ok i'm going down to florida next week. i'm pretty sure of the place my aunt will move into up here. she can bring her own furniture, and i'll
probably have the car hauled up here, but the rest of the stuff, gotta go. who would i contact to find someone to just sell everything after she leaves? would
a real estate agent be the best contact for that, once i get down there?
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has anyone ever done an estate sale?
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Posts: 553 (07/01/08 5:57 PM) |
Can't help ya, but once you're having it, make sure to invite all of OT. I've heard there might be some folks around here that have bought some
neat stuff at estate sales.
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Posts: 29785 (07/01/08 5:59 PM) Registered user |
ooh what's swazz's email?
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Posts: 8974 (07/01/08 6:00 PM) Guttersnipe |
i think there are usually actual companies that specialize in it.
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Posts: 29786 (07/01/08 6:01 PM) Registered user |
i know, but i've been trying to google, and not seeing any. you'd think florida would be crawling with them.
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Posts: 23373 (07/01/08 6:06 PM) Registered user |
Oooh, I can't wait to see some of the merch. Pics, please.
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Posts: 3160 (07/01/08 6:06 PM) Lazy ass bitch, please |
My mother used to do them when she was an antiques dealer. Hint, the person who runs the estate sale should not get first dibs on the best stuff.
Maybe google for estate liquidators.
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Posts: 583 (07/01/08 6:10 PM) |
if she is keeping anything of value, the rest could likely be donated to disable vets or something. could at least get a receipt for taxes. or if you want
money for it, i would contact a used furniture/antiques store and see if they bid on the whole lot.
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Posts: 5352 (07/01/08 6:13 PM) Registered user |
We are having my dad's estate sale on Saturday. Yes, a realtor can help, but we just called an auctioneer and he tagged and made a list of stuff and
organized the whole thing for mom. Good luck!
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Posts: 553 (07/01/08 6:15 PM) Registered User |
Most go the route of the auctioneer down here. They will come pick up everything, sell it off at public auction; usually combined with several other items or
estates and they take a percentage. Nice and easy way to do it - not drawn out and painful. I have to warn you that summer means lower bids though. I was an
auction regular when furnishing my house.
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Posts: 65 (07/01/08 6:16 PM) |
sorry about your Dad, miri, hasn't it been awhile since he died?
And dmb, if you are having and estate sale and don't know what you are doing, let me know I'll be camped out at 5 am! |
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Posts: 5353 (07/01/08 6:19 PM) Registered user |
Thanks, Nilla. His estate just recently got settled, even though he left a legal will and had no debts. Gotta love the Canadian legal system *crosses self
cause after all, it's Canada Day*
He was dead one year on the 24th of June. RIP Daddy |
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Posts: 16434 (07/01/08 6:25 PM) Registered User |
SmrtAss wrote: I've always wondered about that. Like they would sift through all of the expensive shit, offer the seller "fair" price, and the sell off the rest. It's the stuff you would think is worthless that can be worth $$$$$/
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Posts: 554 (07/01/08 6:25 PM) Registered User |
If you choose an auction - tell me where. I'll go and drive the bids up in a frenzy.
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Lazigal has it right.
I call dibs on the housecoats and mu-mu's. |
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Posts: 556 (07/01/08 6:32 PM) Registered User |
Then I want the milkglass and melamine, providing the scratches can be bleached out.
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Posts: 3089 (07/01/08 6:35 PM) Registered user |
Any fabric purses in the sale? I'm all OVER those!
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Posts: 3161 (07/01/08 6:38 PM) Lazy ass bitch, please |
hossc wrote: An ethical estate liquidator would not cherry pick, but offer the complete estate for sale, and ethics aside, if they want repeat business they won't
cherry pick. They get an agreed upon percentage of the total amount, and the owner gets the rest.
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dmb154678 |
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Posts: 29787 (07/01/08 6:46 PM) Registered user |
punta gorda aka my personal hell in the very near future
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Posts: 1694 (07/01/08 6:53 PM) |
SmrtAss wrote: My aunt used an agency for her estate sale. They "lost" valuable items before the sale, and also earmarked things for their purchase before the
rest of the world saw them.
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