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I have shared my experience before of helping my father inherit his father's 39,000 books. A collection that occupied three apartments and was worth hundreds of
by zemvpferreira 4y ago
I have shared my experience before of helping my father inherit his father's 39,000 books. A collection that occupied three apartments and was worth hundreds of thousands even back then.
I hate books now. Hate. Please don't burden your successors with thousands of objects that are important to you and not them.
- theluketaylor 4y agoJohn Hodgman says the difference between hoarding and collecting is a display case. A display case limits the number of objects that can be in someone's collection at a time. Good collectors get to a reasonable collection size and then operate on something like a one in, one out policy. Sorry you had to go through that huge burden. I had a hoarding grandparent (not anything to that extent). It was painful to dispose of as the belongings were filled with mold and everyone got sick while throwing it away.