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Message:: [QUOTE="RLM Stamps, post: 3746767, member: 18784"]Good morning, Thank you all for your responses.  A museum is a great idea although I have always heard they are happy to take items but rarely pay for them. I do have three children which none of them seem to have interest in history or antiques. Seems that is the case with many from this generation. I just sold a corkscrew on eBay for $564. When I showed my oldest son an image of it and asked him what he honestly would have done with it, he said he would have thrown it away. Who's to figure. My fear is when I am gone there will be a large yard or garage sale. I do have a military cousin bearing the same name as above, since this was from my mothers side of my family. He does have interest in this collection, but I would need to establish a value to make a proposal. He got an authenticated sword from the battle of Bunker Hill from the same grandparent. Depending on value I may want to at least add it to my homeowners insurance. You do need an appraisal to do so. Then there is the finances. If the the value was high enough, I could always pay down some debt. I would very much like to start with finding the value. I would never put in an auction with no reserve or low expectations. I am not in any sort of rush to jump into something I would regret.[/QUOTE]