Everything said here about collectibles is also true about your family heirlooms. Use the china. Put grandma's quilt on the guest bed. It's nothing if it isn't used. Besides if it survives? Everyone will know whose it was and why you kept it. They'll never know if it's boxed and away.
miss fern 🏳️⚧️😘unseal your cards, unseal your comics, take things out of the fucking box. it's all just cardboard and plastic. fuck the resale market