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I've been there before, but I realized that I should take pictures and share the awe I feel when I go by.

Found at Shady Lane Antique Mall just south of Terre Haute, Indiana

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[–] FlyingSquid 24 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Even worse- don't leave it for your kids to deal with.

My dad was sort of a hoarder, but for stuff that isn't totally worthless like just piling up garbage, but he bought stuff all the time because he thought it might be worth something someday. Like he bought three Big Mouth Billy Bass fish. He also collected LPs, CDs and DVDs. Mostly movie soundtracks, classical music and popular music for the 1920s and 1930s. All of that has value to the right person, but finding the right person is very difficult. I ended up selling off what I could of that, giving away what I could (most people didn't even want the CDs) and the rest ended up going to Goodwill.

He also collected stamps- first day covers. Hundreds and hundreds of them. I got about $400 for those. And stacks of sheet music, which he bought because he liked the covers (he couldn't play any instruments), which I couldn't sell.

I don't want to sound like it was all worthless. Some of the coins and jewelry did pretty well at auction. But dealing with it all was exhausting. I even tried the antique mall booth route for a little while and it didn't help much.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago

All too often the things you own, end up owning you.

[–] LemmyKnowsBest 7 points 11 months ago

because you know as they say,

One person's treasure is another person's trash 🫤