Even if no one ever read a word of it, my writing was my most private and valuable possession.

He sold his last valuable possession, a silk coverlet, to a money-lender.

His one valuable possession appeared to be his diary, which was written in a large, richly ornamented book.

However, their main source of income -- and their most valuable possession -- were the groves of date palms growing in the fertile silt on the river banks.

Passengers have also been left without keys to their homes and cars, and other valuable possessions.