Hi,
Let me tell you a little bit about myself. My name is Darlene McClelland. I started this company 25 years ago because I love to help people. I was raised with Antiques as my parents dealt in the business. I went to school in Connecticut to specialize in appraising antiques and residential contents.
Our company can conduct usually 40-50 Estate Sales a year. If anyone is interested in seeing the referrals that I have received from past clients, I have a whole book of them that I would be happy to show you. We not only do Estate Sales where someone has passed away but we do moving sales as well. I also do Appraisals for Antiques and Residential Contents when I have the time.We service the entire Metro-Detroit area and beyond.
Our motto is: We work hard for our customers to make them as much money as possible. Of course, the more we sell, the more our company will make as well. How? We get paid a percentage of what we bring in. Out of our percentage we pay for all the advertising, newspaper ads, website, photo's etc. unless it is a special situation. The percentage varies depending on the amount and condition of the contents. Classic supplies all the tables, shelves, jewelry cases and any items needed to set up the sale. We price everything. We have an expert in every field that we consult when necessary. Your sale will run 3-4 days depending on how much is in the home. Rest assured, on the week of your sale, we will not schedule any other sales. Your sale is exclusive to that date. Our team will give 100% at all times from begining to end. We also strive to make it as easy as possible for the families in such a hard time dealing with a death and disposing of their loved ones personal belongings.We ask that the families do not start donating or throwing items away. Let us try to sell them first, you can donate after the sale. We try to sell everything including clothing, magazines, food, matchbooks, postcards, old manuals from cars, old appliance manuals, oil cans, lawn fertilizers etc.
The only thing that the family has to do is take the items they want or we can have a presale for the family.
We will put personal items such as photo's, immigration papers, wills, life insurance policy's etc. that we find that the family may have missed, aside for the family. We take care of the familys belongings with the upmost respect.
One more thing... PLEASE... Don't let another Realtor tell you that the house has to be sold with the furniture and items in them. I always suggest that you list the house 2 days before the estate sale. That gives the Realtor time to put it in the multi-list, and not enough time for a lot of Realtors to bring people through while all the items are laid out so we can prevent theft. The GREAT part is, how many open houses can get 1,500 to 5,000 people to go through? Only the estate sale end can do that.. What great exposure to sell your home. Approximately 60%-80% of homes have sold because of someone that came through the estate sale.
We strive to be the best for our clients. I was the first in Michigan to sign up with EstateSales.net years ago. I beleive that I was the first to start emailing for the sales in Michigan. My email list was so extensive that I was accused of spamming. When this became a problem...we solved it... EstateSales.net does all the emailing for me. They host my pictures, keep addresses confidential until I tell them to post it to avoid breaking and enterings, and they are a national Estate Sale sight, so your sale can be viewed by the entire United States.
"Thank You" for taking time to read this. If you have any questions, please feel free to call anytime.
"Thank You" to all the customers that come to the sales and the past and future clients to be.
Sincerely,
Darlene McClelland
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