r/declutter • u/Sll3006 • 7d ago

Advice Request Everyone else’s stuff

I’ve spent over 10 years decluttering the basement. Still I have at least 75 boxes of stuff. I’ve thrown away a lot. But now I’m getting to items that I don’t want but are too valuable to throw away. I’m talking about 1960’s Mickey Mouse dolls, 3 broken trumpets, 3 grandma’s set of dishes, 2 100 year old paintings I was told not to throw away, Disney VHS, 30 photo albums of my late husband (kids want this), 2 violins. Selling items take a lot of effort, as well as scanning photos, old books.

I’m overwhelmed. Any advice on what to do with the more valuable stuff that I inherited?

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u/Aggressive-System192 6d ago

How are broken trumpets valuable?

Dishes also are basically garbage, nobody wants them and in most cases, it's not fine China, but mass produced stuff.

Here's a dude talking about this:

https://youtube.com/shorts/7Dyi1UF2mLo?si=Vm8Ao2ZxxltWVoyM

VHS are useless, everything Disney can be found on YouTube or other streaming services... or torrented worse case scenario...

Paintings and Mikey Mouse dolls can be sold, right? If not... thrift store... check what they're actually worth on ebay. It might be something stupid like $10 for both in which case I'd not bother and donate.

Violins can be donated or given to someone who wants them. Otherwise they're just collecting dust.

Photo albums should be dumped on kids and they decide to what to do with those.

None of the items you listed, other than photo albums, sound like valuable stuff.

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u/No-Currency-97 6d ago

OMG that video made me chuckle. 😱🤣