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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Northern Lights Lodge, post: 4405102, member: 13464&quot;]Our local Michigan auction companies (to my knowledge) all sell on the estate site rather than box it up and take it somewhere. Perhaps there are some that will do it downstate. More commonly, I think people have to box it and take it to THEM!</p><p><br /></p><p>For instance; I offered to go through an estate for some friends that were faced with clearing the property. I told them; I&#039;d just give some suggestions as to what had value and I wanted nothing in return. I wouldn&#039;t have even offered to buy anything nor expected payment. They declined. They ended up with an Amish auction as they did have a lot of farm equipment. The deal with the Amish was that they didn&#039;t do any of the house set up. That had to be organized and set up by the heirs.</p><p><br /></p><p>The property was pretty isolated and it was gated. Their uncle (our dear friend) lived back to back and we often travelled between the two properties for pleasure. It was berry season and I did go out to see how the progress was being made. The heirs had the biggest dumpster they could get and had dumped everything on the upper floor into the dumpster. It had been &quot;patted down&quot; by the front end loader by the uncle to &quot;make more space&quot;. </p><p><br /></p><p>AGGGH! SO MUCH sellable stuff in there! I did end up asking permission to dumpster dive. Vintage Christmas ornaments, vintage fabric, statuary ($$ which unfortunately had been broken by the pat down), local collectible stuff, vintage children&#039;s toys, even a couple musical instruments! Heartbreaking! I don&#039;t think they &quot;saved&quot; anything from the upstairs... <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Alas... it happens!</p><p>Cheerio, Leslie[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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