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sentimental value (usually uncountable, plural sentimental values)

1. The personal value of an object, derived from the personal memories associated with it.
   • 2026 July 2, Sam Jones, “Valuable Spanish painting left on street salvaged by man who liked its frame”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Despite putting up posters appealing for information to help them locate “a painting of great sentimental value” – but carefully avoiding any mention of Sorolla or the picture’s value – they drew a blank until Tuesday.

• Hatzimoysis, Anthony (2003). Sentimental Value. The Philosophical Quarterly 53 (212), p. 373–379. doi:10.1111/1467-9213.00318. [2]
• “sentimental value”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.