Selling Estate Household Items by Auction

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Planning an estate sale is not only time consuming, but it’s also a lot of work. Organizing the items, pricing them, finding someone to help facilitate the sale for you—it’s no easy task. In addition to all the work, you still have to market your estate sale and hope that people show up to purchase your items.

Fortunately, selling your items by auction is a little-known, yet seamless way to rid yourself of unwanted items. Dakil Auctioneers is experienced in estate sale auctions and can help you with all your planning needs.

Why It’s Less Hassle to Use an Auctioneer

Hosting an estate sale requires a lot of manpower, resources, and time, which are typically in short supply when planning an estate sale. When you work with an auctioneer, they can keep inventory, organize your items, and prepare and conduct the sale itself.

This additional assistance takes away the preparation work of setting up an estate sale. A good auctioneer can do all of this for you and minimize the work on your end.

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3 Steps to a Successful Estate Auction

Step 1: Sort Your Items

While a good auctioneer can do this for you, it’s good practice to know exactly what you want to sell before you choose an auctioneer. This will enable you to go straight to the auctioneer and tell them your needs and expectations from the sale.

Once your items are sorted, your auctioneer can then take inventory of each item and begin to organize how they are going to facilitate and market the sale.

Step 2: Find an Experienced Auctioneer

Now that you have sorted items, you can begin the search for an auctioneer who will then organize and take inventory of your items. However, it’s important to choose an auctioneer that is not only experienced, but has done household auctions before.

Not all auctions should be treated the same, and working with an auctioneer that is familiar with your specific type of auction can determine how much money you make at the end of the sale.

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Step 3: Market Your Auction

Setting up your auction does not end with putting it on the schedule. Marketing your auction to ensure that interested parties will be in attendance and ready to make purchases will define the success of your auction.

At Dakil, we have a refined marketing process that uses a variety of mediums to ensure that people all over the region who are interested in household item auctions are informed of your auction and can either bid in person or online.

Auctioning your household items instead of hosting an estate sale can maximize your profits and save you planning time in the process. At Dakil, we are experienced in estate sale auctions and can answer any of your questions along the way. For more information, read about the auctions that we host and contact us today.

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