Services
Every engagement is scoped in a written agreement after a walk-through. Fees are commission-based and quoted in writing — no figures invented before we have seen what you have.
The complete service for estates anchored by antiques, vintage furnishings, art, and collected pieces. We sort, research, price, stage, advertise, staff, and settle the entire sale — the fine pieces lead, and the everyday contents are handled with the same care.
A lifetime collection is worth more understood than scattered. We identify makers, periods, and patterns; group pieces the way collectors buy them; and price from comparable sales. Applies to porcelain, silver, glassware, clocks, cameras, instruments, ephemera, militaria, and more.
Paintings, prints, and framed works are researched by artist and edition where possible, hung or displayed properly rather than leaned in a hallway, and priced with condition and provenance notes on the tag.
Fine jewelry, watches, coins, and small valuables are presented in locked display cases, handled one piece at a time, and accounted for individually at settlement. Costume and vintage pieces get the same honest condition notes.
Before sale day, significant pieces are photographed and previewed to collector audiences and dealer networks suited to the material — so the right buyers know what is coming and plan for it.
Leaving a large home, or settling one wing of it? We run focused sales of selected collections and furnishings, with the same research and display standards applied to a smaller stage.
Some pieces should not be sold at an estate sale at all. When an item warrants a certified appraisal, an auction house, or a specialist dealer, we tell you so plainly and help you understand why — even when it means a smaller sale for us.
After the sale, remaining items are directed to donation, consignment-appropriate channels, or disposal per your instructions, leaving the home broom-clean and ready for its next step.
In Every Engagement