The personal property estate sale is one of the more difficult tasks in processing an estate. There are items that have special meaning to the heirs and there are items that have personal value in excess of their market value. These items need to be addressed in a compassionate and realistic environment.
The first part of this process should be for the heirs to identify those special items and set them aside for individual consideration. They can be excluded from any sale or they can be identified as having a minimum sale price below which the items will not be sold.
There are also personal articles that the family may wish to keep and which have little market value, such as family pictures, awards, professional certificates and diaries. We place these items in marked bankers boxes for the family to review at their leisure.
A special service available is a detailed analysis of the items sold. Rather than a gross figure received for the items, we can provide a detailed count of the number of items by category and with special entries for those items having minimum sale prices.
We can also add improved security to areas of the home having high value items.
Some items will produce a higher value if they are offered through other sales channels in advance of a public sale. We enlist the assistance of knowledgeable specialists to value your personal property, especially when collectibles are involved. A recent miniature anvil collection led us to Mr. Jock Dempsey who was most helpful in identifying the most valuable of items so that they could be set aside from the public sale and offered in a more competitive venue. see: http://www.anvilfire.com/anvils/mini_anvils_index.php.
These are a few of the ways Medallion Estates, LLC will maximize your estate value and alleviate much of the stress that organizing the personal property can create. Please contact us to review these and many other ways in which we accomplish the tasks that you direct, both expediting the process and saving you time, money and worry as you work through probate.
Medallion Estates
Ken@medallionestates.com
(253) 312-5960