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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bluumz, post: 4484073, member: 649&quot;]I agree that sometimes the family, if they exist, for whatever reason does not want their ephemera back. I once bought a boxful of cute 1950s hand-written love notes at a &quot;living&quot; estate sale. The sale rep said the son, and only living heir, knew of them and did not want them. Perhaps a bad marriage or bad parenting meant they had no sentimental value to him? Who knows.</p><p>On the other hand, I do prefer to at least make a stab at finding and asking family if they want their photos back (assuming they were not purchased from the family in the first place). I bought a 1920s/30s photo album off of Craigslist for $20... with the intention of enjoying it for a while and then selling it on for a possible profit. But... the more I looked it over, the more sentimental I, myself, became about the main subject of the album... and the more I cared about its return to the family, if wanted. Some internet searching and email sending revealed that it was indeed wanted back into the fold, and I was happy to donate it to the subject&#039;s son.</p><p>(And I&#039;m grateful that I posted so many of those photos in this forum so I can always view them <a href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/my-new-ish-avatar-meet-bertha-more-photos-added.37793/#post-611511" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/my-new-ish-avatar-meet-bertha-more-photos-added.37793/#post-611511">HERE</a>.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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