Think fast: What’s the surest way to turn a militaria collection worth $5,000 into $800 in cash?
The answer isn’t a bad trade or a bad sale. And moths or a flooded basement. The surest way to destroy theit isn’t value of your collection is die, and have someone who doesn’t know what you have sell it for your heirs. You may have been the beneficiary of such a mistake. Perhaps you spotted a Craigslist advertisement. The prices seemed too good to be true. You called and talked to a widow who is selling off her husband’s collection and it’s clear that she has no idea what anything is worth. Or perhaps you stopped in at a professionally run estate sale and found some German documents being
