Getting Rid of Family Heirlooms
July 15th, 2009 | by FS |
One of the things that I never understood about my family was the continuous need to accumulate “treasures”. I don’t know if it was a genetic condition or if they just learned it from their parents, but my parents bought every good deal that they could find.
I suppose the one condition that it had to have was that it had some sort of resale value. In the case of my parents, they bought box after box of gold jewelry at any auction sale or garage sale that they visited. They kept their stash in the attic, and told us that someday we would inherit their collection as the family heirloom.
But after their passing just two weeks ago, I am sitting up here in the attic of their home and missing them. Even though I do love them, I am just amazed at how many boxes of jewelry they amassed over their lifetime and what I am going to do to get rid of it.
I have found a few places that will pay cash if you are selling gold jewelry and I am curious to see how much it is all worth. I know that my father would be mad and would ask me “Why would you want to sell my gold”, but none of us children have any room to store all of these boxes. Besides, the money we make from selling their collection can help our children pay for college and I think that they wouldn’t have a problem with that.
