I've been kicking this around for over a year and decided to ask some opinions from other jewelry lovers. 
After my mother's passing, I took possession of all her jewelry. My mother was a maniac for jewelry and rarely thought twice about splurging on anything. For awhile now, I've been splitting it all up and gave some to my daughter, some to my brother's wife, some to my mother's sister. I'm saving the remaining majority of it for my daughter when she turns 21 or graduates from college or gets married or whatever. (She had first pick on everything.)
I'm down to two items that I don't know what I should do with. These items were sentimental to my mother. One is a gold charm bracelet that is loaded with charms and extremely heavy. Even my mother quit wearing it because it was too heavy. I will never wear it -- and nobody else was interested in it either. Same goes for the other item -- a unique diamond ring.
These items meant a LOT to my mother. I do not care for them -- not my taste at all and I have so many more things from her that I DO love.
I can hold onto them and they'll be passed on one day to my daughter who can do whatever she wants with them at that time. Or, I can sell them now and buy some things I would much rather have. I tend to lean towards the latter idea... however, my daughter thinks it would be a tragedy to sell sentimental items and if they weren't valuable, I would keep them no question.
So what is your opinion on a situation like this? Sell the sentimental pieces? Or keep them in a safety deposit box until one day they go to my daughter and let her decide what to do with them?
After my mother's passing, I took possession of all her jewelry. My mother was a maniac for jewelry and rarely thought twice about splurging on anything. For awhile now, I've been splitting it all up and gave some to my daughter, some to my brother's wife, some to my mother's sister. I'm saving the remaining majority of it for my daughter when she turns 21 or graduates from college or gets married or whatever. (She had first pick on everything.)
I'm down to two items that I don't know what I should do with. These items were sentimental to my mother. One is a gold charm bracelet that is loaded with charms and extremely heavy. Even my mother quit wearing it because it was too heavy. I will never wear it -- and nobody else was interested in it either. Same goes for the other item -- a unique diamond ring.
These items meant a LOT to my mother. I do not care for them -- not my taste at all and I have so many more things from her that I DO love.
I can hold onto them and they'll be passed on one day to my daughter who can do whatever she wants with them at that time. Or, I can sell them now and buy some things I would much rather have. I tend to lean towards the latter idea... however, my daughter thinks it would be a tragedy to sell sentimental items and if they weren't valuable, I would keep them no question.
So what is your opinion on a situation like this? Sell the sentimental pieces? Or keep them in a safety deposit box until one day they go to my daughter and let her decide what to do with them?
