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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marko, post: 350733, member: 210&quot;]I am having a will and advance directive drawn up next week.&nbsp; I have seen too much turmoil regarding estates in my very own family.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would have the watch checked, cleaned, repaired if needed.&nbsp; I was only offered $42 scrap value for a 1920s beautiful 14k white gold Gruen.&nbsp; I have to get it back from the repair guys- they have had it since the summer, gave them $80 upfront to fix it.&nbsp; No worries, they are reputable and show me the watch every time I need a battery for something else.&nbsp; They are having difficulty finding parts. </p><p><br /></p><p>The jewelry....well, that is my thing....I have acquired a large safety deposit box of just gold and a few pieces of platinum....my plan it to label each piece with a recipient, and the rest will go to one specific person.&nbsp; They can auction it off, I won&#039;t be here anymore. </p><p><br /></p><p>But I know how it hurts to see certain things when a person has passed.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t understand it until later in life.&nbsp; My father left me a one-of-a kind aquamarine blue mirror with a beautiful snow scene etched into it.&nbsp; He specifically wanted me to have it because I take care of everything.&nbsp; Well, I can&#039;t bear to look at it because it brings back so many happy memories, I cry every time I look at it.&nbsp; I can&#039;t bear to see it.&nbsp; I am giving it to my brother, I hope it survives.&nbsp; It has been in storage since my favorite aunt passed away, since 1986, in my uncle&#039;s house that I inherited.&nbsp; Another painful situation.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>My father gave all the family jewelry to my sister because he thought I would sell it.&nbsp; I would never have sold any of it; since I treasure hunt and sell some of my finds, he didn&#039;t trust me.&nbsp; He gave it all to my sister.&nbsp; My sister lost the house she inherited from him because she never paid the taxes and never told us.&nbsp; My brother could have purchased it for the back taxes if he had known, no, he had to pay the market value.&nbsp; My sister did give me a few of the family pieces she didn&#039;t want, but she kept the ring my aunt wore ever day of her life, and I am sure that is gone because my sister is not well (I have to leave it at that.)&nbsp; But then again, I don&#039;t think I could have worn it, I am just sorry it is lost.&nbsp; I would have left it to a younger family member.&nbsp; My father left an UNSIGNED will and my two sisters and brother had to resort to lawyers.&nbsp; It didn&#039;t go well.&nbsp; I wanted nothing and stayed out of it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>My mother passed away when I was 27.&nbsp; The four of us were basically estranged from her and wanted nothing.&nbsp; We arranged the funeral, cleaned her room (it was a mess), and paid for the wake.&nbsp; I asked for the mother&#039;s ring I bought her (I had it custom made- all of us were born in June, and she was born in April, so I had four white akoya pearls set with a diamond in white gold.)&nbsp; I was told it was stolen.&nbsp; The only other thing I wanted was a pair of 14k white gold marcasite earrings I bought her... those were apparently not stolen.&nbsp; Her brother came in and took her car and TV the night she died&nbsp; (she lived in a room with our grandmother.)&nbsp; I went and filed for the life insurance check for my grandmother, $15,000, and had it sent to my aunt for safe keeping.&nbsp; My aunt went to Hawaii and never paid the funeral bill from it.&nbsp; She eventually did after I told my grandmother what happened.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry I rambled on.&nbsp; Thank God my uncle had everything arranged.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Komokwa, you don&#039;t have to decide anything right now.&nbsp; If they are only offering you scrap value, just put it back in the drawer.&nbsp; You don&#039;t have to make the decision now.&nbsp; That much I have learned this year.&nbsp; Best wishes to you, and you are in my prayers.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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