Just a thought, and by no means a damnation of anyone

I recently was posed with a moral quandary…

One of my wife’s work colleagues heard of my interest in collecting German militaria….it seems her grandfather survived the war and emigrated from war torn germany reestablishing himself in Australia and prospered….he recently passed and she was tasked with sorting his affairs. On cleaning out his basement she came across a trunk filled with various items and his war diary, which revealed some of the secrets of his wartime activities which caused her some anxiousness as to wether tell the family….I was not, and did not want to be privy to what the diaries contained….suffice to say she asked my wife if I could come over and give her an idea of what was there and to make some connection to what was in the diaries…. It turned out he wax a Grossdeutchsland veteran and amongst his items was a SD M40 helmet, complete, some tunics, armelband, field gear, EK2 with documentation, caed silver wound badge and a sports badge….she then old me to take whatever I wanted as her main interest was the diaries, and my information enabled her to put things into a historical contest….well apart from my jaw hitting the floor and the drooling, I couldn’t not tell her she had some very desirable items, that were worth a bit of money…..the collector in me was screaming, but I put her into contact with a local dealer friend, and he offered her AU8000 for the lot, which she happily accepted….
I missed out on this stuff for free, but I felt better knowing I had done the right thing…..

Any thoughts?