How It Works
Selling your home? Need to sell your personal property?
We can help! Our primary service area is Johnson County, KS and Douglas County, KS in the Kansas City metropolitan area. We occasionally cross over into the neighboring adjacent counties. Bluestem is licensed, insured and bonded and follows all state and federal guidelines.
Traditional Sales - We conduct estate and moving sales on-site to liquidate personal property, automobiles and equipment. We sell your property at a fair market value to get you the best price possible.
We specialize in the sale of automobiles, jewelry and silver, coins, collectibles, sports memorabilia, equipment, antiques, furniture and housewares.
Non - Traditional or Special Circumstances...We CAN help.
Bluestem Sales specializes in variations on the traditional sale.
*Traditional Sales and Consignment Sales
*Too small of quantity for a regular sale
*Can't have the sale in your home
*Just a few items
*Just need to sell jewelry, coins, stamps, firearms or other small collections
*automobiles only
We will customize a sale plan for your unique needs
Here's how it works:
1) FREE CONSULTATION
Contact Bluestem for a free consultation. We will come to your home to discuss your needs and determine whether an estate sale is the best method to help you meet your goals.
2) PLANNING and PREPARATION
We can coordinate through our partner relationships move managers, packers and movers. We will work with you to plan appropriate dates for a sale (anywhere from a 1-3 day sale) and complete a contract with you. We require that you not be present and living in the home during the sale. We stage the home and property in the best way to display your items for sale and it is not in "livable" condition for occupants. During this time Bluestem will do research on items to determine selling prices, take photos, set up marketing and advertising and work closely with you to plan how to dispose of items left unsold.
3) PRICING AND STAGING
Once you have turned over your home to us, we work quickly to uncover property from all rooms, boxes and storage areas and then display all the items. We will stage your home to highlight key pieces for sale and unique items. After everything is staged we will price all the items in the home. Our sale tags and posted policies and information are printed and displayed in a professional manner.
4) SALE DAYS
Doors will be opened to the public after the sale has been advertised. Typically sales are 1-3 days in length and usually in the Wednesday through Sunday time frame. Hours are typically 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Again, it is strongly suggested that you are not present during the sale. We understand that selling of personal property may be very emotional and it is in your best interest to let us manage the sale for you. During the sale multiple team members are on-site to conduct the sale. Customers are informed of sale procedures upon entrance to the home and if there are areas not available to the public. They will be clearly marked.
5) POST-SALE
Once the sale is over all of the remaining items will be disposed of according to your predetermined wishes. In most cases a dumpster is required to dispose of trash which we will arrange for its delivery and pick up. You will receive a check within two weeks of the sale once we have ensured accuracy of our records.
