Estate Sales

Initial Walk through & Assessment

• Introduction to the client.
• Understanding the needs of the client selling the estate.
• Walkthrough assessment and putting a project plan together.

Preliminary Search of Valuables, Staging, Inventory, Catalog

• Project manager and team do an initial search and staging of all contents of estate.
• Inventory and photograph all contents for sale.
• Client is given the inventory of the catalog.
• Catalog is uploaded to Nellis Auction bidding platform.
• Catalog is posted online for a duration of time (7-10 days).

Sales Marketing & Advertisement

• Email notification of every auction to our large and growing customer database.
• Social media targeted and sponsored marketing.
• Craigslist Advertising.
• Advertised on EstateSales.net

Preview and Sale Conduct

• Project manager will host a live preview in home.
• Auction typically starts later that evening, when auction closes and bidders are invoiced for payment.

Load Out and Estate Sweep

• Project manager and team organize load out.
• Bid winners collect their items with a "paid in full" receipt from the estate.
• Nellis Auction crew does a final sweep collecting items to be shipped, any unsold items, items to be donated, and trash.
• House is left completely empty of contents.

Payment

• Consignor will be paid within 10 business days of the sale.