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Do you /would you sell inherited items?

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  • seven-day-weekend
    seven-day-weekend Posts: 36,755 Forumite
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    I was going to say 'yes' without hesitation, but after reading about someone who has kept his dad's medals, no I wouldn't sell those.

    However....my mum died, my sister and I divided her possessions up between us. I got a china dinner/tea set that she had been collecting for years. IMO it was awful, I would never have used it or even displayed it. It stayed in the box for several months and then my husband looked on the internet and found it was Royal Albert, reasonably collectable.

    Within a few days it was on EBay and sold to an American for £350.

    I know my mum would have wanted me just to enjoy it in whatever way suited me, so I had no hesitation at all in selling it.

    However, I never told my sister as I think she may have been upset.
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  • Norma_Desmond
    Norma_Desmond Posts: 4,417 Forumite
    I agree with Skintchick - I couldn't sell anything inherited unless I was literally going hungry.
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  • sooz
    sooz Posts: 4,560 Forumite
    Norma_Desmond wrote: »
    I agree with Skintchick - I couldn't sell anything inherited unless I was literally going hungry.

    And what if you inherited a house load of furniture & belongings? But not the house? That's what happened to me. I took a few small pretty items of furniture immediately, & paid a small fortune in storage for the rest of the items, until I finally had a chance to go through them. I was living in a small flat, & was left the contents of a large & old 6 bed country house. Including 12 antique beds (2 singles per room...morals dear!), 3 dining tables etc.
  • Norma_Desmond
    Norma_Desmond Posts: 4,417 Forumite
    sooz wrote: »
    And what if you inherited a house load of furniture & belongings? But not the house? That's what happened to me. I took a few small pretty items of furniture immediately, & paid a small fortune in storage for the rest of the items, until I finally had a chance to go through them. I was living in a small flat, & was left the contents of a large & old 6 bed country house. Including 12 antique beds (2 singles per room...morals dear!), 3 dining tables etc.

    In that case - point taken! :o
    "I'm ready for my close-up Mr. DeMille...."
  • sooz
    sooz Posts: 4,560 Forumite
    Norma_Desmond wrote: »
    In that case - point taken! :o
    I had to clear everything out rather quickly too. The person who inherited the house (not related to me) had it on the market BEFORE the funeral had even taken place
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