My parents gave me 3 storage units as an early inheritance. They collected vintage toys for decades.
Source: Business Insider ·
Steph Krim inherited her parents' massive vintage toy collection and drove it from Massachusetts to Chicago to start her own business.
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Steph Krim inherited her parents' collection of vintage toys.Courtesy of Steph KrimSteph Krim grew up surrounded by vintage toys her parents collected for their auction business.Her parents gave her the collection as an early inheritance after years in storage.She drove 1,000 miles to bring it home and is turning it into a new business.This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Steph Krim. It has been edited for length and clarity.I had always been that weird kid whose family collected things.My parents had a catalog toy auction business. This was before eBay existed. We'd travel all around the world, finding things — mainly toys — for our collection.My mother would photograph the items and paste the photographs into the catalog, and my father would type the descriptions of each item using a typewriter. Then the catalog would be sent out to potential customers, along with a list of how much previous items had sold for. People would call up or send in their bids by mail.We…
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