If Jewelry give it to a trusted friend who has admired a piece. I have a beautiful gold ring my friend will get before I go...just spoke with her about this a couple weeks ago.
Or...you might get the appraised...and put them on line...you’ll never know they may go higher than they’re worth.
All my fine jewelry and sterling has been appraised and insured in a personal articles floater on my homeowner’s insurance policy. I pay over $100 per month just for my PAF premiums and I’ve had the policy for almost 21 years.
I’ve actually thought about (eventually) giving or donating my fine, china, linens and crystal to other tablescaping woman /women who will understand and treasure the value of my collection. There is a sizable community of tablescaping blogger women scattered all over the U.S., Europe and South America. What we all have in common is love of beautiful dishes, entertaining, and decorating beautiful and elaborate themed tables. There is a woman named Susan who lives in Atlanta and she personally helped launch tablescaping blogs to a new level about 10 years ago. Her blog name is betweennapsontheporch. She has an absolutely beautiful blog/web site. I sometimes think that when I finally have to REALLY downsize, I may donate my fine things to her. She’s about 10 years younger than me, I think she would treasure and take really good care of my things.
I’m 61, I think I have 15 to 20 years left of the energy I have today, I will keep collecting fine tableware and tablescaping for a while.