Advice for lazy, stingy packrats willing to "make others do things"

I thought of a way my dead hand can do some tricks.

Tell people you wish to give your collectables to, including unorganized, uncharacterized paperwork, that there is "something[s] of value therein." If they care for you, they'll go through your effects post-mortem more carefully than, say, a burglar or scavenger.

My wife is still alive.  I'm not worried.