My mother, when down sizing, was getting rid of many valuable things, furniture and other pieces. She had an estate sale appraiser come in and attach a value/price to everything. She then gave each of us an imaginary amount of money (same amount) and we all had first dibs to “buy” what we wanted with our imaginary money. Worked out well and the rest was sold at an estate sale.
She has already had all of her jewelry appraised and divided equitably in her will. She has asked if there are any particular pieces any of us want and she tried to accommodate that in her equitable distribution. If any of us ever gave her jewelry, she has already given that back to the person who gave it to her.
We all get along very well and she wants absolutely no bad feelings among her children when she dies.
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