I have a friend who is trying to hand her Dickens village down to her son, piece by piece. She wishes he would take all of it. We are trying to downsize at this stage of life. The only Christmas collection I have is a Christensen Nativity, which was sold as a limited edition and sold one piece per year. Took a long time to collect the whole set. Our kids will not realize how valuable it actually is. Just another nativity to them.
I agree that our children will never realize how valuable our collections are.
My daughter does not any of my things except for the elephant table from the Gold Coast of Africa carved from mahogany and inset with teak wood and ivory.
My father sent this back while he was serving in World War II.
I'm sure it is very expensive and I've never had it appraised.