Getting rid of/letting go of collections and precious objects

[manysnakes]

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I had ~20 years of vinyl (probably 1200-1500 records, after having paired down a lot) all stolen from me. I was done with them, but I didn't know what to do to maximize their value, since I couldn't imagine selling that many LPs on eBay and I knew that taking them to a record store would net me like $1000 or something ridiculous. So when I was between apartments (paid for the full month while I moved into a new place), and some workmen come to inspect the place helped themselves to my entire collection, I was sad for a long time and still sort of am, but ultimately I was freed of the burden of moving two tons of vinyl everywhere I went.

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No insurance?

I wish I kept all my books... everything I had disappeared over the years while traveling around.

Nope. That didn't stop the attending police from accusing me of trying to commit insurance fraud, though!

[rocklobster]

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My wife and I used to gift vinyls to each other for birthdays but we stopped doing that to avoid cluttering. I used to collect boards from every overseas shop I went to, but I realized these boards were sitting under my bed and not being displayed. I just get a t-shirt or cap from the shop these days, that way I'll end up using the stuff I buy.

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I get stickers when I travel now. Kinda slipped my mind at first, but they're what I collect now in my attempt to cover my tool box in my garage. It's a pretty fun way to remember different places and times and they make the tool box cool to look at.

I have sticker anxiety despite having a huge bag full from online shopping. Ones from Slap pals are the hardest to decide where to use them, I usually have a clear phone case so I put it on the back of the case so I get to appreciate it daily.

My stack of 80-100 boards from the 2000-2010s is sitting in at a relative's store room because I don't have to pay to keep stuff there. Was really easy with my money in the early 2010s, earning sales commission, zero commitments and eBay didn't help at all. Didn't manage to photograph all of them so when I finally get down to opening them up it will be a fun surprise.

[tuesday]

Still have all the skatemags I bought. Thrasher, TWS, Big Brother, SLAP, SkateboardMag, etc. Thinking about getting rid of at least half of them. 

[rocklobster]

Still have all the skatemags I bought. Thrasher, TWS, Big Brother, SLAP, SkateboardMag, etc. Thinking about getting rid of at least half of them.

@blurst_of_times collects, digitizes and archives them on his blog and Insta, hit him up to see if you can help him complete missing issues.

[Sick_McCrank_]

Pocket knifes. Bought a lot last year, but now the Hype is gone. At least they don’t take up much space , don’t mold and can be sold again. Or gifted to people.

[boogs]

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I still have about 10,000 records in my Collection and still actively buy new stuff.

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I would love to see a list. Do you have anything by The Fugs?

too many to list, ain't no body got time for that!
no Fugs. my collection is easily 50% hiphop. the other half is soul, funk, rock, jazz, and a little bit of 80s shit.
the labels i collect now are daptone, penrose, big crown, colemines, nyct names you can trust, del corazon and a few others

i think i'm gonna start my purge with big brothers then move on to thrasher, transworld etc

[BallparkFrank]

I love purging and have gone through many phases of it but always regret getting rid of something down the line. Can never predict what that thing will be in the moment, though. Getting rid of tons of expensive art supplies remains one of my biggest regrets, also some family heirlooms that I didn’t value at the time and wish I could have back now.

[layzieyez]

I advocate for your right to get rid of whatever you want if you no longer want it. BTW, I collect pictures of people's stuff, can you let me get some pics. *big wink*

I have publicly posted that I have carried two boxes of unopened Simpsons cereal to Japan, San Diego, Washington and Hawaii before going back to Georgia where I originally bought them. I'm not the guy to talk to about getting rid of stuff.

[Tom Pearl]

i had a little coin/paper currency collection that i sold for drug money


i only collect decks now and those aren't going anywhere......ever

[Nosferatu]

I think about selling my skate vhs/dvd collection but I would probably want to keep the handful worth good money and then it becomes not worth the effort.

[pugmaster]

I'm trying to downsize but it is difficult, not from a sentimental standpoint, but from prices. I did way too much retail therapy since covid. I want to get rid off stuff but since I'm not strapped for cash, I cant accept letting all brand new stuff go for nothing since the costs will inevitably increase for those products in the future. I am justifying keeping my hoard by telling myself that it is my stockpile so I wont have to deal with an angry wife. That said, I have no wife, no girlfriend, or any prospects whatsoever, so I guess I'm kicking ass at solving a non-existent problem lol

[sometimeperhaps]

I’ve been told that every few months I get into a “mood” and wander around the house collecting items that have to go. I’ll either sell, trade, donate, offer for free for recycle said items. In these moods I’m decisive and seem to lack some sentimentality. It also helps I have a bad memory so a lot of the time I probably don’t even remember owning or getting rid of the item.

As far as collecting goes I have about 100 books which I’ve read 75% of. I also have a few desirable cameras that are would a could grand, and I guess you could say I collect those. But more so bought them when prices were at the bottom and I was shooting a lot. I’m tempted to sell due to the ever increasing price of film, and I don’t really use them a whole lot. I’m not a fan of having stuff but not using it.

I wish I could have less stuff, not that I think I have a whole lot to begin with. But unfortunately a lot of my hobbies require specialty clothing/tools/gear, despite my obsession at having the bare minimum. And living in a place with four seasons requires you to have more clothing and stuff to deal with said elements.

My mentality is unless I’m using the item or it holds a real significance in my life then I’d rather see someone else actually using and enjoying the item.

[skate_bored]

relevant thread for me. my problem is that none of this shit really has any meaning. i have a small 2 br house and a little sunroom. the guest room/sunroom have just become rooms where i put shit. my gf of years has semi been moving in as her job is remote now. shes helped motivate me a lot. just cut down 2 TV boxes for 5 year old TVs that i was keeping "just in case i move". she found a box with a dvd player, an empty ps4 box, 10 random shoe boxes, etc etc. im just bad about throwing things away.

i have 2 closets full of clothes and i have not opened either of them in years. i know for a fact that there are still stacks of Krew shit in plastic from when reps would hook it up working at the skate shop. not to mention hundreds of tee shirts and dozens of pairs of pants. i would say most of that was never worn - it just didnt fit so i put it out of sight/out of mind.

its been really nice to de-clutter via her help. half the time she has done it when i am not here and it helps. on one hand, it would suck if she threw something special away, but she also knows whats special after a few years.

im enjoying filling the trash bin weekly to help get rid of things and enjoy all the space we have. its not a big space so its been relieving stress of clutter. today i noticed a broken keureg from 2 years ago thats just sitting in the "clutter room". wtf? haha.

hardest part is when i need something like a paper clip and it is no longer "in the guest room behind the empty emerica box on the floor".

she aint getting my wrestling figures or old skate mags but the compromise is beneficial. the clothes are gonna go to a donation type place - i dont care enough to try selling it all.

[manysnakes]

This thread inspired me to dump most of my books. I've read most of them, and the ones I haven't, I can just download on my e-reader. Cleared four shelves this weekend.

Next, I am going to give away my Thrasher collection.

[ChuckRamone]

I got rid of a bunch of stuff I had at my parents' place a few years back. A lot of it was old skate stuff. The one thing I regret getting rid of is a good condition Nurse Girl Natsume Hook-Ups t-shirt because later I saw it online for like $300 to 400.

I've also purged clothes, CDs and books in recent years. Don't really miss those. The CDs I just ripped to my computer before I sold them.

[Willie]

This thread is making me want to pare down. I’ve got so many old VHS (mostly worthless) CDs, video game systems, magazines, and other shit I’ll probably never touch.

[Mean salto]

Just had a family member message me saying they dropped something off at my place. It's three big tubs of DVDs. Must be 75-100 DVDs per tub. this is annoying but I'll just put em in the garage with the others but just thinking each DVD prob cost $20 on average. I probably have a fukn cars cost worth of fucking movies and don't even have a DVD player lol

[breezer]

Good thread - I feel stuff that just sits there gathering dust is probably worth moving on - at least with vinyl you can listen to the records for example. And any good collector knows to dispose of their stuff before they die……don’t leave it up to the kids!

I definitely feel that the fun is in the chase anyway - once you have that thing you have desired you quickly move onto the next thing. It’s human nature.

Here’s an example - I have an old Blender coffee guy deck from the 80’s that I hung onto for sentimental reasons - when they did the recent rerelease I just had to have one…..and when it arrived I was stoked! But a couple of years later the stoke had worn off and I’m considering selling both decks….they are just sitting there

[pekkaaa]

If anyone has any early 90s shirts they want to sell, get at me!

[boogs]

anyone get a 1099k for last year?

[BurgerCop]

I have a complete set of the original 1980s run of the Garbage Pail Kids.

7 year old me is stoked.

I have a bunch of original GPK too!

About a decade ago I went through a big phase of collecting Kid Robot vinyl figures.
I have so, so, so many Dunnys and various other figures. I want to purge most of it but it will be a pain in the ass, I'd have to look up the value on all of them because some are worth like $10 but others are worth $100+
I have one or two that I'm certain can fetch $500 or more, haven't checked for a while.

[lamfordie]

Anyone else have Gunpla that they built and display?

I have maybe 10 of them at my house that I have built off and on througout the years. My fiance is asking me to get rid or take them to my work to display which upsets me cuz I want to build more but them I want to display them I feel guilty of displaying them.

[ok boomer]

Thing I currently collect: 80’s starting lineup baseball figures. So when they came out, I could never find the dudes I liked. With my sons baseball infatuation, t rekindled my love for baseball again. Well I learned that you can get these figures still sealed for like 5-20 bucks so I restarted my collection. For myself a few for Xmas and 12 year old me is hyped.

[SHAQUEEFA]

I have a huge collection of skateboarding, wrestling, and football memorabilia. I found out in July that my wife is pregnant and proclaimed to her "EVERYTHING IS FOR SALE!!!!"

I sold nothing.

[pugmaster]

I have a huge collection of skateboarding, wrestling, and football memorabilia. I found out in July that my wife is pregnant and proclaimed to her "EVERYTHING IS FOR SALE!!!!"

I sold nothing.

That's probably a good thing. I think if you sold her that'd be like human trafficking or something.

[rocklobster]

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I have a huge collection of skateboarding, wrestling, and football memorabilia. I found out in July that my wife is pregnant and proclaimed to her "EVERYTHING IS FOR SALE!!!!"

I sold nothing.

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That's probably a good thing. I think if you sold her that'd be like human trafficking or something.

I can't believe that's frowned upon in some countries, treating people as objects....

I'm trying to downsize but it is difficult, not from a sentimental standpoint, but from prices. I did way too much retail therapy since covid. I want to get rid off stuff but since I'm not strapped for cash, I cant accept letting all brand new stuff go for nothing since the costs will inevitably increase for those products in the future. I am justifying keeping my hoard by telling myself that it is my stockpile so I wont have to deal with an angry wife. That said, I have no wife, no girlfriend, or any prospects whatsoever, so I guess I'm kicking ass at solving a non-existent problem lol

Purging is the easy bit, but controlling the urge to shop and not piling on the hoard of boards is another. I'm trying to be a conscious consumer for 2023 and only buying what I really want, not just because it's cheap (like decks). Decks I buy to collect must have a huge sentimental value and I let it sit in my cart for a few days before checking out, if it's gone that's fine I probably didn't want it that bad anyway.

The news of Dwindle on the brink of collapse had me FOMO-ing on their boards, couple of shops are clearing out inventory for cheap. Having a look at the items physically in front of you instead of hidden in storage is a good dose of reality - yeah those Blind decks are sweet, but you have 10+ decks in front of your face.

Same with clothes, I accumulated too much to reach free shipping on orders. And pants, but I'm less fussed about those since I'll wear through those with enough skate sessions.

[HeavyAndExpensive]

I’m about to get rid of a bunch of my skate stuff. Magazines, decks, and dvds.

Is eBay still the best place place to do this or are there other websites? I’d prefer to keep it on eBay as I’m 100%, have a decent amount of followers and a number in the 11,000s.

I still have about 10,000 records in my Collection and still actively buy new stuff. Back in the 2008 I sold most of heavy hitters because I needed the money. I’m kind of in the same situation currently due to having brain surgery back in august.
I can tell you this much, getting rid of stuff can be very therapeutic, especially when you’re making money at it.

10,000 records is insane. I used to have a “collection” of thousands of full albums in mp3 format, organized in folders by artist -> album. I had so much shit I could queue up at the drop of a hat, a digital music library. I was so bummed when I lost those hard drives, I can only imagine 10,000 records.

[blurst_of_times]

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Still have all the skatemags I bought. Thrasher, TWS, Big Brother, SLAP, SkateboardMag, etc. Thinking about getting rid of at least half of them.

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@blurst_of_times collects, digitizes and archives them on his blog and Insta, hit him up to see if you can help him complete missing issues.

@tuesday if you've still got these, I'm interested. @rocklobster thanks for the shout-out

[BallDontLie]

Thing I currently collect: 80’s starting lineup baseball figures. So when they came out, I could never find the dudes I liked. With my sons baseball infatuation, t rekindled my love for baseball again. Well I learned that you can get these figures still sealed for like 5-20 bucks so I restarted my collection. For myself a few for Xmas and 12 year old me is hyped.

This guy popped up on my YT feed… he opens up packs of old baseball and football cards from the 80s/ early 90s. Pretty satisfying. Thought maybe you’d get a kick out of it.

Makes me Wish i had held onto my old baseball cards.

https://youtube.com/shorts/zFJodsGOvFY?feature=share

(Dunno how to embed shorts)

[Puddy Smally]

Just bumping this to see if there’s a thread for Slap
poster’s non skated related collections?

I’d love to see some of ya’ll’s interests or collections outside of skateboarding. I have some odd one’s, so I’m considering starting a thread.