I'm glad you're following everyone's advice to get rid of it all in an expedient manner. I doubt you'll regret it.
This thread reminds me of an uncle of mine. He owned several old cars. He wanted to sell them but refused to accept that their value was only what someone was,willing to pay for them so he refused every offer made for any of them. As a result they sat there and depreciated more and more until the day he died. Then his son had the task of calling the junkyard...