ACE Estate Sales holds itself up to the highest standards of estate sale practices.   Our philosophy is that we work for our client to get them the most money possible in a 2–4-day period.  We inspect all items in your home, find items of higher value, get appropriate appraisers in when needed and price items accordingly.  We set up the sale quickly, handle all advertising, write receipts for each transaction, hire necessary people to work the sale. Money is paid within 10 days of the sale including copies of sales receipts/sales, and an excel spreadsheet with totals of all receipts.

First and foremost, DO NOT THROW ANYTHING AWAY!! I cannot stress this enough to my clients.  Just because you do not believe it is valuable, doesn’t mean it’s not.  People collect just about everything.  I’ve had clients throw away or donate costume jewelry, old pictures, old Valentines cards, military items, vintage clothing, food…. we sell it all…even rocks!  You are throwing away money!!  

Yes, you can, but I can’t tell you the number of times I have heard of families doing their own sales and selling gold watches for $2 (gold melt would be $600 or more), fine art for $5, vases worth $10,000 for $25, etc.  You think you are saving money, but you are losing money.
We also know how to advertise to get the right people there for your items.  We have a following and a database of customers that we specifically advertise to. 
Also beware that you must get the right company, there are many pop up companies that don’t know what they are doing, they will slap any old price on items…do your homework!  A lower percentage is not necessarily good…you get what you pay for.

Believe it or not, when you are there, you slow us down.  It is hard to work quickly and efficiently when we are constantly asked questions, talked to, and told stories about all the items in the sale.  We pay our workers by the hour, and we need them to work.

I try very hard to get the money to you within the first week after the sale, but it should not take more than 10 working days to make the final payment.

The base percentage is for the sale.  Due to the amount of people having sales and getting rid of unwanted items, it is getting harder to find good people to do a total cleanout of a home.  Yes, even they are getting picky.  I have to buy boxes, tape, supplies, pay personnel, take trips to the dump, etc.  It can take an extra 2-4 days to do a total clean-out in some instances.  

It is best to have ACE come and see what you have.  We can always combine estates if necessary.  Buyers will come to a full house before they go to a half empty house.  I usually have clients who have storage units, etc. that are waiting for a house to put items in.  I try to match clients with similar items for best results.