Your St. Louis Estate Sale & Online Auction Solution
St. Louis Estate Sellers are dedicated to selling your estate and household contents. The process of selling an estate, household, farm, or collection involves multiple factors, leading to many questions. Check out our Question and Answer section below for answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about estate sales.
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Q: WHAT AREAS DO YOU SERVE?
A: St. Louis Estate Sellers conduct estate sales, online and live auctions and do buyouts in St. Louis City, All St. Louis County cities including Maplewood, Kirkwood, Webster Groves, Manchester, Des Peres, Sunset Hills, Lemay, Affton, Mehlville, Concord, Frontenac, Clayton, Richmond Heights, Rock Hill, Town and Country, Creve Coeur, University City, Maryland Heights, Bridgeton, Earth City, Florrisant, St John, Chesterfield, Clarkson Valley, Ballwin, Ellisville, Chesterfield, Wildwood, Glencoe, Grover, Fenton, Eureka, Pacific and more. We also serve the surrounding counties of Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, St. Charles, Warren and more.
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Q: WHAT SERVICES DO YOU OFFER?
A: St. Louis Estate Sellers can conduct Estate Sales, Online Auctions, Live Auctions, Consignment of specific goods and collections. We also offer a cash buyout option for select content, collectibles, gold, silver, coins, jewelry, antiques, firearms and much more!
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Q: WHAT DO YOU CHARGE, AND IS MONEY UP FRONT REQUIRED?
A: As to money up front, we Never require up front fees! All fees are paid from the gross realized proceeds of sale when the service has been performed. The fees charged for an estate sale or online auction are usually commission and labor. Commission rates are assessed on a sliding scale based on the sale price of an item. The more an item brings, the lower the commission rate.
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Q: WHAT IS THE BEST METHOD TO SELL MY HOUSEHOLD, ESTATE OR FARM?
A: While St. Louis Estate Sellers offer several options, we do place Online Auctions as the method which will bring you the best return. This is followed by Live Auctions and Estate Sales. Our cash buyout option will pay you a fair price, but its not likely to be on the same level of return that you would achieve when using the online auction method.
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Q: WHY DO AUCTIONS WORK BEST?
A: A key reason auctions are effective is the deadline they create, generating urgency. Unlike a simple Estate Sale Price Tag, an auction has a specific date and time for buyers to make their offers, compelling them to act quickly if they're interested in the item! This created sense of competition often fosters a need for the bidder to 'win' the item, often times at a price which exceeds fair market value.
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Q: WHAT IS THE FIRST STEP?
A: The place to start is by contacting us. You can call, text, email or use the convenient contact us form on this website. You can tell us about your situation and what your needs are. If it sounds like we can help we then schedule a consultation at a mutually agreeable time. Once we review the content you are needing to sell we can best advise you of the method and costs involved. You can also opt to do a virtual consultation. Just click the consultation button at the top and it will take you to a short form that will allow you to tell us about your situation and upload photos for our review. We then get back to you (usually within 24 hours) and give you our opinion of the best and most profitable way to sell your items.
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Q: WHAT CAN YOU SELL?
A: In a word, Everything! St. Louis Estate Sellers can sell pretty much any estate, household, farm or business content. Furniture, Housewares, Art, Antiques, Collections, Coins, Firearms, Jewelry, Farm Machinery, Vehicles, Motorcycles, Utility Vehicles, Tools and much more!
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Q: DO YOU ADVERTISE THE SALE?
A: ALWAYS! St. Louis Estate Sellers advertises and markets items to our general buyer audience, as well as target marketing of items of notable value to the specific buyer or collector base that will ensure they will bring the highest return! We also have a very large following that we send out email and regular mail alerts and notices to so that it further ensures your sale is seen by the largest audience possible!
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Q: HOW LONG WILL IT ALL TAKE?
A: The length of time it will take to set up and conduct your estate sale or auction depends on the quantity of items in your household. Inventory and setup can take between 2 and 10 days. Conducting the sale varies from 3 to 10 days. Depending on our schedule at the time of consultation we will be able to give you an accurate time frame of how long it will take from start to finish.
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Q: WHAT ABOUT THE ITEMS THAT DON'T SELL? CAN YOU DISPOSE OF THEM?
A: No matter what method of sale, or who sells it for you, there is always a quantity of items which simply do not sell. When we do an online auction we generally sell between 86-97% of the items offered! When doing an estate sale the sell through rate is lower and can average 68-82% What is left over are generally low value and undesirable items. If you desire, St. Louis Estate Sellers can take care of these items for you! We will be happy to donate or dispose of these items for the labor and any applicable disposal fees. We can dispose of most any item for you with few exceptions (items which may be deemed hazardous and require special disposal or excessively heavy). If we cannot remove the item, we can likely refer you to the proper party who can.
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Q: WHEN WILL I GET PAID?
A: Depending on the method of sale, you can anticipate receiving your net proceeds check within 10 business days of the end of sale/auction. If we do a cash buyout for an estate or specific item or collection, you will be paid the same day.
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Q: ARE YOU LICENSED AND INSURED?
A: YES! St. Louis Estate Sellers is fully insured and have the appropriate business and auction licenses.
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