That's my whole problem:). "WHEN" is it time to dump?
Don't you think that alot of people have this same stuff so it's really not got much monetary value. We never get it out and look thru it. I have problems with mice chewing on some of it, (we live in the country). I had one of those old Barbie dolls one time, one of the first ones that was worth a bit. I put it in the attic with some other old toys, and the dam mice chewed her face off. So that is a consideration in wether to keep this stuff.
I look at it as if it will change my life style:), well lets sell, but if it's just a nominal amount, I'd just as soon get rid of it, so's I don't have to keep moving it around trying to find a convienent place to keep it without every mouse in the countryside makeing a nest in it:)
I know I sound very mercenary:), but I can't figure out why my mom kept this stuff, and why I do the same, when I'm already swamped with what I have:)
Becky
As a professional personal property appraiser (ISA accredited) I recommend not saving the newspapers. Consider that a mint condition 1865 paper with Lincoln's assasination on the headline is today worth maybe $100.
See http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1347898/posts
This scared Me, I may do some early spring cleaning today.
My mom is a 'collector', also. You can hardly move around her house for all the stuff. All attempts to remove some of the clutter are met with stiff and sometimes hostile resistance. So, we have finally given up.
Once, about 20 years ago, I convinced her to let me clean out a couple of storage sheds and I hauled off about three truckloads of junk. She still talks about that.