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Originally Posted by kenlor
We are not interested in having either a garage or estate sale, but we are interested in selling some of our possessions. These items may include furniture, framed artwork, small kitchen appliances, pot and pans, dishes, utensils, table linens, electronics, cameras, electrical and manual tools, ladders, water hoses, garden tools, work bench and storage cabinets & shelves, camp chairs, etc.
An out of state friend suggested an auction house so if you've had experience with one locally, we would appreciate any recommendations.
Thanks for suggestions or advice.
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Similar experience, did not want a yard or garage sale, and not a complete estate sale as some auction businesses do. So as others on here stated, we had great luck selling items in the "free ad" section of this TOTV's site. List the items with GOOD descriptions of age, condition. Price it "reasonable", by that I mean if you look through some ads, you will recognize that many people believe that an item of furniture, say a patio set, it "worth" about the same as they paid for it new ! We find asking a very reasonable price means it will sell very quickly. Much the way it works when a home is priced correctly, instead of significantly higher and then having people see it lower over a period of months by 5K,10K, 15K, etc. Things priced "right" sell quickly, over valued things slowly, or not at all ! For larger, or quality items, we've also used the consignment businesses and again, everything has sold promptly.