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In lugnet.general, Frank Filz writes:
> Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> >
> > In lugnet.general, Frank Filz writes:
> >
> > > I am slowly becomming convinced that it isn't worth trying to
> > > reconstruct sets unless you know a particular set is in a collection,
> > > and you really want to build it.
> >
> > I'm not big on "me too" posts but I really have to say how much I agree with
> > this one. I have bought 2 different large collections, and been part of a
> > consortium on another. None of them are anywhere near completely put back
> > together and I don't know if I'll ever have time to do it... and i know
> > there are some gems in each one.
>
> For those who have such collections which they are looking to sell much
> of, one way to deal with it could be to occasionally invite folks over
> to browse the collection and make bids on things their interested in. If
> they discover something you really want, you pay them off with something
> else (to pay them for the "work" of pulling something interesting out).
> I'd certainly be happy to paw through a huge collection like this and
> pull out parts I want or sets I want (and Uncle Dan will tell you I'm
> also plenty willing to make a very fair offer for items pulled out like
> this, he got probably 70-80% of what the items would have got on
> auction, and had much less work [note that he also gave me a discount
> from my offer, which accounts for much of the reduced price, some of it
> also is due to that fact that in some cases I probably wouldn't offer
> the best you could get on auction]).
>
> > > I haven't decided yet what the best way
> > > to document a collection for insurance purposes is, but that might be
> > > another reason to reconstruct sets.
> >
> > I really would like to find a solution for this one, as I have a large risk
> > item hanging out on that...
>
> Well, this particular collection suggests one way if one is willing to
> spend some money (and potentially get some negative feedback), take
> pictures of all the bits of your collection, and then put up a bunch of
> auctions on eBay with a very high reserve (significantly higher than you
> feel the items are worth - then you get to decide what to do if someone
> actually wins...).
>
> I wonder if we should set up our own insurance company (which would then
> make it easy to certify our own appraisers, I bet there are enough
> people we could trust). If we could sign up everyone with a huge
> collection plus a bunch of folks with $5k+ collections, we could
> probably bring in enough income to be able to pay off claims. Of course
> there would be a lot of hassles.
>
> Another way would be to try and convince a couple major companies to
> accept appraisals for LEGO collections from a number of us.
>
> The insurance issue is one many reasons I really am really itching to
> get into my own house (of course I'll really need to cut back on the
> LEGO spending then...). Since I don't smoke and don't have roaring
> parties, I suspect I could dramatically reduce my risk of fire. I'm not
> sure how much of a theft risk there is. It's probably not very high. One
> could also deter some of it, or at least increase the chances of
> recovery, by marking one's most valuable pieces. Assuming one chooses to
> live out of flood plains etc. one should have minimal risk from natural
> disasters (a hurricane is unlikely to destroy one's collection). Fire
> and theft are also the only real hazards which would not leave one with
> the damaged LEGO to back the claim up.
>
> Frank
If Frank F. moves out to California, I can probably retire early.
(Unfortunately Uncle Dan does not know how to post to this site yet.)
Hoepfully someone will teach me.
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