We have over 20 years of experience and thousands of sales under our belt and our goal is to relieve the burden for you, and liquidate the items in your home in a professional manner that's profitable for everyone!
Don't Throw Anything Away!
Let us determine if an item has value. We have countless stories of items tossed that would have brought good money at the sale.
Please do not have a garage sale before the Estate Sale.
The more items we have in the sale, the better the attendance will be.
There needs to be SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE!
How Does It Work?
Before the Sale
We begin by meeting with you and completing a walk-through at the home, determining what is for sale and getting possible history on some of the items.
We ask that the family members remove anything that they are keeping, or that is "not for sale". Sometimes this is hard to do before we start organizing for the sale and AGES can suggest some alternatives for you.
At this time, we will determine the best date for the sale, secure a contract and pick up a key.
We will need to access the home 5-10 days before the sale to start organizing. We bring in our own supplies, tables, table draping, cash register and pricing equipment.
We spend the first 2 days sorting, throwing out trash and bringing everything out of the cupboards, drawers & cabinets.
We move furniture and items around for a "better flow" for customers and display.
We start tagging and pricing 1-2 days before the sale. We have many years of experience and know on most things what the Corpus Christi market is bringing.
Most items are able to be researched on site. We may remove some items to continue doing further research after work hours. Sometimes, we will need to consult with specific appraisers that work with our company often.
All jewelry will be removed to be taken and sorted and tagged at home, fine jewelry will be taken to a jeweler for appraisal. It will be brought back into the home the morning of the sale, fine jewelry will be secured in closed cases.
Sometimes we will bring in a few items to sell at your sale for another client after consulting with you of course. We make sure these items ENHANCE your sale. AGES does not operate or own an Antique Store, Resale Store etc., this can sometimes cause a conflict of interest. Any items we may bring in will be from actual clients that simply have a few items to sell and not enough for an estate sale. Any remaining items from other clients will be removed before we leave and will not be part of the cleanout fee assessment.
We have several workers on our staff that work with us all the time, most have worked with us for years. They are friendly, well trained and professional at all times.
advertising & Marketing
We also advertise on Craigslist, Facebook, Estatesales.net and our website anotherestatesale.com.
AGES also has an email list with over 1,500 email addresses of buyers who frequent our sales.
Email reminders are sent weekly announcing our featured sales.
We also target cities around us and all throughout the state, we even have customers out of state who view our sales as well.
We place signs in the yard of the home and on corners in accordance with the city code and restrictions.
Sale details and 100+ photos are posted on the website 2-3 days before the sale and an email blast is sent out 2 days before the sale as a reminder, for security reasons we release the address the morning of the sale by 630am.
The Sale
Most sales last 1-2 days and sometimes 3 days if we think its necessary. We will determine this at the time of our "walk through".
FAMILY MEMBERS WILL BE ASKED NOT TO BE AT THE SALE. It is very emotional and can hurts sales and be difficult for the family members to witness. We can assure you that the majority of customers love the items they’re purchasing and are respectful of the home and it’s contents.
After the sale, we can give you the contact for the cleanout team, they will charge a fee which will be determined after the sale is complete. The fee is dependent on the amount of items remaining, as well as, trash and debris. We use the same clean up crew for all our sales and they will let us know after the sale how much it will be. They will donate items to charity and bring the receipt to give to you.
We do not CLEAN the home, only clear it. If you have chosen to have everything left in the home, we will remove our items, tidy up and place leftovers on counters, etc.
Cost to You
Our fee to run the sale is 33% - 35%. If we must go out of town, our fee is 40%.
We pay for all the workers, advertising, supplies and setup out of our part.
We do accept credit cards, so the profits will be available on Tuesdays and your percentage will be sent to you in the agreed upon format.