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Mark came to our home to help us arrange a huge moving sale. We were downsizing, and had a ton of things in our 5 bedroom home that we weren't bringing with us. He assessed the entire house, including outdoor furniture, garage items, furniture, knickknacks, etc etc. He organized everything we wanted to sell, priced it all, and held a 2 day sale. He advertised well, and apparently, people waited in line to get into our sale! After the weekend was over, we had sold nearly everything. He then arranged the pick up of the things that were left to donate to charity. He did all this for 30% of the sales, plus a little more to pick up the leftovers. We made a lot of money, and had all these things out of our hair. It was great! Mark was punctual, professional, and did a great job. Definitely recommend him.

I got estimates from three different estate sale companies, and the other two thought that the most I could net after all expenses was
about $2,500. These seemed to be more liquidators rather than true estate sale people, or at least they did not expect too much from the sale. Mark did not promise any particular value, but thought it should do better than that. He knows his market and has a lot of loyal buyers who know his sales and look forward to them. Bottom line, I netted about $5,500 after his fee and all other expenses. It was clear that he knew how to promote the estate sale and bring in a lot of individual buyers, rather than rely upon liquidators for the bulk of the items. I think he sells any items that do not sell in the estate sale to people who buy items in bulk, but most of the items are sold in the estate sale itself.
I live out of the state and it was hard to commute back and forth to help prepare for the sale. Mark was extremely accommodating with my schedule. My mother died during the planning of the sale, which further delayed it, but Mark was very understanding and helpful during that ordeal. I would definitely recommend Mark to anyone who needs to have an estate sale.

I was given the name of another company by my sister. The owner of the other company was unable to do the sale, so he called Mark, and Mark came to my house that same day. He looked through the house at all the items there and agreed to hold a sale. I asked him for references and he gave me three. All three people were happy to share their experiences with me and all three were very happy with the work Mark had done for them.

Mark was able to schedule the sale for the weekend of January 28 and 29, 2012. He came to the house several times with a couple people who assisted him in setting things up, in moving some items around and in pricing the items. He ran an ad the day before the sale. He kept in contact with me throughout the setup and sale.

Mark put up signs in the neighborhood directing people to the sale. I was concerned that we would not sell a lot of things, but Mark assured me that things would sell. Indeed, practically everything in the house did sell. People who bought, picked things up the two days of the sale and the day after. When I went by the house on Tuesday, I found there were only a few small items left that did not sell. Almost every item of furniture sold - even the kitchen cabinets and old kitchen cabinets in the basement. Dishes, books, appliances, kitchen items, flatware, towels, napkins, and many other miscellaneous items sold.

Then Mark brought in a man who cleared everything else (there was not much left) out of the house, including carpets and concrete blocks and lumber. He met me at the empty house today and gave me a check for the sale. He charges a 30% commission, which was quite reasonable for all the work he did. I paid for the newspaper ad ($154) and the clean out ($250).

This was the first estate sale I have ever had. I was impressed with the work Mark did from beginning to end. Mark made the process easy for me and my family, and profitable as well. If I have another estate sale in the future I will certainly call Mark to do the job.