Most of us have things we were given years ago that we cannot simply throw away, even though they're of no use and are often simply gathering dust somewhere in the corner of a room.
Whether it's the ticket to the movie you went to see on your first-ever date, or a woolly cap that was knitted by your dear departed grandma, such stuff often carries a personal, sentimental value that is too emotional for others to really comprehend.
You would think that anyone who collects mountains of such mementos must have lots of fond memories bound up with them. Otherwise, why would anyone accumulate 250,000 pieces of, well, old junk — those tiny tin toys that you once got as freebies when you bought a box of sweets, or empty soda bottles from long, long ago, or plastic masks of heroes and villains from now-vintage television anime shows?