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So after seeing this other thread:
What You Said You Paid vs...
It reminded me of a situation a friend happened upon through a friend of his mother's. The ladies husband had passed away leaving her a collection of firearms. She knew nothing about them nor their value and took them to a gunshop to get an estimate they offered her $1200 for the entire collection luckily my buddy was around and suggested she might want to do some research first. I helped her out and the collection in poor condition was valued at upwards of $9000 to potentially significantly more as there were a few firearms that I didn't get all the info I needed to properly get values on.
That situation plus the above valued post got me thinking. It seems to me that if you have a firearms collection and someone who doesn't know much about firearms that may receive those firearms in the event of your death it would seem to me it would be worth preparing a spread sheet with the pertinent details of all your collection (Make, Model, serial number, value etc) even if that stays in a folder in your safe I'm sure it would be invaluable in helping a family member out after your passing. I'm just curious if anyone has considered this issue and prepared for it as I am sure plenty of members here have extensive collections along with wives who could care less about firearms.
What You Said You Paid vs...
It reminded me of a situation a friend happened upon through a friend of his mother's. The ladies husband had passed away leaving her a collection of firearms. She knew nothing about them nor their value and took them to a gunshop to get an estimate they offered her $1200 for the entire collection luckily my buddy was around and suggested she might want to do some research first. I helped her out and the collection in poor condition was valued at upwards of $9000 to potentially significantly more as there were a few firearms that I didn't get all the info I needed to properly get values on.
That situation plus the above valued post got me thinking. It seems to me that if you have a firearms collection and someone who doesn't know much about firearms that may receive those firearms in the event of your death it would seem to me it would be worth preparing a spread sheet with the pertinent details of all your collection (Make, Model, serial number, value etc) even if that stays in a folder in your safe I'm sure it would be invaluable in helping a family member out after your passing. I'm just curious if anyone has considered this issue and prepared for it as I am sure plenty of members here have extensive collections along with wives who could care less about firearms.