with my collection noting the high value items and various consignment options. The instructions for selling the remainder are to just take them to a LGS and cash them out.
I’ve seen firsthand how emotional and stressful inheriting a collection can be. Striking a balance between effort and return is important.
I think keeping physical receipts is the surest practice, but a document to produce to the tax man with dates and amounts that can be electronically verified through mostly ebay history is something anyway. Also helps give me the encouragement I need, or disincentive I need, to sell or not sell things when I evaluate the net gains I should take. Otherwise I tend to just remain diamond hands when I should at least be watching my gains and what the market is doing.
I think about this all too often. Ive been meaning to write something up but i colkect alot of “unique” stuff and am incorporating a guide into the binder to identify everything
I won’t be around, so I’m not certain. I would hope that the expensive stuff gets sold off and family keeps whatever they would like to remember me by.
I have my physical assets listed out in my will with corresponding family members receiving them. On the collectibles front, most of it would go to my sister and her family, mainly because she and her son would get the most benefit out of it all compared to my parents who are essentially “set” until they pass.
Kind of a grim topic, but a necessary one if you care about setting up your loved ones for success; things get weird among family members in terms of valuable assets when someone you love dies. Go get a will or trust figured out people!
