Get fair market value for estate contents, including coins, estate jewelry, paintings, collections, memorabilia, and many more items at our estate auctions.
When you need the help of an auctioneer it may be under difficult circumstances. An estate personal representative (formerly known as an executor) has to handle a wide variety of tasks that they need to handle. Central Mass Auctions will manage the process of selling estate contents for you.
We can identify items of special value that perhaps should sell at our antique auctions. Selling other items, such as fine furnishings, at an estate sale, where all items are priced and sold inside the home may be a better method for those items. Other services, like online auctions, work well in certain situations. We can offer suggestions on everything from donating items to hiring a company for a clean-out. With over 25 years of experience, our advice can help you during this difficult time. See our page on Estate Sales vs Auctions: What’s the Best Way to Sell Your Items?
Although Central Mass Auctions can identify which items are more valuable and should be sold at an estate auction and when an estate sale might be a better alternative, typically a combined approach is best, with some items going to auction and others being sold at an estate sale. We also offer estate appraisal services when needed.
We work with estate personal representatives (formerly known as executors), attorneys and accountants. A well-publicized, well-attended estate auction is a proven method to ensure that your antiques, jewelry, collections, rare and valuable items sell for fair market value. A personal representative has a fiduciary responsibility to maximize the amount that the personal property in an estate will yield. Estate auctions are a proven way for a personal representative to meet these obligations.
Central Mass Auctions has auctioned estate contents for clients in and near Boston and Central Mass, and throughout Massachusetts and New England.
We have traveled to Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Florida. Clients have shipped antiques for inclusion in our antique estate from Kentucky, Texas and Washington State, among others.
Our estate auctions are well-promoted. We have an extensive email and U.S. mail list. We promote items through our website, paid and free websites, and social media. Our goal is to get serious bidders to our auction hall to competitively bid for the quality pieces that we sell resulting in getting the highest prices for our consignors. We also provide estate sales and estate appraisal services.
Call Central Mass Auctions at 508-612-6111, or email us through the contact form below.
What should you do to prepare for an estate auction or sale?
There are several steps you can take to prepare for an estate sale or auction.
- Throw away any old food that’s in the fridge or cupboards.
- Photograph the contents of your home before the sale or auction.
- Pick up any items you or your family members want and remove them from the home.
- Gather up deeds, ownership records, titles, and other paperwork that can help verify the authenticity or provenance of various items.
After that, you can sit back and let us do all the work.
Why can’t you just run your own estate sale?
You could, but you won’t get the best results.
We handle estate sales and auctions every day. We know exactly what steps to take to get your sale in front of people who are willing to spend good money on what you have to offer.
Plus, there are a thousand details to worry about when you run these sales. We handle them for you. For example:
- We assess your items to see what is valuable.
- We handle the marketing. We know where to advertise to bring plenty of quality buyers to your door.
- We price items realistically. When you own the items, the temptation is to overvalue them. We price them to sell.
- We’re licensed and insured, which means you’re covered if buyers damage the home or the items.
- We handle the necessary security to ensure that your items are secured until they are sold.
- We take care of staging, ensuring your items look as appealing and as interesting as possible.
- Estate sales can take several days. We can work all of those days.
- If there are items to be auctioned, we set up and run the auction.
In short, we do everything we can do to keep your estate sale profitable.
What should I throw away and what should I keep?
Don’t throw a single thing away (except the food), at least until we look at it. You might be surprised how much even an old theater ticket might be worth to the right buyer. We’ll appraise everything so you don’t end up selling a valuable item or collection for pennies on the dollar.
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If you’ve recently inherited a home full of furniture, art, collectibles, and the other items of day-to-day living, reach out to us. We’ll help you get the most of it.
