Owen says that Mona is angry with the "theft" of the valuable heirlooms.

These were believed to have their own mana, handed down as valuable heirlooms, and often given as gifts to seal important agreements.

The spectacles were the most valuable heirloom of the Constable's family; they had passed from defeated father to victorious son for more than a hundred generations.

Likewise, something that we think should be on the inside ends up leaving, like a valuable heirloom being stolen or a lover having an affair with somebody else.

Sometimes a particularly precious sado was handed down from mother to daughter and considered a valuable heirloom.

Several factors are helping to turn nuclear white elephants into valuable heirlooms.

Some time ago, she knew, he had pledged his most valuable heirloom to a merchant.

He considered a whistle used by his wife Sandra to be his most valuable heirloom from his playing days.

Even when she lands in prison after helping an unscrupulous antiques dealer buy a valuable heirloom at bargain prices, she maintains a blithe detachment.

Every elven family had valuable heirlooms that simply could not be left behind-everything from fanciful magical clocks to harps that played themselves.