How to resolve unfair division of stuff after death of a parent

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Pennylane said:

My late FIL had antiques galore. In approx 1980 he had a huge, dark wood Court Cupboard valued when he was moving house.  A top London auction house said  it should fetch nearly £20K.  He hung on to it thinking it would become more valuable. By 2000ish it was virtually worthless as nobody wanted large pieces and nobody wanted dark wood.  I believe it just scraped in at £3,500.

I said the same about Antiques/collectibles on another thread on here. Regardless on whether they're considered 'an item of worth' if the bottom has dropped out of the market when you go to sell then they're not necessarily worth anything/much. Not everything holds or increases its value. 

On here though I thought there'd been a post about what the same furniture brother had taken had recently sold for which has how they knew they were still worth something. I've skimmed through but can't see it now, unsure if I'd mixed it up with another thread or have just missed it.