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The standard joke here is that when we sell the CT home, we will sell it for $380K furnished and $400K unfurnished.
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Love that!
I will second the caution against auction houses. Their fees add up quickly -- they may charge to add items to their catalog, photograph them, transport them, etc. -- and odds are you won't get as much as you would on eBay because the buyer population there is so much bigger. Also, if items don't sell at auction, you're either stuck with them again or have to pay the auction house to store them until their next auction. Ugh, never again.
Big pieces can't easily go on eBay, but I had good luck with selling furniture via Craigs List. The downside is scheduling all the individual buyer vists and whatnot, then helping them haul it away. (Nobody brings the appropriate size truck!) If I was doing it again, I'd go the estate sale route.