My Question of the Day: You’re on a popular auction site looking for a particular item. By chance, you come across an auction of someone you know—a close relative, actually—and this person is selling an item he/she borrowed from you months ago for a family function and never returned. The item is an antique family heirloom that has been passed down for many, many generations, and you have irrefutable, written proof that it belongs to you. There are several bids on the item, and the latest bid is for over $10,000. What do you do?

My 2 Cents: After I calm down, and stop seeing red, I print out the auction and head over to my relative’s home with that and the irrefutable, written proof that the item belongs to me. If my relative refuses to give me what’s mine, I leave his/her home and go to the nearest police station and file a theft report. If my relative gives me my property, that’s the end of the issue.

We don’t sell family heirlooms if we can help it. If the family was in dire straits, then I would consider selling a family heirloom, but the sale of the keepsake would have to guarantee that the family would get out of its current mess and would keep us from getting into more mess. I’m not selling family heirlooms so Cousin Pete can make his next mortgage payment.

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