Estates NY | Estate Sales and Services

Estates NY are featuring this eclectic home with exceptional fine furnishings, antiques, and lots of treasures, featuring:

Sale Dates:

Friday, June 1, 2012, 10:00 am to 4:30 pm
Saturday, June 2, 2012, 10:00 am to 4:30 pm

Location:

98 Gun Club Road, Stamford, CT, 06903

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Art deco clocks, chandeliers, Sterling Candelabras, Cloisonne and Champleves including large altar urns, exceptional Ralph Lauren mahogany dining room suite with gorgeous button back, nailhead accent leather chairs, chaise-lounges, a simply beautiful gilded custom mantel mirror by Craftsmen Guild, antique porcelain including Limoges fish set, a set of vintage Wedgwood fine china-service for 12, a truly magnificent Belter heavily carved Victorian rosewood sofa, antique and vintage advertising items, mahjong sets, Maxfield Parish prints, a large authentic Vintage French poster, a collection of animation cells, costume and sterling jewelry (some Tiffany), art glass, a charming like new Grange dining set with high back woven rope chairs (the perfect family dining suite!), a collection of art deco lighters/compacts, sports memorabilia, Winchester Shotgun, clothing and quality household furnishings, Brown and Jordan outdoor.

Come find that something special!

Sale Dates:
Friday, May 4, 2012, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Saturday, May 5, 2012, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm

Location:
152 Seacord Road, New Rochelle, NY 10804

This is a charming house and a collector’s estate featuring lots of unique treasures. Some items are: Victorian beaded sampler, costume and Victorian jewelry, prints and paintings, large fine old model schooner, small German bisque and cupie dolls, games and some toys, antique maps, decoys,  beautiful antique porcelain including blue and white, toby mugs, etc. Rosenthal 50’s china, old kerosene lamps and coffee grinders, decoys, door stops, railroad model kit parts, crystal, colored glass, coffee grinders,  tools, etc,  one of a kind hand-crafted furniture… something great for everyone. 

Come see!

Sale Dates:
Friday, March 23, 2012, 10:00 am to 4:30 pm
Saturday, March 24, 2012, 10:00 am to 4:30 pm

Location:
21 Glenwood Avenue, New Rochelle, NY 10801

Estates NY are selling the lifetime estate contents of a nonagenarian’s home who was an avid birder,  hunter and fisherman!  Lots of great quality fishing rods still in their cases, (many Orvis, bamboo, fly fishing),  hunting knife collection, bird taxidermy, fish taxidermy, decoy collection, lots of hunting and fishing tackle, lures, hand-tied flies, fly fishing items, military and police items including great badges and other interesting medals, “war” toys,  airplane and miniature military ship models, cast iron dogs, prints and paintings, books, barometers, porcelain, Waterford crystal, Royal Doulton, crystal chandelier, vintage perfume, costume jewelry, vintage purses, grandfather clock, vintage radios and clocks, mahogany vintage bedroom and dining room sets, plant stands, globes,  men’s clothing (L.L.Bean and Eddie Bauer, still with original tags), “hunt” clothing, sheepskin coat, leather coat by Orvis, etc., also cool 50′s furniture, stools, kitchenware and chatch galore!

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We are calling this a “man-sale” (but there is tons for the ladies too!) … Come dig for these great vintage finds!  This is the place to find a lamp made from horns and antler hangings … or if you need a vintage camp table with seats attached we’ve got it for you!

What do you do on your winter weekend? Imagine this scene: throngs of people waiting at the front door of a luxurious home, waiting in the cold, anxious looks on their faces. They arrive early, some at 5 in the morning, waiting for hours until the doors will open at 10 am. They clutch “tickets” in their hands which will allow them entry to the home. They try to peak through the windows, even walking through the back yard, to figure out what could be in the house for them to buy!

Consider this latest weekend craze or pastime if you will, the Westchester Estate sale.  This crowd has even earned themselves the nickname of estate sale mafia, those dealers and collectors ho are willing to practically fight their way into people homes to grab up the latest estate sale treasures, items that they can only get at estate sales, quality items that are resalable, or even will find a place in their homes to be coveted and collected for many years.

These sales are run by estate sale professionals. Companies like EstatesNY who organize, dig out, display and tag the treasures with prices sometimes as low as 1/10th of the retail value were you so inclined to purchase them at a store or online. Wendy King of EstatesNY explains, “people have sales for different reasons. They want to sell almost everything in their homes; they are either downsizing or decluttering, or just need to turn “stuff” into much-needed cash. Or, more than likely they may have lost a family member who was a collector for most of the lives, and need help.”  

Estate sale companies are paid on a commission basis to organize and run these sales . The object:  to empty the home, to make sure that these items do not end up donated, or even more often in a dumpster. The items are not limited to household items, but are often valuable sets of silver, antique clocks, fine art and the accumulated collection of coins, knick-knacks or other valuables. You can also find practical items like pots and pans, kitchen appliances, designer clothing and women’s accessories like scarves, wallets and shoes. They price items reasonably, but at a rate that the owners can live with.  “It’s a fine line to walk when you are pricing the contents of a home, you want to sell it, but you don’t want to give it away… You have to give the stuff dignity, so to speak and please the homeowner too”, says Wendy King of EstatesNY.  But Estate Sales patrons know that there is no end to the possibilities!  Recently at a sale my clients purchased an antique set of sterling flatware for $4,000, a French clock, and a couple of vintage Louis Vuitton purses priced around $295 each.  While at the sale they also called their Mom when they saw a microwave for $15.00 knowing that hers had just died and she needed a new one! That was added to their tab totaling $5,215.00 worth of items.

Estate Sales are primarily advertised on line and in the local newspapers. There are often as many as 10 different sales going on over a weekend, and if you speak to the customers, they will tell you that they map out their morning so they go to the best sounding sale first, and then subsequently, those who don’t rate as highly in their eyes.  It is a bit of a guessing game, and sometimes the ads lure you in, but the items aren’t always what they seem to be advertised as. So you have to figure out which are the freshest and best estates, meaning which houses will contain the treasures they are interested in purchasing. You have to read between the lines to figure out which houses will really have treasure, and those that will have nothing more than junk.  More importantly the object is to be early to the house to be the first one into the house to grab up the best treasures… usually the best items are sold within the first 5 minutes. Dealers and collectors alike know that if they don’t get there early, and aren’t among the the first five people let into a home, they will not get the most desirable finds. 

This craze is also immortalized on television, there are reality shows like Cash and Cari, a show on HGTV about a woman in the Midwest who does these sales, and in fact even has a consignment, antique store for the leftover items that do not get sold at the sale.  Then there is Big Brian the Fortune Seller on tru TV, for much over-exaggerated drama…

There are even websites that will help you map out your conquests, by showing you where all of the sales are on a map that you can use to plan your route.  So happy treasure hunting, but bring plenty of cash ……..money talks!

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Date:
Friday, February 17, 2012
10 am to 4:30 pm

Location:
35 Scout Road
Salt Point NY, 12578

This is a clean-out sale of the total property including many vintage finds, oriental carpets, lots of tools, household items, prints, posters, maps, some 50’s furniture, Craftsman 10” circular saw, mower, outdoor cement planters and statuary, bone china, nautical stuff, lots of miscellaneous items to dig through.

Garage and Shed full … building supplies, garden supplies, Prices will be great and we’re sure you’ll find a treasure or a box of treasure. Be ready to dig!

This is a CASH only sale.

(Source: estatesny.com)

Come see this luxurious Greenwich mansion filled with fine custom decorator furnishings and antiques, window treatments, antique prints, fine and antique porcelain, exceptional decorative accessories, oil paintings and fabulous household and estate contents. Included are fifteen rooms of custom made draperies and window seating, complete with “all the trimmings” (valances, fringed tiebacks, rods, hardware etc.) There are multiple bedroom suites, all decorator-done with exceptional taste and quality–furnishings by well-known manufacturers such as Drexel, Century, Thomasville and Stark (to name only a few).

Sale Dates:

Thursday, January 19, 2012
10:00 am to 4:00 pm 

Friday, January 20, 2012
10:00 am to 4:00 pm

Saturday, January 21, 2012
10:00 am to 4:00 pm

Sunday, January 22, 2012
11:00 am to 3:00 pm

A sampling: antique convex mirrors, a traditional four poster bedroom suite with skirted canopy, matching antique wing chairs and slipper chairs, country French dining set, an upholstered Swedish bench, mahogany nightstands, antique occasional tales, quality carpeting, ottomans, fabulous sets of lamps with custom silk shades, many beautifully framed sets of antique prints and botanicals, a suite of charming white painted French furniture, Murano glass, Library Steps, multiple desks including a lovely mahogany leather topped desk, antique phone desk, book shelves, lovely Century armoire and many other accent pieces … including sideboards, cupboards and a custom game table with upholstered chairs. What every home needs: that perfect ottoman or bench, bookends, clocks, urns, exquisite fireplace accessories (fenders, andirons, fireplace tool sets), custom wall units, couches, kitchen stools, playroom and family room furnishings, lanterns, wall units, computers and computer chairs (also custom). Pick up a full room’s décor with matching window treatments, pillows, linens, etc. Also available is a massive amount of women’s designer clothing and handbags (Prada, Gucci, etc). We are selling the contents of the pool house done in a nautical theme, including a wonderful pine island unit, a collection of bird houses, shell mirrors, ceramics and earthenware, quality rattan, carpeting, etc.

Available are several signed oil paintings in gilded frames and signed prints including antique English sports block prints by William Nicholson, Also featured are this estate’s many outdoor planters and garden items, a full gym with universal, stretching machines and weight bench, a tennis ball machine by Tennis tutor, hardly used. The pictures featured will give you a glimpse of this home’s treasures, and we hope you will come visit this exceptional sale to find that special something to enhance the décor of your home.

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Estates NY are selling the contents of this immaculate Victorian home featuring a lifetime accumulation of different types of Victorian, vintage an antique collectibles… everything from antique British coronation items to military items.

Sale Dates:

Friday, December 9, 2011
10 am to 4:30 pm

Saturday, December 10, 2011
10 am to 4:30 pm

Sunday, December 11, 2011
11 am to 3:00 pm

Location:

420 Ninth Avenue, Pelham, NY 10803

Also for sale is a truly magnificent carved mahogany four poster bed that is very special … also Antique Tiffany flatware and other sterling, antique silverplate items including ornate serving items, Victorian sterling sets still in their orig cases, linens, Empire sofa, Victorian Parlor Set (Settee and Parlor Chairs), unusual jewelry, a collection of blue and white phoenix Japanese and Chinese porcelain, Limoges and Royal Doulton, American Brilliant crystal, antique oak/library filing cabinets, salesmen’s samples, samplers, crocks, antique tools, irons, kitchen antiques/collectibles, tea cup collection, oil lamp collection, Victorian chandeliers, Japanese and other porcelain figurines, iron plant stands, historic prints in elaborate Victorian frames, charming curio shelves, lovely dining room table with Victorian chairs, antique and children’s books, tons to dig through!

Please come join us!!

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Really interesting article on estate sales by Sarah Siddons that helps to answer that question: http://www.howstuffworks.com/personal-finance/financial-planning/estate-sales.htm