Services
Estate Sales
Handling a loved one's estate or needing to liquidate your own personal assets can be a difficult and emotional task. The Dodge Estate Sales team handles everything, Staging The Sale, Pricing, Advertising, Signage, Crowd Control, Staffing and Cleanup. Let Dodge Estate Sales minimize your stress. Our priority is to liquidate household contents as quickly and efficiently as possible. When pricing items, we consider all markets and other important factors relating to the item ensuring optimal outcome for you. Benefits of a professional sale include targeted advertising, signage, crowd control, staffing and negotiation. Throughout the liquidation process, your household contents will be treated with respect. We understand that you are not only liquidating personal property, but that you may have memories associated with many of the items to be sold. Our goal is to provide you with a professional liquidation and to help eliminate any of the unwanted stress normally associated with such situations.
Appraisal Services
A full compliment of professional appraisal services are offered and provide our clients with an accurate, impartial, and informed value of each items true market value.
Consignment Services
Consignment services are available for full estate liquidations or to sell particular items either before or after an estate sale.
Auction Services
Auctions are for personal property which benefits from the competitive heat only an auction bidding process can generate. Auctions are a great option for single high value items, special collections, or personal property located where estate sales are not possible.
Dodge Estate Sales provides the expertise, understanding, and the strengths of a variety of auction companies in order to generate the greatest value through matching your property to the most appropriate auction house. Your valuables will be inventoried, packed and transported to the proper auction house. Dodge Estate Sales receives discounted rates from many auction houses allowing us to provide an integrated liquidation service to you which is thorough and reliable.
Estate Buyouts
The task of organizing personal property to maximize its value can seem overwhelming and time consuming. A buyout occurs when a dealer purchases everything in an estate for a wholesale price. If the personal property is located in a storage facility, co-op, condominium or apartment house where estate sales are not permitted a buyout is a viable option. A buyout should be considered when immediate cash is needed or when the value of the items to be sold is determined to be so marginal that taking the time required to pursue maximizing its value with other options is not cost effective. Dodge Estate Sales comprehensive Buyout Service will purchase the personal property which needs to be liquidated and leave the premises broom clean.
Internet Auctions
Internet Auction Services uses eBay and other internet venues to directly market certain categories of collectibles: costume jewelry, figurines, memorabilia, pottery, art, glass and thousands of other categories. Dodge Estate Sales runs multiple online internet auction stores, including eBay. Great success has been achieved in getting maximum dollars for items that may seem ordinary to some, but are highly sought after treasures by avid collectors. Through on-line marketing, access to collectors that were at one time isolated is achieved. The internet is an excellent way of contacting various associations and private collectors to make them aware of available merchandise that is unique to their special interests.
Senior Relocation
Experienced and sensitive senior relocation services offered. Dodge Estate Sales compassionately helps elderly residents transition from their home into another residence or care facility. Dodge Estate Sales works closely with conservators, family members, and senior referral services to plan the move; sort, pack and ship belongings; arrange shipments of personal property and furniture. Dodge Estate Sales provides turnkey services for your new residence making the move stress and worry free. In short, Dodge Estate Sales will do whatever is necessary to satisfy the needs of our clients, with grace
Other Services
- Arranging an Estate Sale with Staging
- Vehicle(s) Sales and Removal
- Junk Cleanout and Removal
- Landscaping Services/Property Prep for Home Sale
- Internet and Live Auction Consignments
- Junk clean out and removal
- Liaison services with Real Estate Companies and Agents