What is an Estate Sale?

Here is what you can expect from sale events:
The Estate Sale :

The estate sale is at the top of the sales chart. An estate sale is generally the selling of the contents of a home after the owners have passed away. The sale is held to liquidate the contents and possessions by order of a court or by the family. There can be extremely high end sales (antiques, jewelry, collectibles, rare books) and ordinary estate sales where the contents may not be antiques or collectibles, but are good quality and in fine condition. If the estate sale is run by a professional, you can usually expect many quality items and higher prices than at most other sales. Higher prices at these sales will probably still be great bargains much of the time. If you take a little time to investigate the type of items you are looking for and know the prices they command you will surely find many quality items at good prices. Estate sales are usually held indoors. A “perk” of the estate sale can be the visitation of the stately and picturesque home , in which the sale is held, with many of the furnishings still in place.  Sometimes a sale is listed as an estate sale because it is held at a large estate but is truly just a moving or downsizing or redecorating sale.

The Tag Sale :
The tag sale, garage sale, yard sale and moving sale covers just about every other type of sale where items are price tagged for sale. Typically, many tag sales are held indoors. Then there are the garage and yard sales; as the titles read they are usually held outside or half in and half out of a garage and are subject to weather conditions. You will find bargains at every sale, but these sales offer a much better chance of finding that Antiques Road Show treasure for a rock bottom price.

All sales are run to liquidate / sell property that is no longer wanted or needed. Generally the way someone labels the sale is not a big deal (for most people), but is helpful for the buyer in deciding which sales to visit. If the person or company has spent some time and money to advertise a large sale and has been pretty descriptive about the items that will be sold you can expect a good sale. The great thing about tag sales is that you just never know what’s going to turn up .  Follow that sign posted to a telephone pole or visit that tag sale advertised only as “Something for Everyone!” and you could find the next Antique Chinese Bowl worth millions, but most of the time you will probably just pick up  five lightbulbs for a dollar.

Tag Sale Abbreviations:
R/S = Rain or Shine (The sale will be held in any weather)
EB = Early Bird (An Early Bird is someone who visits a sale before the advertised start time)
NEB = No Early Birds (Don’t Show up before the posted time)
NIB = New in the Box
BR = Bedroom
DR = Dining Room
HH = Household items
LR, LVR = Living Room