What happens to our collections after we pass on?

[flatcat]

WOW that's a whopping collection I wonder if they'll post to the UK?

Yes I find it a bit sad too

Damo

[Bill Blackhurst]

The included pictures are very deceiving! It appears the seller used other peoples photos, instead of showing organized scattered contents of what is included in the storage tubs. It's difficult to decipher if you are getting many timber style houses, castles, etc. For the demanded price they are asking, they need to show exactly what is in the tubs !

[Giorginetto]

Thay auction is a fraud . i advice all to avoid it as the pictures taken are from advertisements etc and from large exhibition dioramas. And if i assume the first picture is the set for sale its nowhere near the asking price its worth , probably around 150-180 dollars max i would say.

Dodgy ebay sale this is .......

[bonniebeth]

Yes, I did notice one of the pics is a stock picture of one of the newest castle, and the other pics are of old castles. It could be a fraud, but my other thought was, if these people were not the collectors and didn't really know or care about playmobil, it might seem like a castle is a castle; what's the difference, and so just put generic pictures up. They probably know nothing about steck and systemX and that some sets have more value than others and that it would be so important to know which castles are for sale.
If someone is thinking of bidding, you could email them for better pictures or a more detailed description. It would probably become evident whether it was a fraud or not.

[WarriorOfToys]

Hmmm..
Maybe in my will I should say, sell Steck and System-X separately!

[BlackPearl2006]

I can't imagine having to sort through all those parts to figure out which part goes to which set..... so mind boggling

That's one thing I wonder about my collection: I know which parts go to what, but my kids (who would inherit the collection) may not necessarily know once I am passed.

I thought about labelling each major item with a tiny numbered sticker, and then creating a spreadsheet to inventory each part and organize it by lot, as well as provide a field for any notes or comments about the piece(s) so that if I am no longer around, one might attempt to make sense of all my random bits and sets and such, along with approximate value in the case they want to sell them.

[Tiermann]

That's a lot of organizational work. Do you keep your instruction sheets? For most bigger sets you can just use the instructions like a shopping list and pick out the pieces from a mixed collection. The exception are sets with no instructions. It might be a good idea to keep a snapshot of the parts in any sets that don't have instructions if you are concerned about separating parts out for future resale.

[Wolf Knight]

I make certain I keep at least one instruction sheet from any set... I do miss a few but I am sure I can find them on ebay!

[Giorginetto]

i have a big box full of instructions 

[bonniebeth]

Same here. I dont keep my boxes  but I have a drawer full of instructions.