| Creating a home based business from your hobby | | | | The other option is, the executor of the estate can |
| has its advantages. First, if your hobby is collecting | | | | hire an auction house to handle the estate sale, if |
| antique and collectibles, which is one of the most | | | | that's the case, they can move all the items in the |
| gratifying hobbies there is, because if it is age related | | | | estate to their facilities or they can hold the sale at |
| and there is a history behind the item that is being | | | | the home. |
| collected. The longer you have been a collector, the | | | | Another option is, the executor can make the |
| more knowledgeable you will become, not in history | | | | decision to conduct the estate sale themselves and |
| only, but in the value of the items of interest. | | | | save the expense of hiring a private auctioneer or |
| Understanding The Value.... | | | | the auction house. Auctioneers are required to be |
| The art of buying and selling is in knowing your | | | | licensed in most states. Remember the auctioneer |
| products you have for sale. Understanding the value | | | | makes his or her living at the selling game, they |
| is of the utmost importance, this will determine if you | | | | generally charge a percentage of the sale and they |
| are leaving money on the table or not. The whole | | | | want to drive the price up every time they get the |
| process of collecting is a learning curve, the longer | | | | chance, they get paid because they know the value |
| you have been collecting the more knowledge you | | | | of the antiques and collectibles. |
| will acquire in your items you are collecting. After | | | | Making Your List and Checking it Twice.... |
| years of collecting and being around the business, | | | | Most of the estate sales are held from Friday night |
| many turn to buying and selling just to help offset | | | | to Sunday night, occasionally they will have one |
| the expense of collecting as a hobby. | | | | during the week, check your local newspaper for the |
| Attending The Estate sales.... | | | | times and dates. If you plan to go to the estate |
| If you're in the market of buying and selling antiques | | | | sales on the weekends, you need to make your list |
| and collectibles and you need to learn about the value | | | | of sales you want to attend before you strike out |
| of collectibles. There is a great place to add to your | | | | on your buying trip. |
| list of places to go and learn about the value of | | | | Know this, that you won't be the only one that is |
| antiques and collectibles and that is estate sales. | | | | seeking out the estate sales, there will be plenty of |
| Estate sales is not always an estate sale. Just | | | | other dealers by your side grabbing the same things |
| because there is an estate sale advertised in the local | | | | you're after. The sales that are advertising antiques |
| newspaper, doesn't mean there are antiques and | | | | and collectibles will be hot spots for the dealers. |
| collectibles to buy. | | | | There are sales that won't open until the advertised |
| Estate sale is a buzz word for people to use in order | | | | time, no matter what. Then, there are sales that has |
| to get more people at their glorified garage sales, If | | | | everything set out and they won't let you buy a |
| the advertisement in the newspaper makes a list of | | | | single item. |
| the items for sale and they happen to fall in the | | | | You can burn valuable time by standing in line waiting |
| category of antiques and collectibles, this would be | | | | for the sale to open, because your standing in line |
| the first on the list to attend. | | | | with your completion. Making your list is a judgment |
| Remember, many people when have garage sales | | | | call on your part, some of the best sales are the |
| are trying to establish a work from home business. | | | | sales that don't advertise antiques and collectibles and |
| liquidating The Estate.... | | | | by the way, never pass up a mobile home park sale. |
| There are many private auctioneers hired by the | | | | The mobile home park dwellers are for the most |
| executors of estates to liquidate the contents of the | | | | part, are retired people and many have stuff they |
| estate. There are several ways to expedite the | | | | have collected, for over fifty years and more, you |
| estate sale. The auctioneer can rent a hall or hold the | | | | will find some real treasures at the parks. |
| sale at the residence on of the deceased. | | | | |