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Mark your calendars for our upcoming estate sales!

2/10 & 11: Lake in the Hills sale (details coming soon)

3/2 & 3/3: Elgin sale

 

We are currently accepting appointments for FREE estate sale assessments.

If you or someone you know has a home in need of content liquidation, please call us at 847-488-0644.

REMEMBER THE GOLDEN RULE OF PREPARING A HOUSE FOR AN ESTATE SALE:

One Man's Junk often IS Another Man's Treasure.

1. DON'T THROW ANYTHING AWAY ...

until we've had a chance to look at it! Please take that literally!

We once did a sale in which more than HALF the value of the estate had already been bagged for the trash or for donation. They thought it was just old clothes and bric a brac... we uncovered vintage designer pieces and rare pottery pieces that were among the first items sold and the most expensive things in the whole house.

DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU!

2. DON'T GIVE ANYTHING AWAY, DON'T DONATE ANYTHING ...

See above!

3. DON'T SELL ANYTHING ...

until we've had a chance to look at it! People often think they need to take the "good stuff" to a dealer or auction house in order to get top dollar. However, estate sales usually net you MORE of the money than alternative ways of selling things off.

We're as able to sell items worth thousands of dollars as we are to sell something for a buck. We do it all the time ... and that's why experience matters. If it needs a bigger audience, we'll put it online and find you the top dollar wherever it is in the world. EVERYTHING that can be sold legally should be sold at an estate sale .... and it will always be to the estate's benefit to let us find the buyer for you.

4. DON'T THINK IT'S NOT COLLECTIBLE JUST BECAUSE IT'S NOT A "FANCY ANTIQUE".

The most collectible (and sometimes most valuable) items in an estate these days are circa the 1920s through the 1970s. It'll be in the kitchen cabinets. It'll be in the attic. It'll be tucked into a cupboard in the basement that hasn't been opened in 50 years.

It'll be the old costume jewelry in the dresser drawer, the vintage hat way back in the closet, or maybe the old bike in the rafters of the garage. It's behind the basement bar. It's in with the box of old Christmas decorations (or better yet: old Halloween decorations!).

It's often printed on a piece of paper, or a matchbook, or a ticket stub, or a photograph, postcard, brochure, menu, placemat, or napkin.

Spotting the "good stuff" takes years of experience, research, and instincts. We've got all that ... and we want to put it to work for you.

We've sold everything from Aluminum foil to Zoo-keeper's uniforms, so keep it right where it is until we've had a look!

 

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