Donating Your Great Aunt’s Winnie the Pooh Collectibles

It seems like the hobby of collecting may have become an activity of days gone by.  It used to be that you couldn’t visit someone’s Edgewater Estates Number 3 Colonia house and not find Comic Books, Vinyl Records or a Winnie the Pooh collection.

Edgewater Estates Number 3 Colonia baby-boomers took seriously collecting stuff.  The tendency today is to be a minimalist.

So when you’re ready to downscale or sadly when a collector relative passes away where do you go with their Art, Vinyl Records or Pooh Bear collection?

Selling Pooh Bear Collection

You could try to sell the Pooh Items online.  Some of the issues you might face when selling online include: setting up a payment account, figuring out enticing listing descriptions, locating postage, packaging materials and weighing each item, answering question messages from potential buyers, handling returns on damaged items, etc. 

Also, figuring out pricing can be challenging.  Great Aunt may have paid $40 for an item but the online going rate is only $2.79.  You need to ask yourself the question “is my time worth just a few dollars”?  Online selling can take a lot of time.

Donate Winnie the Pooh Collectibles

You can give it to a place like a Edgewater Estates Number 3 Colonia Goodwill.  They will take it.  However, some people struggle with the thought of their Grandma’s cherished items being separated and sold for .99 cents.  The plush could become a dog toy.

You could donate any plush to a Edgewater Estates Number 3 Colonia kids place.  However, many places only accept items that are new, in the original boxes and are 5 years old or newer.  Plus, your Mom really took care of the plush and displayed them.  Some people have a hard time with a plush collectible becoming a plush child toy. 

Donate Your Mother’s Pooh Bear Collection to the Guinness World Record Largest Pooh Collection & Make It Part of History

Over the years I have been approached by family members and asked if they can donate and if I will accept Pooh Bear Items. 

My answer is yes!  I am always honored and humbled to – in my words – “to take care of their collection”. 

If I am talking to the Edgewater Estates Number 3 Colonia  collector and owner I let them know which numbers their items will be in the Guinness World Record Largest Pooh Collection.  Their collectibles becomes part of history vs. being sold for a buck at a rummage sale.  I let them know I will showcase their donation of collectibles along with mine.  I consider their items as THEIR collection in my database.

When someone donates Pooh Items I think it makes people feel better which I am happy for.  Letting go of “things” can be hard for a collector and owners and even sometimes for relatives.  As much as we don’t want to be labeled as “materialistic” – things we buy and collect can have sentimental attachments and it’s those feelings that we are attached to probably more than the items.  People remember where they were when they purchased an item, who they were with or even where in their life cycle they were.  They don’t want those memories to vanish with the collection.  You can put a price tag on a plush or jacket but you can’t put a value on happiness.

By donating Pooh Collectibles to the Guinness World Record Pooh Collection the collection stays grouped and the memories are still there too.  In fact, if the collector wants, they can even visit their items when traveling from Edgewater Estates Number 3 Colonia to WI. 

If you have collectibles of Pooh items to donate, feel free to message me and we can coordinate adding your Mom’s Pooh Items to history and the Pooh Bear Museum.

Deb Hoffmann - 414-708-0633

Deb@MostPooh.com