Tristan Estate Sales

The estate sale I hired Valerie for was for my mother's home in Acton. My mom was an avid collector of antiques, western and horse lover decor, Disney memorabilia...i.e. lot's of items that would be worth some money if I simply had the time and help to sort through it all, price it right and get the word out to bring people all the way out to her house. That was what led me to seek professional help. I had no real knowledge about how to go about an estate sale. I considered doing it myself, but had no idea how I could advertise and get people to come out to my mom's off the beaten path house. I interviewed 3 different companies before I chose Valerie. By comparison she and Tracy stood out as the most transparent and communicative about how they price items, their knowledge of worth and honesty about what items would sell to their clientele. I researched many of the items myself and I found that they priced things fairly based on their own research. Also, they both seemed truly compassionate about my situation in having to do this sale to generate funds to aid my mom who had to be recently moved into assisted living. They were also the most comfortable and undaunted by my mom's location being up a 2 mile dirt road and being a very very full house. The sale was very successful and they brought A LOT of people to the house. The neighbors complained a little because of all the 'traffic' and people parking along the road. Every time they were going to the house, they told me, even though they had keys. They set aside items and photos that were personal to my family when they found them. I came to the house several times while they were there working to collect things in a couple of the rooms that I set as off limits at first because I hadn't fully gone through myself and they made it as comfortable as it could be. I saw the house transform into a fully staged 'vintage shop'. In some ways, it helped me separate myself from the space and helped me through the grieving process of loosing my family home and prepare to eventually sell. If I had to do it over again, I would choose them and do it the same way. Actually, perhaps I would've hired them sooner, as I did try to parse through much of my mom's very packed house myself beforehand. I would definitely recommend them to friends or family.Nicole W.December 2019