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<p>[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 231285, member: 51"]I thought about (possibly) suggesting the "Everything But the House" group. Have to review the post that was on this site about that company. I have no personal experience with them. Have heard one negative, that they gouge for shipping, but if they can do research and deal with all of this at once, might be of interest. </p><p><br /></p><p>99% of her house contents are not for sale, these are just the items mailed to her as part of an inheritance, and only the things from that lot that she isn't keeping. In quantity, maybe 3 bookshelves full. </p><p><br /></p><p>There were only 4 paintings, 3 signed and I was able to look up the artists on my phone, no value for the most part. I did take a photo of the only unsigned piece. I'm thinking this unsigned piece isn't anything hugely valuable, but was in kind of a fancy frame and does appear to have some age. Will post later under "art" to get thoughts.</p><p><br /></p><p>Obviously the Lladros can be looked up, honestly, for those it might almost be better to sell the entire lot on CL for one price if there aren't any super valuable ones in there. It might be the kind of thing that actually sells for more in person that on Ebay. (Less competition, and some people still think of these as being such an investment.) They are nice enough in a way, but the online market has dropped. </p><p><br /></p><p>There was also a huge set of Noritake china -- like a full setting for 12 (or more). It was a pretty set, attractive pattern on the edge, and looked basically unused. I told her believe it or not, I didn't think it would be an easy sell, seems like no one wants that kind of thing, no dishwasher, no microwave, etc. but now have checked Ebay and some of these large Noritake sets are selling for good money! (A couple on Ebay from $400-over $1K) So need to get the pattern name, easy enough. We were pressed for time, so didn't do everything I wanted to, but need to do a bit of additional checking, and may retract my opinion on that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 231285, member: 51"]I thought about (possibly) suggesting the "Everything But the House" group. Have to review the post that was on this site about that company. I have no personal experience with them. Have heard one negative, that they gouge for shipping, but if they can do research and deal with all of this at once, might be of interest. 99% of her house contents are not for sale, these are just the items mailed to her as part of an inheritance, and only the things from that lot that she isn't keeping. In quantity, maybe 3 bookshelves full. There were only 4 paintings, 3 signed and I was able to look up the artists on my phone, no value for the most part. I did take a photo of the only unsigned piece. I'm thinking this unsigned piece isn't anything hugely valuable, but was in kind of a fancy frame and does appear to have some age. Will post later under "art" to get thoughts. Obviously the Lladros can be looked up, honestly, for those it might almost be better to sell the entire lot on CL for one price if there aren't any super valuable ones in there. It might be the kind of thing that actually sells for more in person that on Ebay. (Less competition, and some people still think of these as being such an investment.) They are nice enough in a way, but the online market has dropped. There was also a huge set of Noritake china -- like a full setting for 12 (or more). It was a pretty set, attractive pattern on the edge, and looked basically unused. I told her believe it or not, I didn't think it would be an easy sell, seems like no one wants that kind of thing, no dishwasher, no microwave, etc. but now have checked Ebay and some of these large Noritake sets are selling for good money! (A couple on Ebay from $400-over $1K) So need to get the pattern name, easy enough. We were pressed for time, so didn't do everything I wanted to, but need to do a bit of additional checking, and may retract my opinion on that.[/QUOTE]
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