I need help/advice on where to start on selling items I have been storing for years that I inherited from my great grandparents,grandparents and both parents all deceased. Furniture,books,glassware,toys,some things I dont even know what they are…any one have time to clue me in on where to begin??? Have an estate auction,sell outright…any ideas?? Much appreciated for your time. My son is moving out on his own and I have no ties/family left, I would love to move cross country but have so much stuff. It is a huge weight.
Make sure to check an auctioneer’s reputation before you engage them. I was at an estate auction and saw the auctioneer wait until a serious buyer drifted away and then he called the auction for expensive stone working machines. In minutes his preferred buyer grabbed up the machines for $100 when they were worth thousands. The machines were in the basement and the auctioneer threw in that auction outside in the midst of auctioning boxes of kitchen gadgets. It was clear he ripped off the estate and really just gave the expensive equipment away. There was no fair bidding on that lot.