Maybe check out places that do estate sales? Even if you just have a few items, they could mix them in with a big sale they have planned. Or maybe they do consignment.
Also heard of people contacting organizers that help with downsizing to get rid of things.
Both of those are gonna involve some money out of the sale, but might be worth it. Guess it depends on how much you want, what they can get, and how bad you want rid of it. Like you say, if your kids would just toss it/give it to Goodwill, not sure how much effort it’s worth trying to get top dollar.
Do you think any of the items would be something a museum would be interested in? Might not get anything but a tax write-off. Or they might know of a collector.
I actually have one item a museum would be interested in, but legally might cause problems. I had it dated over 1,000 years old.
Estate sales is a good idea.
I don’t need tax writeoffs anymore.
I’m not into minimumizing, so I’m not looking at getting rid of stuff just to get rid of it. Most things I purchased as an investment years ago, a few things from my mom.
I wish I had bought a few extra star wars lunch boxes when I bought for my boys and kept them new, lol.