Off topic (just), but when I valued my "best shelf" of larger motoring books, using realistic valuations I was staggered that they amounted to twice the written down value of my 2002 Cooper S, which is fully insured... I then took a photograph of the spines, listed them and put the values alongside as I would hate to think that on my demise, the non-car mad dependents would either chuck them into a skip or just get a local book dealer around, who would probably rip them off big time or not understand the real value.

So there comes a point in life thunder427 when you do indeed decide to sell off all or part of your personal collection(s) to fund your retirement lifestyle. No real point in accumulating assets in your youth and middle age only to live out a frugal old age! The trouble is timing. I sold off a major part of my Dinky Toy collection last year. Do I miss it? No. It was all buried in boxes anyway.