Caring Transitions St. Louis
Estate Sales Services
314-962-4200

An estate sale is generally held to liquidate or
downsize one's personal property. Some
reasons include retirement, relocation,
divorce, remodeling, re-decorating or the
combining of two households. If you are
the executor of an estate, you may be
responsible for liquidation of the contents
of a relative's home. There are different estate sales strategies available to liquidate personal property. The Caring Transitions St. Louis Estate Sales Management consultants will meet with you to learn about your setting, needs, requirements, timelines, and contacts and then develop a solution that is most responsive to your situation. At this meeting expectations will be discussed and established between us.

The Caring Transitions St Louis Dealer and Private Buyer Network Sales Strategy:

• The Caring Transitions St Louis Preferred Partner network knows what they are looking for, the resale or collectible value of the antiques and items they want, and are generally willing to pay more than the general public, who is looking for bargains.
• A reduction in Liability from the risks associated with the general public including a slip and fall, other accident, breakage, or theft are lowered by inviting several dozen professional buyers rather than an open sale event.
• Unadvertised private estate sales reduce the risk of burglary or vandalism of the vacant residence.
• Our Preferred Partner network of dealers and buyers know that they must pay fair prices for items or risk being dropped from our preferred partner list, whereas the general public enjoys bargaining for the lowest possible price.
• Dealers and professional buyers usually buy multiple items or items in lots, while the general public often buys only one or two items at a time.
• Privacy: Private estate sales may enable the disposal of personal property more quickly with less expense and risk than holding sales open to the public, because public sales entail the added expense of advertising, advertising lead time, and additional labor to supervise the estate sale.

Public Estate Sales Strategy:

A general estate sale open to the public is a popular estate liquidation strategy and is typically buyer and dealer responsive. Our estate sales management team will determine if it may be necessary for you to invest in some cleaning, staging and pricing activities to present the estate in its best condition and eye appeal for the sale.

Caring Transitions Saint Louis Estate Sales Management Team

• Will bring in a bonded cleaning crew to clean the residence and items in preparation for a 1 or 2 day onsite estate sale.
• Professionally staging the for-sale items in attractive displays making sure each item is priced appropriately,
• Advertise the estate sale through classified ads, the internet, and our own personal list of contacts. Following the preparations,
• Hold the estate sale on consecutive days
• If needed, at the buyer's expense arrange for delivery of larger items such as furniture.

Specialty Auctions and Consignment Sales

Rare antiques, coin and stamp collections, jewelry, expensive memorabilia and high-value collectibles are marketed by us to a global market through our preferred Auction partner Fathertime Auctions. Other antiques, collectibles and reasonably valuable small items may be put up for auction on eBay through Caring Transitions Internet Sales department. Antiques and valuable items that might not be accepted for sale by an auction house can be placed for consignment sale in appropriate stores.

Caring Transitions St Louis Estate Sale Management Services Include

• Feasibility Assessment
• Marketing your sale items
• Insured and Bonded to offer Two- day conducted Estate Sale
• Three and four day sales conducted for larger estates
• Guide you in securing permits where required
• Researching, inspecting, and evaluating each item in the estate for sale
• Pricing all items by two Certified Personal Property Appraisers members of the Certified Appraisal Guild of America
• Arranging of advertising and promotion of the sale in local newspapers ads, web site posting
• Photographing for the website advertising
• Pictures and descriptions of your items will be uploaded on our websites www.ctstlouis.com and www.caringtransitions.net for buyers viewing.
• e-mail notices to our estate sale subscribers
• Organizing and displaying household contents for sale
• Providing display tables and any additional items needed for set-up
• Professional on-site signage
• Courteous, knowledgeable staff to insure a professionally run estate sale
• Negotiating sales prices and making deals assuring a fair price
• Once sale is complete we remove all set up items (such as tables etc). Any remaining items need to be disposed of by owner or executor of the estate
• Home will be broom swept clean after completion of the sale
• All unsold items can be donated to a charitable organization
• Full payment within 5 days of sale completion

This list of services is intended as a general outline and not a limitation of our services to help you. Caring Transitions St Louis is based in Saint Louis, Missouri

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