Looking to buy a treasure? Check out www.dreamauctions.org
Versatile Tillsonburg-based online site offers many weekly auctions
By Mark
Schadenberg
Whether
it's an antique armoire, a wing-back chair, or a complete set of
silverware, all families at some point have household heirlooms which
have value, but no one who wants to own them or have the ability to
sell the property through classified ads, Kijiji or a regional
auction house.
This
is when you call Tillsonburg-based Dream Auctions.
www.dreamauctions.org
If
your lifestyle is in down-sizing mode and you have furniture or
housewares to sell, contact Ben Vannatter. Dream Auctions can also
assist with estate sales or if your family is relocating a long
distance and simply don't want to move everything.
“When
we do estate sales, whether they be for a living person (power of
attorney) or deceased, we work closely with the family, explaining
how everything works, how and why we group lots together,” said
Vannatter.
In
the sorting process, if Vannatter discovers anything he feels is a
true family collectible or valuable heirloom, it is always returned
to the client.
“We
put aside any personal items we come across.
“We
also control the pickup after the auction is over, taking payments,
and making sure property doesn’t get damaged. Basically once we
have agreed to auction a client's items they don’t have to do
anything,” explain Vannatter.
They
are not appraisers, but their Dream Auctions company website
specializes in promoting online auctions for many shopping lists. The
key to the auction is that each particular item is only available for
a specific length of time, so on the last day for a particular
auction there is a lot of traffic to the site as the deadline
approaches on your alarm clock. For example, there is a current
auction which continues until 8 p.m. on Dec 2.; the next auction then
opens at 8 a.m. On Thursday, Dec. 10 and continues until 8 p.m. on
Wednesday, Dec. 16.
One
of the reasons the site receives so much activity as people looking
for specific items, can sign up to receive update emails on the
lineup of available items you could bid on.
The
website also has specific rules on bid increments, paying for
purchases, and when and where to pick up. Dream Auctions does have a
warehouse, so if you want boxes and furniture removed from your
residence, after a few photos are taken, they will be stored safely
off-site until sold.
One
recent auction had quite an array of interest, ranging from
skateboards to a new hinged knee brace, and from bedroom furniture
including a sleigh bed, to a lantern ideal for camping or a visit to
a cottage. When typing this piece, I noted a mobility scooter, and on
the lower end of price tags there was a blue/green area rug with an
attractive design with a top bid of just $10. (Note: That particular
sale is now over). When you included a karaoke machine from that
auction, there was a total of 240 items or lots to consider.
Sometimes, for example, a group of 10 DVD movies will be compiled
into one lot. With 33 1/3 LPs becoming popular again, that Nov 18
deadline auction included some classic rock albums by the likes of
April Wine and Nazareth.
If
you know someone who collects – for example Norman Rockwell plates
– and you haven't bought anything for them for Christmas yet, check
out Dream Auctions.
Everything
is sold 'as is' but there are photographs of all merchandise online,
so you known exactly what you're are bidding on.
There
are other similar services to this in Oxford County. In fact, earlier
this year I wrote an expensive story about Anna Helps, which is a
company conducting estate sales from inside a home by Anna Holmes. A
link to that June blog is noted below.
LINKS:
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Related Links:
Site: www.4lifes.ca
Site: www.annahelps.com
Email:
goodwayhomecare@gmail.com
Note: The above blog
and links are offered only for information purposes, as the writer I
am not being compensated to promote these companies, but I am simply
offering consumer information. For more details or to conduct your
own research, contact the companies noted.
Mark
Schadenberg, Sales Representative
Senior
Real Estate Specialist (SRES designation)
Royal
LePage Triland Realty Brokerage
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