Yikes! That also tells me that men do not have a clue as to the value of the quilt tops! Get them quilted by a 'long arm' person SOON, and get the man who sold them to tell you all the info about the quilt maker...make the lables and add them including your name also and how you got them. That will be very interesting to who ever you give them to, or sell them. Then get a value set on them, so your family has a clue if anything happens to you!
I see the wedding ring quilts that are so admired, and NOT easy to do....you certainly have a treasure!!
I have some unquilted tops....now that I see what happened to that man's wife's quilts, I'm going to get mine finished up in a hurry, get them labled, and get a value set on them by an appraiser!