Novotny's Antique & Personal Property Estate Sale Services
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About Novotny's Comprehensive Full Service Estate Sales
Estate Sale Agent Services
- Professional conduct
- Experienced judgment
- Knowledgeable pricing
- Comprehensive complete approach
- Honest sales and reconciliation of receipts.
The fee for Novotny's Estate Sales Service is based on a percent of the final sales receipts, discussed and agreed to prior to beginning service. The agreements between Novotny (the agent) and the client (the consignor) are noted in a simple, one-page written contract. Careful communication with the client will result in a proper understanding of the client's objectives so that Novotny can properly fulfill your estate sale and liquidation needs.
All sales are negotiated by the agent considering client agreements and special instructions. During the concluding hours of a sale remaining properties may be sold below the asking price in order to achieve the clients objectives for total liquidation. Novotny must understand the urgency, or lack of urgency, of the client to totally liquidate. He must understand which items the client prefers to retain if the minimum price is not achieved as established, in advance, in the one page contract.
Experience is the key
- From 1979 to 1999 an antique dealer
- Since 1990 an estate sale agent
- Since 1993 an accredited appraiser
Professionalism is the means
- Established mailing list of buyers, collectors and dealers
- Advanced training and study in antiques and collectibles
- Courteous, friendly and professional demeanor
- Effective merchandising and advertising
Integrity is the core
- Honest and ethical service
- Fair and knowledgeable pricing
- Comprehensive client oriented approach
- Fast reconciliation of sales proceeds
Novotny will achieve your objectives
Novotny's friendly, fair and honest sales approach engages buyers. Sales are fun and his communications are carefully guided toward liquidation. As appropriate he will tease buyers with bulk sales offers thereby notifying all in ear's reach that such options are on the table. He has extensive knowledge regarding most property types and their demand factors, so he can negotiate a fair price for both buyers and sellers.
Novotny will do the necessary research to price rare, valuable and unusual objects; he can arrange to consign them to an appropriate market where they are most likely to realize the highest value. He will do this on your behalf, under contract and with your permission as appropriate. The rest of the property that you intend to liquidate, he will sell at the highest possible price consistent with achieving your stated objectives such as seeking total liquidation. These two competing goals (achieving the highest price as well as total liquidation) require a very careful balancing act to achieve both results.
Items to be retained, or that have a reserve, must be identified in advance, in writing, by the client. The client/consignor must also instruct Novotny to sell all unsold properties before the conclusion of the sale, regardless of possible market value, in order to get cash, to achieve total liquidation and to minimize clean out, disposal and donation time and fees. When Novotny fails to achieve total liquidation of the household contents, the the client must donate or dispose of remaining items; cost and effort then attach to the remaining goods, without further financial reward for the effort.
Novotny's son, Bryan, specializes in estate sale clean out services under separate contract arrangements.
