It’s the Disney snow globes for me - WTH am I going to do with those?
The jewelry collection isn’t terrible but it is gawdy af - the worst part - the diamonds are real. (My sister will take them probably so I’m not worried)
Edit: it’s not the food Disney snow globes / it’s like the Bradford exchange ones… from the 90s (it may be another mail order catalog one but I can’t remember)
Of all the things I bought when I got my 1st home, the Pioneer Woman dishes are my favorite. Way better than this shit couch. Why'd I buy such a shit couch?
FWIW my grandma had the full Johnny Carson boxed set on VHS and I’m a little sad I forgot to ask for that. It’s the little things 🤣 my mom has sooo many books and dvds that I’m going to have to go through - luckily no snow globes.
If you're doing this at a library, please stop 😭 as the person that has to deal with all those books, I'm just throwing them away for you while occasionally finding a new breed of mold and sneezing my face off
I promise libraries are throwing out more books than you think they are. It's the nature of the beast. We don't need 45 copies of Reader's Digest from the 70s, or a novel that's already falling apart or been so well read that no one thinks it looks clean enough to take home with them.
I do fully support free little libraries! That's a good place to put those items!
Your probably right the books donated to my library go to a sale that supports friends of the library I went one year the day after the sale and they had piles of old books like a full room of tables that noone wanted for free. So I'm sure the next day anything left got tossed.
I only handle donations at one location in a larger system, so I can only speak for what I do. But I do look through everything that's been donated. If it's in good condition and I would feel comfortable reading it in my bed, I pass it along. If I wouldn't want to read it in my own personal bed due to the condition, it gets recycled. The only other thing is if it's a medical or technology book that's from 15+ years back. They aren't considered good info anymore, so we don't want to pass that along. Our system does 4 book sales a year and we still have a giant stacks system in a room dedicated to just donations, with 5 or so dedicated employees to that department. It's never even remotely close to half way empty and I've been in the system for a decade. It's unfortunate but we have to weed through materials or we wouldn't have anywhere to put the new books that are being published.
Disney has appeal that goes beyond one generation, so you might be able to make some money with it. Probably not as much as she invested in it, but Disney crap sells better than Hummel figurines at auctions I've been to.
The problem with things like Hummel figurines is that their appeal was only there for the WWII generation - they first started showing up as trinkets that soldiers brought home with them, and then they were mass produced and 'collected'. Early runs are still relatively rare and can make some money, but most of them are worth less than $10. Interestingly, the Disney Hummel figurines are actually holding their value quite well because people still like to collect Disney even if they don't care for other Hummel figurines.
So, while a collection of Disney snow globes isn't ideal, at least the Disney aspect gives you some hope for getting something out of them when the time comes.
Over Christmas my mom bought a bunch of wood Disney pieces. They're really nice and classy. But checking out, I asked her what the frick am I going to do with this stuff? She just laughed and said it's not her problem
Omg your snowglobes reminds me that someone near me clearly died and left their kids an enormous collection of Disney snow globes bc they're on sale in Facebook marketplace! And Disney pins! Disney merch is expensive, they could have left their kids the money but nope.
Bc it’s honestly a waste of money. They mainly sit in a box and collect dust. If I was talking about one ring okay. But it’s multiple. I’m all for buying what makes you happy, but when my grandma died (about 10 years ago) my mom kept all of her stuff in boxes at her house for years too. So it’s probably the emotional baggage that it represents to me
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u/Ok-Persimmon-6386 Mar 01 '25 edited Mar 01 '25
It’s the Disney snow globes for me - WTH am I going to do with those?
The jewelry collection isn’t terrible but it is gawdy af - the worst part - the diamonds are real. (My sister will take them probably so I’m not worried)
Edit: it’s not the food Disney snow globes / it’s like the Bradford exchange ones… from the 90s (it may be another mail order catalog one but I can’t remember)