She asked . What am I going to do with all this stuff when you die ( pins , projects ,parts etc ) ? I aggressively built a big collection over last 25 years . Nobody plans to die suddenly but life happens . Asked couple pinball collectors , seems a common question . No fair plans to dispersal a collection have come to my attention . Do you have a plan ? Have you observed someone whose widow has gotten thru this and has good advise ? . Thanks Shane PS as usual have a good day
I have a spread sheet with all my games (along with other valuable stuff) and 2 prices. Current market\insurance value...and a quick sale price..about 20-25% below current value
The wife also knows a few of my collector friends that would be will to help out also. She knows which game to keep for our daughter
If I ever checked out earlier...I guarantee you the first words from friends and family would be 'What's she gonna do with all those games?'
We know an auctioneer and my wife knows to call him and auction everything, pinballs, tools, and everything else .
My collection would be easily liquidated, so my wife knows what to do if something happens to me.
I also know someone with more of a "junk" collection, bits and bobs, cabinets, stuff stashed floor to ceiling, and he's started a multi-year process of thinning it out so his wife doesn't get stuck with it if something happens.
I would think having ANY sort of plan would be prudent.
My wife knows which of my pinball friends would be up to the task and have her best interest at hand. Sorry in advance guys if she ever calls you for this task as I know it will not be fun, but for your services I have already predesignated 1 game for each of you to get (it will be a non-working project where I have fucked one thing up on purpose just to piss you off when you are fixing it 
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Quoted from Whysnow:My wife knows which of my pinball friends would be up to the task and have her best interest at hand.
This is our plan as well.
The best advise I can give you is start a trust. Not just for pinball stuff but for all your assets. My father and grandparents have all passed away the last 3 years and my grandmother on my dad's side was the only one that went smoothly as she had a trust set up. In the trust you can have a provision for assets that change and have a side piece of paper listing them with your collection, tools, large purchased items and what to do with them. Just need to be signed and notarized each time it changes without having to change the whole trust.
Quoted from bepositive:She asked . What am I going to do with all this stuff when you die ( pins , projects ,parts etc ) ?
Play it!
Quoted from bepositive:What am I going to do with all this stuff when you die ( pins , projects ,parts etc ) ?
I would say "B!tch put down the gun and let's talk it out"
I don't have that many and not concerned at all. I limit number of pins to 7. Also my son and daughter would have no problem with helping out if need be. Maybe they would move a few into their home. I have a neighbor we call him pinball John (owns 5 pins) that could help also.
I plan on having my consciousness transplanted into a robotic being so I can live on and play my pins forever. 
I told my wife to invite my friends over and have a party. Then let them take whatever they want round robin style until everything was gone.
I fully expect her to keep everything as is and put up a plaque in the gameroom dedicating it to my memory....my shrine shall remain until the end of time and the annual pilgramage to celebrate me will be epic!
..... or the next guy she starts bangin will probably sell them off, I wont care cuz im dead
I expect my wife to sell my pins, to make room for more of hers.
She may not wait for me to pass, either.
Quoted from Skypilot:Boob, I'll be your paid aquaintance
Somehow, I don't think I can afford you.
Quoted from Whysnow:I am cheap.
I'm like Pinsiders on a For Sale thread: I'm looking for free.
In all seriousness, if she had to liquidate.. She knows what the games are worth. She does a lot of the work on the games - and won't be conned by someone trying to make them out to be less than what they are. It will merely be a matter of whether to price to move, or price to maximize cash (and waiting for the right buyers).
If truely pressed to just clear out for mental reasons, then reach out to the locals first - both for first crack at things, as well as to see transportation help. And from there, anything left, goes to auction. The Captain's tax at auction is high, but it does get the job done.
My ashes will be sprinkled in each machine, then sold. I will haunt game rooms for generations with my flickering bulb trick.
Bwahahahaha
You won't care. Trust me.
When you get there, you will have more important things to think about.
As for me
I hope she sells all this crap way too cheap
and some deserving hobbyist gets a great buy, a good story,
and a nice drive.
That way I would know she didn't need the money
and I had done my job focusing on more important things.
When I'm gone my brothers are gonna have the wake/party in my gameroom and everyone that attends will be given a stun gun. A while into the party after everyone is quite drunk one of my brothers will inform everyone to take out the stun guns and that the last person standing get's all the games.
Quoted from Pinpast:You won't care. Trust me.
When you get there, you will have more important things to think about.
As for me
I hope she sells all this crap way too cheap
and some deserving hobbyist gets a great buy, a good story,
and a nice drive.
That way I would know she didn't need the money
and I had done my job focusing on more important things.
Could be the best post of the year 
She will get a giant pile of money when I die, I bet she wouldn't sell any of them. If she does, she knows which friends to call for help.
I also have a spreadsheet of the games that I have and what I paid for them. Of course, if she sells them for what I paid for them and prices are like they are today, some folks are going to get a decent deal or two. Like others, we have pinheads in the area who could help her sell the games at the going rate, so she should be ok.
She keeps saying that my pin collection will fund my daughter's wedding so there may not be any left by time I die 
Quoted from bepositive:She asked . What am I going to do with all this stuff when you die ( pins , projects ,parts etc ) ? I aggressively built a big collection over last 25 years . Nobody plans to die suddenly but life happens . Asked couple pinball collectors , seems a common question . No fair plans to dispersal a collection have come to my attention . Do you have a plan ? Have you observed someone whose widow has gotten thru this and has good advise ? . Thanks Shane PS as usual have a good day
just give her my number...
Quoted from LTG:Out live her. Sell her crap. Buy more pins.
Win Win
LTG : )™
awesome....
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