All That Jazz

These belonged to my late father-in-law, and were found when we cleared the house in 2016. Mrs C remembers him playing both instruments, invariably dressed like Acker Bilk - fancy waistcoat and bowler hat. And we have photos showing that he had also played in various bands, pretty much since he was at college.
When we discovered the saxophone, it was just chucked up in the roof space. Neither of us could play it, but we decided to have it lightly restored so that it could be played. The clarinet was in a much worse condition when we found it in a very damp outhouse. Filthy dirty and covered in mould, it took a lot of drying out and cleaning to get it to a reasonable state. We decided not to do anything else with it though at that time. My father-in-law passed away in 2000, so these instruments, which were so dear to him, had effectively just been left to rot until we found them sixteen years later.
Obviously, Mrs C kept them for sentimental reasons and they have lived in our (clean and dry) loft for the past nine years. At the Graham Gouldman concert the other night, however, he did a song about how musical instruments need to be played, not just stored away, and this struck a chord (no pun intended) with Mrs C. She has the photos and memories of her father playing his saxophone and clarinet, and it is highly unlikely that either of us are going to have a sudden epiphany and decide we want to learn to play them. So she has decided that we should try and sell them to someone who will play them so they will make music once again.
I took them to R&T Music this morning as they previously arranged the refurbishment of the saxophone. Although primarily guitar dealers, they do have plenty of contacts for other musical instruments so I’m hopeful they will be able to sort something.
As regards value - who knows? The clarinet is a good make - Selmer - but has been affected by the damp conditions it was previously stored in and would almost certainly need new pads and cork seals before it would play again. The saxophone is more interesting. A bit of online research has revealed it was made by a company called Frank Holton in Elkhorn, Wisconsin, USA in 1926. So, almost a century old, which means it would have been quite old by the time my father-in-law acquired it.
Which might be a good thing - after all, vintage guitars are much prized by today’s players. My own Telecaster is 20 years old and plays perfectly. Maybe the same principle applies to vintage saxophones…