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Post by jager on Oct 25, 2022 4:25:09 GMT -5
Super stuff Jerry. Deciding what to downsize will be a challenge, one that we'll all face one day, but with the quality of your collection finding new homes for them shouldn't be too difficult.
Glad you hear that both your wife and yourself have got through a very tough year. It can't have been easy, and there is still some way to go, but hopefully when the bells ring for New Year's Eve you can put 2022 behind you and look forward more positively to 2023.
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Post by JSB33 on Oct 28, 2022 14:35:38 GMT -5
Yikes, I missed the part about Mrs Jerry. So glad to hear that things are looking positive for her and you.
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Post by oldirish33 on Oct 30, 2022 11:58:16 GMT -5
Moving On, Part Deux - Its a rainy Sunday morning here, a good time to wrap up this tour before American Football comes on the television. Thanks for all the kind words and well wishes! We continue in the open wheel car part of the collection. In the next case are some of my Stirling Moss formula cars, followed by the F1 World Champions from 1950 to about 1985. Its fitting that even though he never won the title after coming so close three times, Sir Stirling is with this bunch. I have some Champions after 1985 that have been special to me for one reason or another, but not many! The final display showcases some of my favorite non-champion formula and grand prix cars as well as my BRM collection. I was drawn to BRM in the early 1960's when I received a 1/32 BRM P57. The interest and following of BRM through the years sprang from the affection for that model car. Like Lotus, Brabham and Ferrari, I think I have a representation of every F1 car they raced. Well, that raps up the 1/43 portion of the tour. I have some 1/18 & 1/24 Jaguar Le Mans cars and a some misc. others I haven't shown, but they are outside the genearl scope of the forum and probably not of that much interest to many. Hope you have enjoyed the tour of my collection!
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Post by Tom on Oct 30, 2022 13:01:41 GMT -5
Wow. Utterly fabulous.
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Post by Alfaholic on Oct 30, 2022 23:38:00 GMT -5
The '50 and '51 Title Winners are the standouts for me Jerry . There's many I would happily have from this selection, and as usual they look good in your displays. Did you see Martin Brundle driving Pedro Rodriguez' BRM at the Mexico City GP last weekend. The car looked good and sounded even better.
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Post by DeadCanDanceR on Oct 31, 2022 8:52:31 GMT -5
Pretty amazing!
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Post by ifhp on Nov 16, 2022 1:02:22 GMT -5
Your SIL is lucky to have you helping as you can Jeff and to give advice if/when wanted. I don't want to be that guy. Its hard though. I have no doubts that selling the rarer, more valuable pieces in my collection whether at auction, on line, private sale, etc. would be relatively easy. Its the "meat and potatoes" items in my collection, the ones most collectors also have that results in lots of work for little reward (i.e. eBay.) I recently gave about 40 loose, mostly PW models (none probably worth more than $20) to a local charity for a fundraiser, with the instructions not to sell for more than $5 each and feel free to give them away to kids. The feedback I got was fantastic, kids love them and they sold them all for $1 each and were very happy. That was a quick and easy way for me to get rid of a number of models with little value and get some personal satisfaction in the delight that ensued. I'm thinking I will do that again! But what if you have a large collection and no one to pass it on to. I'll share a couple stories (I can because its my thread). I have a friend in his mid-80's (lives in Canton Jeff) that has no sons and two grandsons that have no interest in the books, art and models he has collected over the years. His greatest fear is that when he is gone they will have two piles for his stuff, one for recycling and the other for the trash. He has a notebook titled " I'm gone, Now What?" Seriously. He has tried to identify pieces that are of value and who the family can call on to help liquidate his property estate. I know my name is in there and I have offered to dive back with a truck and trailer if needed to save valuable items from being dumped. He is being proactive and has been giving away items to those he knows will appreciate them and I have received some of his art, but we all have limits as to how much we can accept that won't end up in storage and become a problem for our heirs later on. I have another friend locally in his mid-80's as well who has the equivalent in size to my collection, only mostly American cars, primarily 40's, 50's & 60's. He also has no heirs and would like his collection to remain intact. That's a pretty tall order. He had one museum that had agreed to take the collection but they closed due to Covid. He know thinks that the LeMay Museum near Seattle Washington will take his collection. Like most museums, space and money are issues and they usually aren't keen on agreeing to keep a collection in tact in perpetuity. They aren't in a position to just accept large non-cash donations of stuff and keep it forever. To strike a deal, they would also like an endowment (no idea how much) to cover the costs of storage and display. He wants to wait until he's gone to make the donation. I tell him he should do it now before they change their mind and it ends up getting spread to the winds anyway. There really is no clear lesson in these stories, just serve as examples of some of the challenges collectors face when mortality is looking at them eyeball to eyeball. As the population ages, we will see more automobilia come into the market. Some of it will be welcomed into the hands of new collector owners, what doesn't find its way to the shelves of the charity 2nd hand store will probably spend more of its life in an attic or dump. Sad, but that I believe is the stark reality of most of what gets collected. I think the hard part is knowing when to let go of things so they don't end up in the second category. I'd like to keep this thread going and hear from others experiences, plans, success at selling or giving away all or part of their collection. I am enjoying the tour through Jerry's collection, but now I'm on page 3 and the tone has grown somber -- and profound and I appreciate it. Serious food for thought.
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Post by oldirish33 on Jan 22, 2024 18:54:31 GMT -5
Welcome to Iceland? Just over a week ago, our region of the country was hit by a massive ice storm, the worst I have ever seen. Heavy rain over a couple of days was followed by cold artic air which caused heavy ice to form on anything immobile, including trees and power lines. As a result, we had a lot of trees come down onto power lines that hadn't already snapped, houses, buildings, roads, etc. That included a large fir that fell and hit my tractor shed and shop. which is home to me collection. We are lucky that we did not have any damage to our house, something that many others are having to deal with. Here are some pictures from just our property. Believe me, just down our road its much worse! This was our driveway the morning after the storm hit. In all, over the next few days I removed eight trees from our drive. That's not snow on the trees, that's ice! Tall firs like this get top heavy from the ice and if they don't snap, they fall. My wife and I were having coffee the next morning and heard a large bang and felt the thud of the tree landing on the shed and shop. It left a nasty gash in the roof, but the roof was too icy to get up on to tarp it, so water got in for a couple days. This is the back side of the shed which took the major impact. No doubt if it had not broken the trees fall, it would have gone completely through the shop roof. The shed is a total loss, so I will need to find another place to paint until it gets replaced. This is inside the attic of the shop. It made about a six foot long hole and several punctures where branches came through. Fortunately it missed the roof joists. A part of the shop ceiling was pierced by tree. Fortunately nothing of value was damaged. Damage from impact and from water is going to require that the ceiling be taken down along with part of one wall. I am now having to take down all my wall cases and everything will need to be moved out of the garage portion of the shop. We were without power for a week, so now we are able to get fans and dehumidifiers going to help dry things out. Once the ice melted, we were able to get the roof tarped in time for the return of heavy rain. For a week, the sound of generators and chainsaws filled the air around us. The chainsaws will continue for some time. There is a twenty acre section of woods behind our property. We estimate that the storm took about a third of the trees and that again that many were damaged from ice breakage. We live in a very wooded area and I have never seen so many downed trees after one storm. This gives you an idea of the size of the tree. Many of these trees are 60-70 years old and are 70 to 100 feet (21-30 meters) tall. We will probably take one down this summer that is tall enough it could hit the house. We are gradually getting things cleaned up and my insurance company and a contractor I use have been very responsive. Fortunately, the buildings will get restored. It will take a little time and I will probably not have a project space to work in for awhile, but we are lucky that we weren't hurt. We have also rethought our disaster preparedness. Fortunately, we have a generator and plenty of fuel on hand, but discovered even 30 gallons (113.5 liters) might not be enough. A wide spread area was without power, so no gas stations (save one) were open even after the roads became passable. The one station that was open had long lines and we waited over two hours to get our gas cans filled. Also, you can never have enough extension cords. Cheers from logging country!
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Post by Tom on Jan 22, 2024 19:49:37 GMT -5
Wow, scary stuff! Glad you're OK, material damage can be repaired... sad to see so many beautiful trees felled though.
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Post by Alfaholic on Jan 22, 2024 20:16:56 GMT -5
That is some serious storm damage. First and foremost I hope the Collection is OK - people and buildings are important, by your models are something else . Just kidding, I'm pleased that your coffee break did not lead to any serious damage to you or your wife. I'm guessing that while it may get cold where you are, a storm of this magnitude is out of the orduinary?
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Post by DeadCanDanceR on Jan 23, 2024 0:00:35 GMT -5
Quite scary, indeed! The weather all around the world has gone crazy! I’m glad to know that you, your family and your models are OK!
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Post by 105epaul on Jan 23, 2024 10:51:16 GMT -5
I can only echo what the other chaps have said, so glad that you and Mrs Jerry are okay, that's the main thing. Glad also that the damage can be repaired, the models are okay and your Jags are okay too. I hope all returns to normal soon for you and your neighbours.
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Post by paulius43 on Jan 23, 2024 12:21:00 GMT -5
OMG this is crazy! As everyone already said - luckily you guys are ok! Eveyrhing else can be fixed.. (and sure thing "phew" for the intact collection).
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Post by LM24HRS on Jan 27, 2024 14:06:41 GMT -5
Sorry to hear your news Jerry. Pleased to hear though you are both safe and undamaged. Living near trees at times can be scary. I have 5 large oak trees behind me and when the wind gets up I always worry. Quite a task to clear and get straight again. Wishing you well in the meantime.
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Post by JSB33 on Jan 28, 2024 4:54:37 GMT -5
I saw you pictures on FB and just felt sick about it. Such a helpless feeling. We had a couple days of 60+ MPH winds after days of heavy rain and I was looking at out trees and thinking of you.
Have you considered a whole house generator that runs on natural gas? We looked into them 2 years ago but there was a 2 year waiting list. They kick on the minute the power goes out.
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