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Biblio Baggins's avatar

I am in the first year of down-sizing. My wife have given ourselves 5 years to do this. And it is a good thing. I have (had) more than 5,000 books to dispose of. Less than 100 have gone to a national auction house, a few hundred have gone to a local bookstore at a fair price for each of us. They will be back for more.

What has been difficult is what to keep. Maybe about a thousand. I have divided the books into three ever-shifting categories. Those I will sell, those I will keep, and those I am unsure about. The unsures are the largest pile, and the pile that gives me the most trouble. Also, some of the books I want to keep are the most attractive to the auction house.

I have also given books to friends, and my children have spoken up for others.

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Elizabeth K. Baker's avatar

So helpful! Thank you. I've been carrying around books from my father and mother not knowing what to do. What a relief. And as for myself well... new hobby time.

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