No Thanks Mom: The Top Ten Objects Your Kids Do NOT Want (and what to do with them): The Savvy Appraiser, #2
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A concise guide for parents of millennials, NO THANKS MOM offers sage advice on what to do with those objects ‘saved’ but NOT welcomed by the next generation.
Collections and treasured objects do not always span the generation gap, sustaining both high market value and the taste and style of the 21st century. Learn to downsize what formerly was valued without upsizing your kid’s home. A valuable chapter, The Top Ten Objects Kids Do Not Want discusses the current taste for once- treasured objects such as formal dinner china.
Often a flashpoint between parents and heirs, objects are a reflection of lives and homes. Tales of ‘stuff’ not “in style” include market remedies for antiques, fine art, and collectibles: how and where to sell, what to donate, what to save, and what NOT to bequest to heirs. Offered by an appraiser with three decades of experience, a collector of collector’s stories, the guide sets forth roadmaps and plans for what to do with objects once your kids have said “No Thanks.” Topics include The Five Piles Theory of Downsizing, and Rules and Habits for Creative Divesting.
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No Thanks Mom - Elizabeth Stewart
No Thanks Mom: The Top Ten Objects Your Kids Do NOT Want (and what to do with them)
Copyright © 2017 by Elizabeth Stewart
www.ElizabethAppraisals.com
Published by Flandricka House Press
All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part, in any form (beyond copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the United States Copyright Law, and except limited excerpts by reviewer for the public press), without written permission from Elizabeth Stewart. For permission, or to contact Elizabeth Stewart, please email elizabethappraisals@gmail.com.
All images used in this book are either public domain, licensed, or used with permission.
Author services by Kathleen Kaiser & Associates
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Publishing services by Pedernales Publishing, LLC
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Book interior and cover design: Jana Rade
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Editing services by Erin Lenhert
Author photo by Santi Visalli
Cover and interior illustrations by Christine Brallier
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2017951659
ISBN 978-0-9981025-3-5 Paperback Edition
ISBN 978-0-9981025-4-2 Digital Edition
Printed in the United States of America
Contents
Author’s Introduction
Chapter I: The Top Ten Objects Your Kids
Do NOT Want (and what to do with them)
#10 – Books
#9 – Paper Ephemera
#8 – Steamer Trunks, Sewing Machines, Film Projectors,
Old Electronics, and Old-School TVs
#7 – Porcelain Figurine Collections and Bradford Exchange
Cabinet
Plates
#6 – Silver-Plated Objects
#5 – Heavy, Dark, Antique Furniture
#4 – Persian Rugs
#3 – Linens
#2 – Sterling Silver Flatware and Crystal Wine Services
#1 – Fine Porcelain Dinnerware
Fables of Families Facing the Top Ten Objects
Books
Family Photos
Steamer Trunks
Porcelain Collector’s Plates and Little Figurines
Silver-Plated Objects
Dark, Heavy Furniture
Persian Rugs
Linens
Crystal Sets and Formal Flatware
Formal China
Chapter II: Elizabeth’s Five Piles Theory of Divesting
Pile 1 – The High Rollers
Pile 2 – The Fine Donations
Pile 3 – The Family Jewels
Pile 4 – Your Keepers
Pile 5 – The Piddly Smalls
Chapter III: The Ten Valuable Habits
of Successful Downsizers
Conclusion: Your Kids and Grandkids are
Taste-Shifters
A Postscript
The Personality of the American Home
About the Author
Author’s Introduction
The
Philosophy
of
Ownership
Bringing it home
My aim in this book is to illustrate two important trends: first, that the value and significance of certain types of objects has changed in the past 30 years, and second, that those relegated objects symbolize a change in the meaning of value, especially with regards to what makes a comfortable home. I will show you, as lightheartedly as I can, that value is generationally related to the speed and mobility of life in the 21st century. I will share concrete examples of how parents have handled their Millennial children rejecting the things they wanted to pass on. I focus on Millennials because they are the group most indoctrinated in the new lifestyle
value system: they were born into it, and were raised with its visual imagery.
The meaning of the once-precious keepsake
lies both in its definition as an object and in the structure of the word. Words can provide clues to shifts in perception. The list that follows may have positive echoes and relevance for Boomers, but negative resonance and visualizations for Millennials. Consider this list with an ear to the double meanings of these words across two generations:
Valuables
Movables
Goods
Acquisitions
Householdings
Personalty
Effects
Furnishings
Chattel
Appointments
Treasures
Heirlooms
Possessions
Belongings
The professional case studies in this guide are examples of a shift in the meanings of the once-venerable and, in some cases, culturally ancient, words listed above. My examples come from my own clients who ask me what to do with their belongings once the kids have said no, and why, in fact, those kids did say no. The words that Boomers use when they cry on my shoulder are those above, which have long been used to describe certain traditionally hereditary material. For example, the word belongings comes from belong, which has its origins in the meaning to be of long.
It connotes possession of a thing as a natural member of a family, of a tribe, of a period in time. Belongings is an old word and is indicative of a certain cultural order. We still use the word today, but the concept of what a belonging