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In reply to the discussion: Young people don't want their parents' stuff [View all]exboyfil
(17,862 posts)I sold my old AD&D stuff ten years ago, but I loved to play when I was in high school. Probably would pick up with board campaign games when I retire.
I have many of those nerdy history books as well. Along with a pretty good collection of Christian reference materials.
I let go of my secret embarrassment - Dr. Who novelizations about seven years ago. I gave them to my daughter's friend (yes I probably could have sold them for more, but I knew that she would appreciate them). Ironically my daughters, thanks to this friend, became Dr. Who fans later.
My Harlan Ellison phase was in the early to mid-80s when I was in college.
Check on the comics and graphic novels. A few years ago I went through and segregated the higher value comics and sold them to a comic book shop (probably did not get full value, but I did not want to spend too much time with them). I am now trying to figure out how to get my twenty plus banker's boxes of comics to my nephew. They are not stored in collection condition (I got out of it soon after college when I met my wife). Other than bagging and boarding the more valuable, I have let the others just sit in boxes (most aren't worth much). I gave all the childrens ones to our local hospital (the one that took care of my daughter when she had appendicitis and the one she will probably now work at as a nurse).