In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 08 Dec 2017 06:30:27 -0500, micky
wrote:

In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 08 Dec 2017 01:44:02 GMT, Iggy
om wrote:

replying to micky, Iggy wrote:
Nope, no written contract, just a verbal understanding. And yes, they wanted
everything. Unbeknownst to me, they very commonly do House Clean-Outs as they
call them. In my case, I could consign everything and they'd pay me quite
possibly more after everything had finally sold off or I could take their
somewhat meager "Buy It Now" amount.

If you consign, they'll actually list everything out and give their best
estimate of value, which is what they expect to get at auction. Basically, if
it ain't Limited Edition or Antique, it ain't worth much at all, as I
confirmed on E-bay with most of the furniture.

I'm pretty kind to my stuff and nothing was far from mint. But still, it's a
shame to see a bunch of real wood things that served flawlessly for decades be
of no more value to today's people than used Ikea garbage. My stuff served me
well or had just been dumped on me, so gone was all I really cared about.

My stuff is nothing special, but I sold some of my mother's solid
mahagony furniture, the bedroom suite, for %50. The woman was upstairs

That was supposed to be $50. New it would have been more than 1000. It
was in very good to excellent condition, even though it was 50 years old
at the time. If you dont damage things they don't get damaged.

at a party on a Saturday n ight when the host told her I was selling
stuff. At least she did appreciate what she was getting.

She appreciated the solid mahogany. Although she wasn't buying it for
herself but to furnish an apartment she rented. Were it not for the bed
she might have wanted it for herself (and her husband) but it had two
single beds on one wide headboard, that rolled apart into a V, so one
could make the beds. I don't think king-size mattresses existed in
1945.