My parents gave me 3 storage units as an early inheritance. They collected vintage toys for decades.
Steph Krim inherited her parents' massive vintage toy collection and drove it from Massachusetts to Chicago to start her own business.
Steph Krim inherited a collection of vintage toys from her parents, who had been collecting them for years as part of their auction business. The collection was stored in three large storage units in Massachusetts. When Steph was 13, eBay changed the toy collecting industry, leading to the collection being put in storage for years.
Recently, Steph's mother offered to sell the collection to her, and after a visit to see the contents, Steph drove 1,000 miles back to Chicago to start unpacking the boxes. The collection includes a wide variety of toys from different eras and franchises, such as Batman, Cabbage Patch, ET, Star Wars, and many Japanese toys from the 90s.
Steph is overwhelmed by the task of sorting through the boxes but feels a personal responsibility to ensure the collection is not wasted. She plans to use the collection to break a Guinness World Record and honor her parents' life's work in collecting.
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