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[quote=Anonymous]Do not hire an estate sale company -- it will most likely literally cost you money because they charge for their time, for moving things to be auctioned, for calling the trash hauler to haul away your trash (you will still have to pay the trash hauler). They will take a 40% commission on anything they sell.

Contact your local auction house, or more than one if there is more than one. Have the stuff you think is maybe worth something -- silver, lithographs, antique guns - available. An auction house takes a smaller commission than an estate sale company.

If you want to keep pictures, you can do that. PPs have had good suggestions about how to deal with boxes of photos/albums

If there is usable stuff that you don't want, put it on FB marketplace or Freecycle or whatever. Give as much away as you can.

Call a trash hauler to take the rest away. Don't feel bad. It gave your parents decades of pleasure, and it has served its purpose. Marie Kondo would tell you to thank it for that. I would say thank it for teaching you not to hold on to your stuff, and to try not to acquire so much.

I hope your parents like their new place. They are lucky to have children who look out for them. [/quote]

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