It's broke, I'll give you $20 for it. But seriously, it pains me to hear of people who buy collectors' items and let them rot into worthlessness. Why not sell

It's broke, I'll give you $20 for it. But seriously, it pains me to hear of people who buy collectors' items and let them rot into worthlessness. Why not sell it and give someone else a shot at actually restoring it? Or at the very least clean it up enough that it can be stored for a long period of time with information about what it is. So should the worst happen, whoever it is going through your belongings can recognize it as something that's been cared for and not something to be tossed in the trash.