Your dolls after your death...

That's what I've been thinking as well - there is a doll museum near me and their collection doesn't have any dollfies so I'd love my small collection to go to them for display. Then again, I've been thinking of contacting them in my lifetime as well and offering maybe a doll I no longer want in my hands or helping them acquire something as they have quite a bit of Japanese/Asian dolls already.

Thankfully, I have a very supportive partner so I'm thinking of compiling a document for them of what to do/where to sell/what's the worth of my dolls/tools/instruments should I pass away unexpectedly. I don't want to burden them with it too much as when I'm dead I won't care but I also don't want them to feel completely lost with the stuff or have to spend time looking for price quotes or places to list them in. Dying/funerals are way too expensive for being an inevitable part of life so if I can help with the costs in any way, i'd like to make it easy.

I don't have a lot of close friends but if any one of them or my family wants to keep anything as a memory, it's probably nice to keep a list of what's tossable and what has a lot of myself been put into. In any case, I try to be mindful not to accumulate too many physical items because I know how taxing cleaning this all up was from my grandparents and I guess it's also never too early to make a will to make sure nobody gets overburdened by... stuff.

 

I frankly don’t care, and I mean this in the happiest and most positive way possible. I’ve collected these dolls for myself, as a way to tell my stories and create characters to my heart’s content…and as a way to focus all my creative talents within a single collection. And what an amazing ride it’s been! I love it and I’ve already gotten so much out of it. The dolls have absolutely done exactly what they were meant to do, so I don’t worry about anything beyond that. I’ve raised thoughtful and caring human beings who can decide what to do whenever the time comes. Until then, I’ll just happily continue to enjoy my collection.

 

This is exactly what a Living Trust is for. I highly recommend looking into it and consider setting one up.

 

I’m very open with my parents and they know exactly how much my dolls are worth. I’m in touch with a lovely hobbyist who helped me with Nebo, and in the case of my death or no longer wanting him, he is to be offered to her first as a donation. Rafeyah… I’m not sure. She’s definitely an acquired taste, but I would care far more about them both going to someone who would love them dearly and feel grateful to have them, regardless of who.

 

I answered this before but wanted to add I honestly don’t care what my family does with them but I have catalogued them and made a way for my family to identify each doll so they can sell them or send them to auction with as much information as possible.

 

I would definitely leave behind a list of the dolls official names, manufacturer, and their worth. I'm quite protective of my stuff - doubly so with dolls - so I hope my family would give/sell them to someone who likes dolls after my death... I don't want them to be trashed.

It would be cute for one of them to be passed down as a family heirloom. I wonder how yellow its resin would be after 200 years.

 

I've thought about this more times that I would like to admit... I would like my 2 nieces keep them for themselves, but I already kno my tastes are kinda creepy so I guess they will end up selling them.

 

Tis the season to ask what creepy things are they looking out for, this year.
Now, let's get some dollies, I mean, candy!

 

Now that menopause hit I have a plan as I am getting older the collection will be less and less and when I am older I will have already got rid of my collections because I don't want to add stress to my son after I am not here I want him to inherit house and money not a lot of stuff he can't deal with or are overwhelming for him. I'm not that old yet so can have a doll decade in front of me if I am healthy but after that everything should go that is my plan.