NECHESH YOU AND I THINK ALIKE, I WAS CONSIDERING THE VIKING TRIP TO VALHALLA WITH MY SWORDS AS WELL
WHAT I WILL DO IS A COMBINATION OF THE ABOVE PLANS WHILE MY CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN MAY WANT ONE ITEM TO REMEMBER ME BY AND THAT MAY NOT BE A WEAPON MOST WILL BE SOLD. IF THERE WERE A MUSEUM THAT WAS DEDICATED TO THE TYPES OF WEAPONS I HAVE AND WOULD MAKE USE OF THEM FOR DISPLAY OR TO FORM AN IMPORTANT REFRENCE COLLECTION I WOULD HELP THEM SET IT UP. UNFORTUNATELY I KNOW OF NO SUCH MUSEUM IF I HAD A HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT ITEM IN MY COLLECTION I WOULD CONTACT THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AND SEE IF THEY WERE INTRESTED IN GETTING IT AND DISPLAYING IT THERE. UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN MY COLLECTIONS. GIVEN THE MUSEUMS DRIFT TO POLITICAL CORRECTNESS I DON'T SEE MUCH FUTURE FOR WEAPONS,STONE ARTEFACTS, BUGS,SHELLS OR OTHER COLLECTIONS FROM NATURE BEING DISPLAYED IN FUTURE. THAT WOULD BE GLORIFING WAR AND VILONCE OR THE RAPE OF NATURE ACCORDING TO THE PRESENT ACADEMIC AND PRESS INDOCTRINATIONS. SO THE ONLY WAY MUSEUMS MIGHT GET SOME OF MY COLLECTIONS WOULD BE IF THEY BUY THEM OR IF THINGS CHANGE EITHER OF WHICH I DOUBT WILL HAPPEN.
I PREFER TO LET ITEMS GO TO COLLECTORS WHO TRULY APPRECIATE THEM AND SPECIALIZE AND STUDY A PARTICULAR TYPE. THE LESS EXPENSIVE EXAMPLES WILL PROBABLY GO TO THE BEGINNING COLLECTORS TO HELP THEM GET STARTED AND BUILD THEIR EXPERIENCE, INTREST AND COLLECTIONS. IN MY AREA THERE DOSEN'T SEEM TO BE ANY UPCOMING COLLECTORS SO SELLING ETHINOGRAPHIC WEAPONS AT A GUN SHOW HERE WOULD BE A WASTE OF TIME AS ONLY EBAY DEALERS WOULD BUY. IF IT IS GOING THE EBAY ROUTE I WOULD RATHER DO IT MYSELF SO PERHAPS SOMEDAY I MAY BECOME A, "SHUDDER" EBAY DEALER
