# What is the most valuable thing you have left behind when you have moved out? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 2, 2017, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-valuable-thing-you-have-left-behind-when-you-have-moved-out/790353 "2017-07-02T14:57:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-valuable-thing-you-have-left-behind-when-you-have-moved-out/790353/1 "2017-07-02T14:57:55Z")
Out of anywhere When I moved out of my third home , I left behind 4 of the harry potter books by mistake ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-valuable-thing-you-have-left-behind-when-you-have-moved-out/790353/2 "2017-07-02T15:40:26Z")
I don’t think I’ve ever left anything behind that I’d regret losing. I’ve always doublechecked everything. The things I’d hate to lose are last to go, so I can keep a closer eye on them. When I last moved I left for last a fragile glass sculpture of two cranes, by the glass artist Mitsugi Ohno. I picked it up, and my mom opened and shut doors behind me as I left the apartment, walked down the stairs, got in and out of the car, and entered the new place. I didn’t even want to take the chance of wrapping it. I’m proud to own anything this man made > **[Mitsugi Ohno](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsugi_Ohno)** > > Mitsugi Ohno (大野 貢, Ōno Mitsugi, June 28, 1926 – October 22, 1999) was a Japanese glassblower who worked at the University of Tokyo (1947–1960) and Kansas State University (1961–1996). He was known for blowing a glass Klein bottle and glass models of historic buildings and ships. He told people "Anything that can be made with glass I can make it." > Mitsugi Ohno was born June 28, 1926 in Bato-machi, Tochigi-ken, Japan. His parents were Shigeo Ohno and Tsuya Ohgane Ohno, heads of the family rice f... ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-valuable-thing-you-have-left-behind-when-you-have-moved-out/790353/3 "2017-07-02T16:26:06Z")
My baseball cards when I went to college. My mom took them to the church rummage sale. Mantle and Mays rookie cards. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-valuable-thing-you-have-left-behind-when-you-have-moved-out/790353/4 "2017-07-02T16:47:53Z")
Nothing. I moved stuff most people would have decluttered. (I started to declutter but soon realized it would take me forever.) I expect for most people it would be large, heavy stuff such as furniture and appliances. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-valuable-thing-you-have-left-behind-when-you-have-moved-out/790353/5 "2017-07-02T16:51:22Z")
Does a pool count? I had recently had the liner replaced, I had replaced the filter and pump myself pretty recently also. An in-ground pool is pretty much a hole in the ground you fill with money. ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-valuable-thing-you-have-left-behind-when-you-have-moved-out/790353/6 "2017-07-02T16:51:34Z")
The house! ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-valuable-thing-you-have-left-behind-when-you-have-moved-out/790353/7 "2017-07-02T16:58:14Z")
A hand sander that was a gift from my wife. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-valuable-thing-you-have-left-behind-when-you-have-moved-out/790353/8 "2017-07-02T17:27:24Z")
When we moved out of our rental home in suburban Philadelphia, I left behind the frame and trays of a fluorescent light plant growing stand. Cost me something to replace, but there just wasn’t room in the rented truck. \*I later learned there was a semi-frenzy in the neighborhood among people coming by to snatch up not only the plant stand, but a variety of other inexpensive oddments we left out with the garbage as well as plants and shrubs they dug up from the garden. A couple of over-enthusiasts even tried to haul off the outdoor A/C unit, which must have pleased my sleazy landlord no end. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-valuable-thing-you-have-left-behind-when-you-have-moved-out/790353/9 "2017-07-02T22:03:09Z")
I once had a cherished memento of my favorite composer, Sergei Rachmaninoff. It had a photo of him on the left, and on the right was an autographed letter. It was beautifully matted within a red and gold frame. The piece was bundled along with some original art work. I have no idea what happened to the bundle during the move, but it never wound up in the new place with everything else. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2017, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-valuable-thing-you-have-left-behind-when-you-have-moved-out/790353/10 "2017-07-02T22:39:27Z")
…and my BP meds. Fortunately, had to come back to retrieve our second car and found them in the trash. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-valuable-thing-you-have-left-behind-when-you-have-moved-out/790353/11 "2017-07-03T01:59:36Z")
When I moved to Phoenix, I had everything that I packed make it in one piece, nothing broken, nothing missing. Except for the power cord for my Sabtronics meter. Now, 34 years later, the meter is long gone, but I still think that some day (probably when I move into the Alzheimer’s ward) I will find it when I pack this house, and look in some hidden cranny where I stuffed it for the first move. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-valuable-thing-you-have-left-behind-when-you-have-moved-out/790353/12 "2017-07-03T02:04:44Z")
Somehow, all of my photos of the 1964 Alaska earthquake got left behind in one of my many military moves. Irreplaceable, of course. ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-valuable-thing-you-have-left-behind-when-you-have-moved-out/790353/13 "2017-07-03T02:14:15Z")
I’ve left and given away 2 house and two dogs…I would love to have had the dogs. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-valuable-thing-you-have-left-behind-when-you-have-moved-out/790353/14 "2017-07-03T04:14:42Z")
I left my dignity somewhere in Las Vegas. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-valuable-thing-you-have-left-behind-when-you-have-moved-out/790353/15 "2017-07-03T13:11:15Z")
I left all my wood working tools at my ex’s in the garage when I got divorced. I was supposed to have them up in 6 months but drug my feet a couple months past the day. When I went to pick them up they were gone. Supposedly we were burglarized, her new bow friend happened to be a contractor. Maybe $2,000, all my mechanic tools of much greater value were still in place. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-valuable-thing-you-have-left-behind-when-you-have-moved-out/790353/16 "2017-07-03T14:10:39Z")
Didn’t realize how valuable at the time, but we had a fairly sizable collection of old glass projector slides from the silent movie days sitting in our cellar. Easily between 50 and 100. Not sure where we got 'em from - my dad probably picked them up at a flea market somewhere when I was a toddler. I thought they were neat, but left them there when we moved out. Fast forward a couple of years and some fellow on Antiques Roadshow has a couple boxes on him; the expert tells him they were going for around $75 a pop at the time. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-valuable-thing-you-have-left-behind-when-you-have-moved-out/790353/17 "2017-07-03T16:42:35Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I left my dignity somewhere in Las Vegas. If you ever return, you’re likely to find it still there, untouched. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-valuable-thing-you-have-left-behind-when-you-have-moved-out/790353/18 "2017-07-03T16:52:57Z")
Big things I didn’t want to bother moving: a couch, a dryer, a freezer. It was easier to just leave behind the old one and buy a new one and have it delivered. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-valuable-thing-you-have-left-behind-when-you-have-moved-out/790353/19 "2017-07-03T18:01:41Z")
Of sentimental value mostly–a National Park Passport book with about 12 years worth of stamps. ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-valuable-thing-you-have-left-behind-when-you-have-moved-out/790353/20 "2017-07-03T18:16:49Z")
Moved into a rental house, lived there three years. It wasn’t supposed to be that long, so there was a lot we didn’t unpack. When we left, we left behind a box that had some cookbooks and, I have no idea why, both my husband’s and my college diplomas. Because that’s where they fit, I guess. We didn’t even know we’d left them there until three months later when the landlord dropped them off at our new place with a “thought you might need these” note. (Actually, we did not need these, but I at least was glad to have them back.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-most-valuable-thing-you-have-left-behind-when-you-have-moved-out/790353.md?page=2)