I am so fortunate that my niece and her daughter are carrying on my quilting tradition and are already accessing my stash. So far as personal items (furniture, jewelry, etc.), I have already told them to keep what they want and sell or donate the rest. I do keep a notebook that has photos of family objects and their histories and also some of my more expensive purchases so that they can give special consideration to those items. I would hate for them to sell something I paid major $$ for at a garage sell for a few dollars. Better to try a consignment shop or antique dealer.