Estate Sales? Auctions? Which Is Best?

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The Short Answer: Both Are Best! I have spent the last 16 years selling and marketing Antiques and Collectibles for clients throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. In that time I have sold every conceivable kind of item that you can find in a home – endless stacks of Tupperware, dishes galore, burnt Teflon pots [...]

Are Auctioneers Like Pickers?

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In a Word…Yes! Most medium to large Auction Houses are Antiques and Collectibles Pickers who want only your best! (Michigan Auction – June 1938 by William Vandivert From Life Magazine) Question: What will you do with the rest? When Skinners, Bonham’s and Christie’s come knocking on your door, make no mistake, they are looking for [...]

The World of Estate Sales and Estate Liquidation: What to do with firearms?

The Lone Rangers Gun, Plus The Pistol I’d Have If I Were a Vaquero…

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As a kid I watched the Lone Ranger – like every Saturday morning… There are just so many things you might find in a house that have incredible value. Here is one that’s coming up for auction mid January. This is the lot description: The Lone Ranger – Brace Beemer – Documented Double Hand-Tooled and [...]

Estate Sales or Auctions?

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To successfully liquidate an estates personal property, my recommendation is to adopt a two tier approach