Inherited a Massive collection

Greetings,

The most appropriate way is to donate the models to museums and sell unbuilt kits on EB. I am 52 and I have a large amount of built kits that I want someone to enjoy for decades after my passing. Contact aviation museums including airports that often have galleries for model display. For the love of God, please do NOT have garage sell. Your dad's models are too precious and should be admired by generations to come. Dai    

Sorry for your loss. 

Was your father a member of a local model club such as IPMS?  In the past few years our club has liquidated estate collections  of several members.   You may realize a slightly better return than with a commercial entity. The downside is it may take longer 

A word of experience.  Those built models on the shelf have sentimental value but not a lot of commercial value.   Save a couple of dad's favorites ... something for the grandkids to remember.   Donate the others to a VFW post.   Few home modeler's work is 'museum quality'.  

In addition to recommendations above, there are folks who make a living buying and selling old kit collections. You probably won't get a lot per kit, but it will save you the hassle of doing the inventory and pricing and everything involved with selling. 

If you are good with selling yourself, and have time, that's great, too, but if you need to get the collection out of the way so you can deal with the rest of the estate, this is an option. 

You'll have to get a hard copy of the Finescale magazine and look up the listings of these businesses in the back of the mag. Depending on what genre most of the kits are, listings in Finescale are probably better for a varied collection, but you may want to look up the similar listings in the back of a magazine like Scale Auto if the collection is mostly scale cars. 

Thanks! This is exactly the kind of things I needed. I will totally look into Vet hospitals and such. 

In addition to what Fox suggested, There would probably be a few here that would be interested if you want to go that route of one or two at a time.  Would have to be done as PM's, as no selling allowed on the forum itself.  Would have to inventory what you have and price it out.

Another thought is, if you have a hobby shop close by, see if they would put up a list of what you have for you, with your contact information.

You have my condolences on your loss, I know the feeling well.

Hi Kellie! Sorry for your loss.

Here is one way to sell your dads kits. E-Bay. 

You could also donate them to Veterans hospitals and homes to be used for re-hab. Childrens re-habs are also prime candidates for the kits to help the kids. You could donate the completed planes and other military vehicles to places like the VFW posts. They are usually grateful for them and it is a way for your fathers work to be remembered. I donate my older built kits to a WWII museum. It makes more room on my shelves too. 

Hope that this helps.

Jim