Quoted from jasonvhsp:I have told my wife not to sell any of my things should I die or become incapacitated, without getting an appraisal first. I can't have her selling all that stuff for what she thinks I paid for it!
Kiss is no longer a $500 game folks.
Well that is a tough one...in our household, it would be what happens when we both are gone (as it is something we do together!)...Our kids will have to deal with our collection. They know who to call, and will keep their games and sell what they have to. Hopefully they will have a big ass party for us first!! So all our friends can celebrate with us one last time! 
Phoebe
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
Tell her to contact one of your friends to see if they could handle selling off the pinball stuff if you suddenly die.
I don't have a large enough collection for it to be a major issue.
I'll will them to my closest NMPL buddies where they will get played. (Northern Michigan Pinball League)
Quoted from LTG:Out live her. Sell her crap. Buy more pins.
Win Win
LTG : )™
I wouldn't want to outlive my wife. 
Quoted from Butterflygirl24:in our household, it would be what happens when we both are gone (as it is something we do together!).
I have heard that some couples do die together.
Quoted from Whysnow: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 ).
Dibs on Centaur.
Quoted from MustangPaul: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.
That's just messed up 
No problem here.
My son is the current Texas state champion so the machines will be in good hands for many years to come.
I have thought about this a lot lately. I had my left lung removed last year due to cancer and the cancer is back. I am trying to slowly thin down some stuff but just don't want to sell my pins, have thought about it though. I have done my best to keep her educated on the value even though she says she would never sell them. Soooooo I guess it truly will be up to her!
Quoted from indy5mike:I have thought about this a lot lately. I had my left lung removed last year due to cancer and the cancer is back. I am trying to slowly thin down some stuff but just don't want to sell my pins, have thought about it though. I have done my best to keep her educated on the value even though she says she would never sell them. Soooooo I guess it truly will be up to her!
Very sorry to hear this. A friend of mine went through this and came out fine so keep your head up and keep fighting.
I have told my wife to go to four different people who are pin guys that I trust. I told her ask all 4 of them and they will price them. They will come in pretty close. and go with the ones that seem to be close in cost and price a few hundred dollars higher and negotiate.
Quoted from wdpvideo:I have told my wife to go to four different people who are pin guys that I trust. I told her ask all 4 of them and they will price them. They will come in pretty close. and go with the ones that seem to be close in cost and price a few hundred dollars higher and negotiate.
good advice
I spoke to my wife in a bit more detail about this last night (because of this thread). I gave her a few ideas of what I think would be cool. We also brainstormed ideas trying to think out of the box. The best 1 we came up with was possibly gifting all my games to a friend that I think would be game for opening up a place and running it for his retirement. Basically if she is finacially comfortable, then she would give the games to a specific person with the condition that he open a place where he would work on them and let people come play them on a regular basis. I have enough games now that combined with his games he could open a place and likely make a decent retirement income doing what he loves.
I just asked that place paid hoimage to me in the name. They will probably name it "Pricks Pinball Palace"
So if I pass before all you suckers then be sure to come drop some quarters at the pinball place in my namesake and drink a beer or 2.
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