[Hallicrafters] prices ????

[W4AWM at aol.com]

<< the lesson to take from this is that we should make a list for our 
family telling which pieces are particularly valuable with a rough idea 
of what they are worth. >>

Hi Rich,

This is really easy to do in these days of computers, or even with just a 
notebook.  I have a list of each item, make, model, serial number, date and cost 
oq acruisition and suggested selling price on an Excel spread sheet.  I keep a 
copy on my hard drive, my safe deposit box and in my personal papers and my 
survivors know hwhere to find it and what to do with it.  This is also really 
valuable for insurance purposes, thus the copy in my safe deposit box. While 
you are at it, photos are really good to have for the insurance company should a 
disaster occur. You can pit them on a CD so they take up virtually no space 
and put it in your safe deposit box or other off premise storage.

If your family doesn't care to try and sell your gear and you have no 
trustworthy person to help, you can pre arrange a donation to a museum of set it up 
with an auction firm.  That way, one phone call will take care of it when the 
time comes.  Your survivor's decision at that point is wheather they want cash 
from an auction house or a tax writeoff from the museum donation.

73,

John,  W4AWM