I saw mention in another thread that estate sales are a rip off (for the seller). Not sure what the alternative is, in our situation.
My FIL died recently, and my husband is the executor. The house is located in a small town about an hour and a half from here. He has a large shop building and a couple metal buildings holding a lot of stuff, mostly old car bodies and parts (Model A and model T, plus some mid 60's Chevy) and tools (both hand tools and big stuff). There's some interesting stuff in the house (an old pump organ, pottery)
I can't imagine cataloging, photographing, and listing all that on ebay, then having to drive down there whenever something sells. I've heard that estate auction guys charge a lot (a percentage? how high?), but don't they do all that work for you? Plus advertise to get the right people interested?
Anyone have any direct experience? hints?