Dishonesty is Public Enemy #1 In the Estate Sales Business!

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An Open Letter To Estate Sales Professionals Up for Auction at Heritage Auction House July 16, 2011 (Estimate: $7,000 – $12,000) Dear Estate Sales Professional, I think that most of us are, to our core, honest and forthright in both our dealings with our clients as well as with our customer bases. Most of us [...]

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 [...]

It’s Monday In Estate Sales Land

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Estate Sales? Better Than any business I know…! It’s 6:00am here folks. Getting up early, starting the day before the first roosters crow, well it’s all part of the estate sales business. If you are afraid of hard work, getting your hands dirty or rising before the sun does, then the estate sales business is [...]

A Reader Asks…

The Estate Sales Business seen as a Maze

“I’d Like To Know How To Work In The Estate Sales Business” As you might imagine I get at least a few questions about how to work for, or how to start an Estate Sales Business every week. People are looking for different ways to generate additional incomes as a side jobs or they’re looking [...]

Give Antiques and Collectibles Visitors What They Want

Or They Won’t Buy Your Antiques It’s That Simple Here’s The Big Web Secret: It ain’t personal; whether a visitor buys an antique or stays on your website is dependent on one thing and one thing only. Is your site useful to their search, to their objective for visiting your site in the first place. [...]