"What Happens to Your Stuff When You Die?" Topic

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This train club has had their president die and their layout was in his basement.

It looks awesome.

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Well, some will go to my kids. My son is really starting to get into gaming.
But much of it will likely get thrown out. Makes me sad more
for personal reasons. There are figures that mean alot to me but not much to anyone else. But all things come to an end.

Wow that is a great layout.

This is one of the reasons I have been slimming down my collections over the years. My boys do not want my stuff and I would hate for my wife to have to toss it out or try and sell it.

My one large collection will go to my grandson. The rest will likely be sold off.

Largest single collection--30m Napoleonics--is merged with others at the property of a slightly younger gamer with an interested son. Might not work out, but the best I can do.

My son has about two pages of who might pay for what. If he or the grandkids want some of it, fine. Otherwise, it turns into cash and goes to other wargamers. Thinking the grandkids might wind up with the 6mm and 2mm stuff. They're good scales for when you're young and living in dormitories, apartments and barracks. (Also of course when you're old as are looking at old folks homes and granny flats.) But I could also see them picking through the F&SF 28mm for some of the modern skirmish stuff on small boards.

My estate will call the club and they will take it. Keep, sell, trade, enjoy.

I specified in my will who receives what of my collection, based on their interests.

Mine will be melted down to make my sarcophagus.

It might live on if it finds a new home

Landfill….

Going to my younger son and then on to Wally's Basement for the greatest sale EVER!

Some to Grandsons and rest to an individual who sells wargames collection for those who have died. He gets the agreed % and my wife gets the rest.

My kids can take what they want, then they can do whatever they want with the rest. At a certain point in time, I would like to sell off the majority of my books and figures that my kids don't want so they don't have to worry about what to do.

Some to kids/grandkids, the rest to the lads in the local club

I have a friend in, of all places, Lancaster, PA, who is a generation younger than I. He will get my wargaming items to do with as he pleases. I have known him all his life. His father and I were close friends with Custer as the connection. Father had no interest in wargaming, but the son did and does. So while father was alive, and once son got into wargaming I had a friendship with each that was based on different interests.

My books go to The Wyoming Room, a research library within the Sheridan (Wyoming) County Library. The Custer and western frontier they will keep, except for duplicates, the rest they will sell.

The executor of my estate is happy not to have to sell any of it.

Tom

Seems ot me the train clubs problem is the exact reverse of the title question "Where do we put our layout now that the basement isn't available"; however to answer the asked question I suspect the bin unless one of my kids can find the energy to sell them on e-bay, but this is not my problem.

What I don't sell, will be piled along with my other possessions, next to my body on my long ship (ok, short ship). Floki Is working on it now. I lined up the archers for fire arrows. Still looking for volunteers to go with me. My cup holders in Valhalla.

I picture it something close to this.

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My son will get my entire collection: books, figures, scenic items, buildings, wargame mats, etc. He gets the whole bunch.

I'm designating some groups of figures/models to certain gaming friends. The rest, I'm hoping, can be sold to someone who can appreciate them. One approach is to line up some guys to buy some now to reduce the stress. None of my nephews or nieces have the slightest interest in military miniatures.

Our old "club" has disintegrated after the closing of our FLGS.

@35th, we should all be so lucky.

@79th

Well since I sold my original Civil War Light Artillery Saber in Gettysburg 2 years ago, I may have to get another sword to have in my hands. Right now, I'm stuck with a French St. Etienne Chassepot Bayonet or a Bowie knife. Details! Details! 😉

None of my family have the slightest interest in any of my gaming stuff. So if I don't leave it to an interested party it'll probably all end up as landfill 😔.

So I've been thinking of where it should go.

My collection is basically tanks and planes.

I think I'll leave the tanks to the Tank Museum at Bovington. The modern stuff ATDU might find useful but the rest the Museum will probably sell with proceeds going to the Museum.

Likewise for the planes I might leave to the RAF Museum at Hendon.

The only person who has shown any interest in my collection is the son of an old school friend. I might leave him my collection of 1/300th and 1/600th planes used in Target for Tonight as done in the style of JJ and the Devon Wargames Group who inspired the gathering of the Bomber force 😊.

Thanks for a great thread and asking a good question.

I have so much from a couple of closed stores. I have 4,000+ copie of Rocco's ACW, Gettysburg Artifact , Napoleonics books in storage. Thousands of other Osprey, Concord and other books as well. Maybe 1,00+ games and magazine w/games. Also a large amount of support items like dice (25 cents each)
My son is horrified. Flocking, miniatures, rulers plos.
My son is horrified at the thought of dealing with it.

I have no one lined up; no individual or organization who would want to be lumbered with all this, so I have to hope I can sell it before such time or my wife can sell it, or our backup executor.

All this is suggesting a pretty pressing need for a clearing house for those without the necessary contacts. Maybe HMGS could do something with this, such as selling off at flea markets, with the estate, the person manning the table, and the organization all getting a cut?

Gets buried with me. I'm taking it all!

A couple of years ago, one of the locals went to an estate sale and picked up a truck load of stuff for $86. USD He's still selling at a huge profit.

Can't I take it all with me to Gaming Valhalla?

It gets chucked in the bin.