Heirlooms Or Holidays .. ?

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From time to time I sit down and watch one (or more) of the many programmes on antiques and collectables on the television. Today, a lady appeared on an edition of Flog It with a wonderful Wedgwood Fairyland lustre bowl (I love this stuff - think it really is magical). When David Barby valued it at £1,200-£1,800 and asked her if she wanted to sell it her reaction was "oh, yes, please - it'll pay for a few Greek holidays". My instant reaction was "Aargh, don't do it, don't do it!"

Some years ago, I inherited a collection of pottery and porcelain from my favourite aunt. There are one or two pieces I am not so keen on but I have never sold them, although I think I might consider doing so in the future just to buy an alternative piece that I preferred (Aunty Betty would approve, I think!!).

There is no right or wrong in this - it's entirely down to personal preference - but I do wonder - how many people would keep an heirloom if they found out it was worth thousands, how many would flog it and go on holiday, how many would flog it and buy something else??

p.s. The Fairyland lustre bowl actually went for £2,800 :)
 
Dont know that I would take an item to something like that If i wasnt planning on selling it - and unless it turned out to be worth nothing much Id sell.
 
Depends, Muttley. I inherited a lot of antiques a couple of years ago. I have kept my favourite pieces and sold the rest. I see no point in antiques having sentimental value if the person that now *owns" the antique(s) is not particularly fond of it. Antiques being stuck in a cupboard to me is a complete and utter waste.
 
To be honest,, I'm not just talking about sentimentality, the question is also about whether or not people prefer to spend their money on a holiday or on the things they have around them ......
 
Yes, but we can't all afford to have the holidays we'd like and the things we'd like around us ...

Personally, I've always compromised on the holidays ............
 
Unfortunately, I have not had sufficient time off to have the holidays I would like (only had a few weekends away last year), nor had someone to look after Barney, so I would still have the holidays I enjoy (ie mostly UK at the moment and just for a few days at a time) but keep the things around me I love. One day I would love to enjoy longer holidays (possibly) abroad BUT hopefully still keep all those items I have saved or been left over the years. Some items hold very precious memories that can never be replaced. These items I would never sell.
 
There must be some way of ramming it up an insurance company, thereby retaining the keepsake and scoring the holiday at the same time?

Surely?

:ph34r:
 
These crime numbers you speak of, tridij............could an individual successfully forge one, if he/she wished to, say, commit insurance larceny?
 
I wouldnt have thought so. !! Im just goign on a friend of mine who had some farming stuf nicked - he rang the police to report it and they told him that they didnt have tome to investigate and he probably wouldnt get it back anyway - we'll give you a crime number to prove youve reported it sir and you can claim on your insurance. :unsure:
 
Surely it would depend entirely on the nature of the antique in a simple equation of worth - i.e. is this worth more to me than a holiday.
 
I have some of my mothers' and although I have several siblings, who have several children, who have several children I feel it is pointles trying to split them up and share them out when they are pretty much meaningless to those generations. I won't have any children so intend to sell and will spend the money on whatever needs the funds most at the time - probably plasterers and decorators!!!! :rolleyes:
 
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