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Whoa SIS .....this is not a contest !
Even someone who donates their time at a soup kitchen, would stand tall with every one else here !!!
It's about giving....not about what you give ....& you measure up just fine in my book !!

 

Hey Greg....just an idea to consider....
Sell it, promote it & sell it well......& donate the cash to one of the funds for the families that lost loved ones........if that's even a thing !

 

Putting up my Gallery in a residential area prompted teachers to ask me if they could bring their grade school classes , & even one high school class, in for a visit.

Hell yes they could.....& did !
I had to close the Gallery for 60 to 90 minutes during the day , on their schedule.

I'd get all dressed up in 1st nations regalia .....give em a talk ....& then follow up with a Q & A , while they wandered around.
One class even took over the floor space , and drew pictures of their favorite art works.

I didn't make a dime , but the kids were thrilled......& I'd walk around for a week with a silly smile on my face !!

 

Komo, I love what you did. You deserved that week-long smile on your face!

 

"I didn't make a dime , but the kids were thrilled......& I'd walk around for a week with a silly smile on my face !!"

Brilliant.

 

My dad used to bring little kids in to see all of his toy trains. I think the adults were even more fascinated than the adults were. We sold most of them after he died, but the faces on those kids watching the pre-WWII trains run around on the living room floor were priceless.

 

Hi Skeezix,
Cool, I sold some of my Fiesta for the movie "Christmas Story". I wanted to rent it to them but they said so much gets broken or "stolen" they only buy now.
greg

 

So many great stories!
Ya know, Christmas Story was filmed in Cleveland! I know somebody whose great aunt was born in that house. Today it's a museum (and a B&B, I think) in tribute to the film. My favorite part is where Ralphie daydreams about how his teacher is going to give him an A + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + on his essay!!!!!

 

Komokwa... I am new..is it ok to ask what type of gallery you have?

 

Had......but that's cool.......Northwest Coast & 1st Nations Art.
I still wheel & deal....

 

In the late 1960s we (my family) started the process to donate our country house and remaining property to a national historical society.............what a process THAT was...........there were "choices" regarding the furnishings and clothing, etc. that were to be included, the final decision being that anything from 1600 up to December 7, 1941 would be included, and no updates or alterations to could be made to the fabric of the house while we retained residency until my father's death. So until the mid 1980s we had a constant stream of historians, curators, and others in and out counting spoons and making sure that the taps in the scullery still dripped. And twice a year the public was admitted to view the house in situ When my father died I had 30 days to vacate - and was supplied with a list of what not only what I COULD take,but what I MUST remove from the house and outbuildings.............

I have also donated a piece of Tiffany presentation silver to the Museum of NY, and literally hundreds of pounds of photos and documents to them and other historical societies. Publications and historical writers have purchase many photos from me and my family as well. Some nautical/sailing ship related things went to a related historical society, and I allowed some docents/curators to use the remaining material (including photos) at no charge.

On my mother's side, we donated a Meissen dinner service to a noted charity auction (more for the tax write off than for altruistic reasons, I admit), and many of the documents and photos from her family made the journey to German societies and museums after reunification (some property was returned to the family after reunification, some of which we also donated - to the families who had been living in the house since the end of the war).

Even now, in my poverty, I tend to donate or at least make inquiries regarding donation, to appropriate venues when I come across something historically relevant while browsing through some of the trunks and boxes of stuff I still have to dispose of.

 

I have donated some things to the local historical society. When I sold in Chicago, the store I was in did rentals so had some of my things used in movies and TV shows. Sold a painting to Illinois ex-Governor Jim Thompson. It was an early 20th century view of the Chicago river in a snow storm by a listed Chicago artist. He said it matched the view out his office window. I also sold something to Smashing Pumpkins band member Billy Corgan.

 

Hi,
I have sold a lot of stuff to the infamous Martha Stewart, the actress Betty White, several items to "experts" on Antiques Roadshow even an item to Queen Liz's cousins, one to the Kennedy clan. My favorite was to Carole King. She wrote the most wonderful thank you note. My biggest pile went to Bob Runge of The Stangl Museum.
greg

 

So enjoying this thread !! Thanks everyone for sharing your stories..

 

Greg - the Stangl factory was in New Jersey, right? I seem to remember hitting their outlet in Flemington when I was a little kid.

 

Several years ago we bought a box lot at an auction and in it were several WWII medals, including a Purple Heart, and the telegram notifying the family that their serviceman had been injured, then the notification that he had died. We could not find any family members but we contacted both the VFW and the American Legion in his hometown. The Legion was not interested but the VFW took the items, along with a photograph we had found, and created a display in their facility.

 

VFW posts are often good places for something like that. I once found a guy's old trunk/shipping box at the DUMP. Uhm,,, no. Hauled it to a VFW post and one of the guys grabbed it without a second's thought. It's one reason I snag ruptured ducks too; they were made by the millions, but each one represents a year at least of somebody's life, even if he didn't get out of the States. Some are shiny and look new and others are beat to death. Doesn't matter; if they're going for cheap I buy them and put them away.

 

Maybe that's what I can do with my dad's scrapbooks from WWII. He was stationed in Denver and was a reporter for Stars and Stripes, and I have all these articles he wrote. I don't want to toss them but would feel weird selling his scrapbooks.

He was the Commander of a Jewish War Veteran's group for the two years before he died, so maybe they would be interested.

Now what to do with the scrapbook that has the little humorous poems he wrote that were published in magazines before the war is another story. Not sure there's any place that would want them!

 

What are ruptured ducks?