BRUNK'S AUCTION

Oh my gosh!  It couldn't have gone better!  
One of the things no one tells you is that when you sell your house and move into an apartment (an independent living facility in this case), the only way you can sell estate items after someone dies is to have it moved somewhere else first, and that can be a huge expense!  The best and quickest way we found to get that done was to call an auction house, have them pack and move the things, and auction them off individually.   It was VERY important to me to find someone who was willing to take everything and not leave me with the less desirable things to get rid of on my own.  
Brunk's was recommended to me by several people in Phoenix (I don't live there, so this was all new to me), so I gave them a call and agreed to have them handle the auction.  They charged only 25% which is pretty amazing.    
They arrived on time, packed and labeled everything in the apartment, and moved everything to their auction facility where they sorted it, labeled it, and staged it for the auction.  When they left the apartment, it was empty.  
A few days later, they held an auction with the contents of two or three states including my stepmother's.  I decided to go just to see how it worked, and it was fascinating.  They were efficient, honest, and without a doubt, they knew what they were doing!
A couple of weeks later, a check arrived in the mail along with a complete list of everything they'd sold (including the price it sold for).  The check I received was much larger than I expected, even after they'd deducted the moving and auction expenses!
  
A couple of notes to others thinking of doing this:  (1)  I was advised that it would be a better choice to sell these things on consignment rather than selling everything to the auction house directly, and that was absolutely true.  (2)  Some auction houses charge to appraise the estate before they decide to auction it off.  Brunk's does NOT do that.  They came over and looked at everything without charging me a single cent.   
I could not be happier that Brunk's was the company I chose.  What could have been a real nightmare turned out to be a very easy process.  Thank you, Bonnie, Eric and the entire staff at Brunk's!

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Brian showed up on time and quickly looked around the house. He was very professional and courteous. He felt that it would not be in our best interest to use an auction company. He made other suggestions we found very helpful

They are one of the few ethical auction houses in Phoenix. They just really on both ends of it. You know for the buyers and the sellers. I really like doing business with them. They don't take blind buyers, they don't plant buyers. It is kind of what you see is what you get. They have really high quality merchandize, you don't waste a trip going out there, it is kind of a drive, but you always know that you are going to get quality pieces out there and they back their stuff. It is a family run business. The prices are good.