Executor Grief | 5-minute read Estate Talks | Estate Books | Steve Eisenstein Main Link: Estate Talks Podcast: What’s on the Estate Shelves with Guest Steve Eisenstein Books are a common estate property and can vary from donation foder to the very valuable. Discerning which is the responsibility of the executor. Executorium Publisher, George Compton
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Estate Appraisal | 4-minute read Personal Property | Appraisal | USPAP A professional personal property appraisal may be necessary for assuring the equitable distribution of assets among the heirs of an estate. A personal property appraisal may be required for tax purposes. The court may order an estate’s personal property appraisal. For several reasons, you
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You may have decided a professional estate sale isn’t for you. In other words, a DIY Estate Sale is more to your liking. Essentially that’s a yard sale/garage sale, but we’re not here to split hairs. Professional Estate Sale managers add a lot of value to a personal property sale event. However as you’ve decided
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What is Automobilia and Petroliana? Link: https://artofestates.com/what-is-automobilia-and-petroliana/ Source: Art of Estates In summary, automobilia and petroliana categories are the advertising and marketing signs, stands, ephemera, and general products, often with prominent logos displaying. – Art of Estates Suddenly you’re in charge of a great deal of oil and car memorabilia – perhaps a car or
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Facebook Groups for Personal Property Research | 10-minute read Personal Property Research | Facebook | Estate Personalty There are Facebook Groups for everything. This is especially true for collections and unique items that may be in an estate’s inventory of personal property. More general groups may help you identify an item, and from there, more
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Whether your estate has a large collection or a few pieces, understanding what you have is critical to fair value at distribution time or a wise, informed transaction at sale time. We cannot under-express the value of a certified jewelry appraiser and, in the case of gemstones, a GIA report. GIA (Gemological Institute of America)
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Source: Facebook Group: Antique & Vintage Silver Discussion Forum [A Facebook Login will be required to access some of the resources in this article.] Before we start, I’d like to thank the admins and members of the Facebook group, “Antique & Vintage Silver Discussion Forum”. Facebook Groups have been a great resource and go-to communities
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The Family Heirlooms That Our Children Don’t Want Source: The Wall Street Journal The link: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-family-heirlooms-that-our-children-dont-want-11618068175?mod=e2fb&fbclid=IwAR29oewfKmYbGJdGwpfEXeA72VIKBnpTRQ9RAITDah6hu1Ng-DY-bkpfwoA [Article links have been disabled due to the WSJ landing page settings. Search “The Family Heirlooms That Our Children Don’t Want” should locate this article for you.] Before the dust settles, in the midst of the dust and fog,
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Estate Sales| 10-minute read Estate Talk | Intro to Estate Sales | Estate Liquidation Main Link: Estate Talk Podcast: Introduction to Estate Sales Executorium Publisher George Compton interviews National Estate Sales Association President Lisa Kroese to dive into the estate sale liquidation process. This episode of Executorium’s Estate Talk was broadcast on Wednesday, Jan 18,
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Selling Estate personal property can be a time-consuming challenge for an executor. Liquidation services such as estate sale companies and auction houses can liquidate large inventories quickly, but may leave executors wondering why their items didn’t bring more. Your time is not free. There are many ways to sell an item, and convert the item
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Thanks and Recognition to The Historic New Orleans Collection The following article was garnered from a special 1-hour program presented by the Historic New Orleans Collection, where the experts of the HNOC and the specialists from their Decorative Arts of the Gulf South (DAGS) program combined to present the fundamentals of the care and treatment
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If the estate has a sizable book inventory or collection, valuing and liquidating the estate library can be a serious task. From the collection of romance novels, and the boxes of children’s books in the attic, to the rare volume and star of the carefully curated collection, books have value. Perhaps not the value you
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