leavesontheline

Very sorry for your loss. I often think what my wife would do in such circumstances, brought home very recently by the sudden passing of my Brother in Law, where my wife's sister is going through a similar situation (though not with model trains!)

If your husband was a member of a local club or had modelling friends then that would be your first port of call - I assume that these are not options hence why you have joined a model railway forum?!

Assuming you are looking to sell the items and get the best price (rather than giving away, donating to charity, or maybe even keeping yourself!?) then you have three main options I think:

1. Sell each item individually using eBay or other similar resources, like RMWeb classifieds (or even take a stand at a toy fair - probably all cancelled at the moment though)

2. Sell the whole collection in one go using eBay or similar.

3. Sell the whole collection to a specialist second-hand dealer.

Option one will likely get you the best prices but it will take up a lot of your time and require you to know what you are selling (with which I am sure lots of people on here would be glad to help). It could also take ages to sell everything, particularly if there are less saleable items.

Option two will still require you to know what you are selling and roughly what it is all worth but shifts it all in one go. Still a bit of hassle for you to sort out.

Option three is probably the least hassle for you. A quick scan through the pages of any model railway magazine from the newsagents will show you many adverts from specialist second-hand dealers who will come and value the whole collection. Many model railway retailers also offer such services. I have never used myself but I'm sure others on here will have. If you just wanted the quickest most painless solution then my advice would be to get a few valuations to compare and then select the one that you prefer, either based on price or convenience etc.

All the best of luck and I hope you get the solution you want.