What if the inevitable happened and you passed away....... who would get your Prince collection???

Of course you would make a Will stating who gets the entire collection or whatever of it. The only thing is.......... who would you give your collection to? Would they keep it and appreciate it?? Would you mind if family and/or friends sold the entire collection or parts of it on eBay to make some $$$$$???? Or donate it??

If no one knows what you want done with it or you have no Will, then that collection you have been proud of could end up in a dumpster or whatever

You know you cannot take it with you, right?

TheDigitalGardener said:

Hopefully the executor sells it and makes a few quid. Really though, I'll be dead so they can use it as frisbees for all I care.

Hopefully, it would all end up in my little sister's hands...

She was forced to listen to my favorite songs over and over again as kids, so she loves most of the old stuff anyhow, and would grow to appreciate the new stuff she hasn't heard yet.

For this very reason I've always said people should unseal those gems and play those discs. I've unsealed loads of my rarities in recent years just to enjoy the item and to enjoy life.

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TheDigitalGardener said:

Hopefully the executor sells it and makes a few quid. Really though, I'll be dead so they can use it as frisbees for all I care.

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Hey now...that was unfortunately Prince's attitude towards it as well. At least leave them to friends and/or family with directions how to sell on ebay or whatever.

I sold nearly all of mine and funded fantastic holidays for the family. The memories with them are worth more than any rare CD or platinum disc. It was also liberating not to hoard and collect. Whats the point? I freed up loads of space and I still have all the music.

My collection will get buried with me so i can play it in heaven.

SquirrelMeat said:

I sold nearly all of mine and funded fantastic holidays for the family. The memories with them are worth more than any rare CD or platinum disc. It was also liberating not to hoard and collect. Whats the point? I freed up loads of space and I still have all the music.

Interesting perspective. Here I am trying to get my hands on as much rare stuff as possible but it's really all about the music, right?

FunkiestOne said:

TheDigitalGardener said:

Hopefully the executor sells it and makes a few quid. Really though, I'll be dead so they can use it as frisbees for all I care.

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Hey now...that was unfortunately Prince's attitude towards it as well. At least leave them to friends and/or family with directions how to sell on ebay or whatever.

Yes. The people I'm close to are aware of my wishes (and the potentail value) of all my music collection, but if they choose to ignore that and dump it all then there will not be a whole lot I could do about that.

luv4u said:

What if the inevitable happened and you passed away....... who would get your Prince collection???

Of course you would make a Will stating who gets the entire collection or whatever of it. The only thing is.......... who would you give your collection to? Would they keep it and appreciate it?? Would you mind if family and/or friends sold the entire collection or parts of it on eBay to make some $$$$$???? Or donate it??

If no one knows what you want done with it or you have no Will, then that collection you have been proud of could end up in a dumpster or whatever

You know you cannot take it with you, right?

wait what?

As it is only me and my daughter, and she dont like Prince - I guess it will be sitting in a cupboard and maybe turfed out in time............its only material stuff anyway I guess & it wont matter to me coz I wont be able to hear it anyway.

SquirrelMeat said:

No one in my family understands the VALUE of the Prince collection. My mother would probably ebay everything of mine for a profit.

Once I get the word I have cancer, I'm gonna seek out a new member here on the ORG and send my entire collection to him/her. It will be my dying wish to bring a smile to a new fan's face with the gift of MUSIC!

I'm reading some interesting comments about what others are doing with their own personal VAULT of music. It kinda reminds me of Prince's own personal stash of music.

heymistermusic said:

I have some younger cousins, two in particular, who have great taste in music and a great appreciation for music and great artists. As far as I know they are not SUPER into Prince but they do respect him and my collection could help take them all the way haha.

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It goes into the Vault.

The day Prince died my daughter came to bring me Purple balloons and flowers and a big purple P with rhinestones to put over my bed. I took out some of my things to look at and as soon as she saw how much i have collected, she said CHA-CHING ! I'm taking my stuff with me.

Wlcm2thdwn3 said:

The day Prince died my daughter came to bring me Purple balloons and flowers and a big purple P with rhinestones to put over my bed. I took out some of my things to look at and as soon as she saw how much i have collected, she said CHA-CHING ! I'm taking my stuff with me.

Umm Hmm....Im telling u Im taking em with me.

I've thought about this. On one hand, it's just earthly possession that I will have no connection to once I die. I cannot take anything with me. I don't even know if I'll have my memories with me when I go to another place. So, I enjoy the music now, and just leave the vinyl to whatever person gets it.

On the ohter hand, I get worried about any of my stuff. Who is going to take it,and find what's valuable or a keepsake for my family, and who is going to figure out what's just stuff that can be thrown away. I have 428 pieces of vinyl, not including a small stack of 45s. Do I will those to someone? Who? I really have no idea. Maybe my brother. He likes Prince because I used to make him grab a tennis racket with me and be Wendy, and we'd act like "Let's Go Crazy". (Ironically they were Prince™ brand tennis rackets.)

And fuck - what about all my CDs? or my few DVDs & BluRays? Or my Kitchen Aid mixer, or my iPad Air 2, iPhone SE or Macbook Air? My camera. I don't know. I really don't. It's just stuff. Someone is going to end up with it, does it matter who? I can't be here to dictate that, or change my mind.

But I do hope it goes to someone who can appreciate it, and love it as much as I have.

Guitarhero said:

I'm leaving my collection to the Bremer folks to deal with. No will.

I've been thinking about that too. Not only my Prince collection, but my overall vynil collection. I got some relics there. Beatles, Frank Zappa, the Woodstock original triple vynil, Santana, Bowie, Roxy Music, and so on. And will be inheriting a ton more from my hippie parents so I need to write this stuff down somewhere. I hope that in time both my kids will come to appreciate more these vynils. Right now they are very much into music, just different stuff.

My sis would nab it in a heartbeat! I still remember us listening to Erotic City as kids & her giggling & asking me whether I heard the lyrics.

heymistermusic said:

Once I get the word I have cancer, I'm gonna seek out a new member here on the ORG and send my entire collection to him/her. It will be my dying wish to bring a smile to a new fan's face with the gift of MUSIC!

you shall never hear that word!!! still, this was the sweetest thing I've read. bless you. and STAY healthy.
☮ & ❥

to be honest I wouldn't know what happens to my little precious collection. no one in my family or friends circle even likes prince a little bit (feel sorry for them, if ever they knew what they miss out)

so I think it would most probably just be chucked? I never thought of this. so maybe I should write a will...hehe. and make them find it! I think the thing I would like to happen is, that it would be sold to a true prince fan and then given to animal protection. my dog must be the only prince fan around me...*g* as he listens the same amount as me, and sometimes gets involved in some serious dancing

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