We have used previous blog posts to discuss some of the finer details of collectibles. As a concierge service that assists seniors with their downsizing efforts, My Divine Concierge has had plenty of opportunities to help clients make decisions regarding their collectibles. We have learned quite a bit about this...
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Staging a Home Filled with Collectibles
Selling a home these days requires more than just taking a few pictures and listing it in a weekly real estate magazine. Today’s sophisticated buyers expect to walk into homes and experience what it might be like to live in them. That is one of the reasons experts recommend staging...
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The Worst Advice We’ve Ever Heard About Selling Collectibles
Assisting clients in selling their collectibles is a normal part of our specialized downsizing service for seniors. It is something we do quite regularly. During one recent project, we got to talking about our past experiences. We were asked, “what is the worst advice you’ve ever heard about selling collectibles?”...
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Valuing Collectibles: Auction Price Versus Insurance Value
We have had our share of conversations with clients who are trying to determine the value of their collectibles. For good reason, value is often the most important factor that determines whether collectibles get passed on, sold, or discarded. As such, questions about how to properly value collectibles are pretty...
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Downsizing and Collectibles: The Art of Prioritization
Most of us are familiar with the concept of prioritization. For our entire adult lives we have to prioritize tasks at work, responsibilities at home, and so forth. There is simply not enough time in the day to get everything done. Likewise, those same principles of prioritization can come in...
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Collectibles: To Sell or Not to Sell
Staring at a lifetime of collectibles when it is time to downsize leads to all sorts of questions about what to do with them. Should they be given to children and grandchildren? And if so, will the recipients value the items as much as their original owners? If passing collectibles...
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The Value in Collectibles Is Mostly Personal
Being a collector of something special throughout your life is a good way to pass some time and learn more about your chosen collectibles, their history, and others who collect them. Over years of helping our senior clients with the moving process, we have observed some very interesting collections. We...
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