I would have purchased every one of those quilts. I would appreciate them, care for them, display and use them. That's too sad a story.
My DH likes to tease me and say he will sell my quilts in a garage sale when I'm gone but my daughter has a fit every time he says that. He really is proud of my quilts and shows them off when visitors come by. I think it's his connection to his family because they were all quilters.... no one in my family quilts but me. He loves my quilts, sleeps under one and sometimes two every night....... I can die in peace...... my quilts are safe.