From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 09 Dec 2025 14:27:32 -0800, The Horny Goat    
   wrote:   
      
      
      
   >I have a complete set of the Chess Informant series which has been   
   >publishing first 2 a year now 3 a year since 1966 with the latest   
   >beeing #164. I have a document attached to my will (e.g. advice to my   
   >kids as opposed to the will proper) telling them that the collection   
   >is likely to be valuable and that I wanted it donated to a well known   
   >local chess book collector. On the other hand, my eldest daughter (an   
   >honors history graduate) will be getting my first edition Churchill's   
   >WW2 history (six volumes) which my late wife gifted me during a rather   
   >dark period in my life.   
      
   I have such a document as well. It mostly lists financial institutions   
   and gives advice on disposals, stressing selling/donating/recycling   
   over sending to the landfill. Of course, when it was written the   
   superiority of those options (in that order) was less obvious than it   
   is today.    
      
   >She left me a large (but non-complete) set of more than 20 Time-Life   
   >Cooking books which I'm trying to figure out what to do with (so are   
   >still on the bookshelf on what was her side of our bedroom)   
      
   At one point, I tried signing onto eBay as a seller so I could look   
   things up that had been sold as well as those for sale and so get an   
   idea of what sort of value, if any, certain things had.   
      
   So one useful step might be to check such websites to see if there is   
   a market for them. However, since Time-Life probably sold about a   
   gazillion copies, it is unlikely that they are worth a lot.   
      
   If you could find a cooking club that doesn't have a copy (or could   
   use another copy) of them, donation might be appreciated.   
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