Are you or someone you know dealing with the overwhelming task of disposing of personal property due to losing a family member or friend? There are several options available to you including Estate Sales (commonly called ‘Tag’ Sales) and Estate Auctions. We believe auctions are the best option for the following reasons: A tag sale involves hiring someone or a company to come in and “price” each item with a tag. Most people that attend a tag sale assume that there is room to negotiate, so a good number of items marked with a specific price sell for less. Tag sales usually span 2-3 days and prices are lowered on days 2 and 3. Often, a great number of the items do not sell at all and you still have to pay the person or company you hired to do the sale. On the flip side, an auction is where you hire a person / company who will market and sell items “to the highest bidders.” Most auction attendees understand that items will be sold to the highest bidder, and that they will win any item where they outbid all others. At an auction of personal property, there is typically no set prices, and the market sets the ultimate selling price. The goal of an auction is to sell all the items at the auction and generally everything is sold and removed the same day…alleviating time-consuming packing, moving, storing, etc. An auction attracts large crowds of ready, willing and able buyers, through extensive widespread marketing, who have to compete to purchase items they desire. Full price discovery is accomplished, and nearly all items sell, and it is highly possible that many items will sell for market value or more. JNG Auctions is a husband / wife team and we are here to provide you with the best solution possible. We can also sell your real estate by auction, often generating higher than asking / listing price because with an auction there is no negotiating down with the price AND the property sells AS IS with no contingencies. Contact us before you do anything with personal belongings and /or property to see how we can help make this difficult time a bit easier for you.