My last parent passed away earlier this year, and its amazing what and who comes out of the woodwork in these types of instances. Ive been a long-time baseball card and memorabilia collector and feel I generally know the market well and if I dont, have this entire board to ask questions. After my mothers death, everyone (family, friends, neighbors, etc etc) were pushing my sister and I to hold an estate sale and Im so glad we took our time to make an informed decision and decided against it. My parents had around 1000 antique books, almost 100 antique guns, artwork, coins, etc etc and we would have most likely lost an incredible amount of money by holding an estate sale. With the slow down in the real estate market, it may be awhile before we can sell her house but it has given us alot of time to properly research most things. I think now, with information readily at hand, finding bargains at estate sales may still occur but may be more difficult compared to pre-internet days.
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