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7. I'm sorry for your loss and I have more bad news
Mon Sep 8, 2014, 08:44 PM
Sep 2014

My mother died unexpectedly a few months ago, and I'm still dealing with her estate.

There is NO market for antiques, not even very good ones. I now have a real, made-by-Duncan-Phyfe Duncan Phyfe* sofa in my bedroom because I just couldn't sell it for the paltry sums that were being offered - but no one is buying antiques anymore.

What will sell is precious metals, some records (LPs), exercise equipment, some coins.

What won't sell: books, furniture (antique and modern), most everything else

You can hire an estate saler, who'll take 25-30% of the profits. If you don't know what's valuable, hire an independent appraiser, otherwise the estater will cherry-pick the value for him/herself.

*three appraisers confirmed that yup, it's real

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