Hello All- over the last 5 months i have been subject to some mental anguish which is driving me insane. About 5 months ago i woke up blind in my left eye.As you can imagine this was a big shock. The diagnosis was permanent loss of sight after a blood clot killed all the cells in my optic nerve. I have battled my way back for now but i am quickly losing the once driving passion for sign collecting, having only bought 1 sign in the last 5 months.

I have to seriously consider whether to keep or sell my signs. I have until 30th March ( the NSW motoring museum are visiting my collection) once they have been i will need to make a big decision.Ill keep you all informed as i will offer all members first choice--David 

 hi david so sorry to hear about your sight . my advice if there worth alot of money . sell them and do all the things youv ever dreamnt of doing . sean

Hi David, it must have been a massive shock and life changing trauma overnight.      My brother is battling cancer and he too suffered a stroke which did the same as you.   After the initial  realism which he thought that everything was ending sooner than he thought it would , he didnt make rash life changing decisions, and says now he's glad he didnt, which put his life into perspective.       If you have your signs as your passion in life, you have to comes to terms what your life would be without them, that is, once theyve gone, would you have long term regrets?       You say it was 5 months back, so obviously youve gone through some time to ponder, but these things do need time , if you need the dosh fair enough,if not, this could be a life changing decision with more consequence than you think. As my brother said," I've got another buggering eye, if I lose that, then the decision is easier".   Needless to say, I'm sure everyone on this forum understands your feelings, and wishes you all the very best.   Thinking of you, and hope things adapt and improve,all the best Rich 

 Hi David ,

Really sorry to hear your bad news ..
I had a health scare a few years back and it certainly changes your priorities .
I am still working towards disposing of my collection . A daunting task...

In retrospect , I'm glad I did not sell it off back then and taking the decision to catalogue it and prepare it ( slowly  ) for sale , is one I have not regretted . 

A shake up like that puts things in perspective , and  somewhat diminishes the desire to acquire more and the appreciation of  what you have created  .

I have had two good friends make the decision over the years to sell up completely. Both hard core long time collectors . Interesting that both of them confided that apart from some expected anxiety , it was in fact a relief to move on .
I would take as much time as possible if I were you .. Such a large part of your life for so long.

All the best and wishing you the best possible outcome ..

Relics

Hi david ,the amount of times ive sat here  looking at your collection thinking how did u do that its a credit to u.. I rerember going on this site several years ago and thinking i would love a collection like that and of i went ..after several trips to freds /beaulieu all over the  place driving my wife round the bend looking for signs i have to blame u .. ha ha, Hope things can be ok for u in future..

Rgds, Philip Wills.

 Hello David, 

I am sorry to see this message strand to find out that you have this problem and I think that the advice given by others is from the heart,  you are a key collector in Aus. If you do decide to make space for emotional or finacial reasons, sell the worse or least loved items first...and be sure to ask for myself or Alex's help to relocate them if the forum doesn't do it quickly for you. 

Kindest Heartfelt Regards

Gary Dowell