There is always that person at an estate sale who asks ” What do you do with the stuff that’s left after the sale is over?!” (Because there always IS stuff left over, regardless of how large or small the inventory.) Sarcasm, my closest friend, honed through many an estate sale encounter, overwhelms my goodContinue reading “The Stuff Left After the Stuff That Sold!”
Category Archives: Collectibles
Would You Buy Your Mother’s Dirty Old Sofa! And Please leave the Steinway!
As an estate sale sales agent/organizer/conductor I have seen a lot of stuff in 21 years! Most of my clients have left behind very nice to marginal personal property, both downsizers and estates but there have been those who have been completely wrong in their expectations of what an estate sale can sell. For instance,Continue reading “Would You Buy Your Mother’s Dirty Old Sofa! And Please leave the Steinway!”
S.Y.S: Selling Your Stuff- Since 1999
What Do We Sell!?
Items sold at client’s estate and downsizing sales
Downsizing & Selling Your Stuff? Minimize Your Expectations & Maximize Your Planning!
To Boomers and Seniors or Estates considering downsizing and why and how to sell their stuff by any method- Auction, Online Auction or Onsite Estate Sale- The Reality of Stuff All estate sale companies do the pretty much the same thing- We all sell as much as we can over the period of the estateContinue reading “Downsizing & Selling Your Stuff? Minimize Your Expectations & Maximize Your Planning!”
Real Estate, Financial Consultants, Therapists- Is STUFF Holding Your Clients Back From a Better Life?
Things Find Their Way Back Home! This Wedding Dress Did!
Home Resources Kovels Komments News, News, News Missing 1948 Wedding Dress Found at Antiques Shop Missing 1948 Wedding Dress Found at Antiques Shop Feb 15, 2017 Antiques often seem to find their owners. Jane Foster, a shopper in Grand Junction, Colorado, was walking down the street when she saw her mother’s wedding picture in anContinue reading “Things Find Their Way Back Home! This Wedding Dress Did!”
Pack Rat or Hoarder? 6 Signs That Tell The Difference
As a downsizer, organizer, estate seller I’ve been working in the People and Their Stuff Business, intensely for 18 years. Here’s a great article from HP. If you’re on the fringe, take a step back and go see a doctor for a OCD prescription. Not kidding. I’ve worked with so many people who are incapable ofContinue reading “Pack Rat or Hoarder? 6 Signs That Tell The Difference”
10 Collectibles Not Worth Collecting Anymore…KOVELS.Com
https://www.kovels.com/latest-news/10-collectibles-not-worth-collecting-anymore.html Terry Kovel was interviewed for this article that appeared in the March 15, 2012 issue of The Bottom Line/Personal publication. It is reprinted with the permission of Bottom Line/Personal, http://www.BottomLinePublications.com. Are you expecting those Hummel figurines to help pay your kids’ college tuition? Better hope the kids earn scholarships. Collecting is fun, but itContinue reading “10 Collectibles Not Worth Collecting Anymore…KOVELS.Com”
