Most families are surprised by how much value sits inside an estate — and how much of it gets lost when a property is cleared without a professional involved. Furniture, jewelry, art, collectibles, tools, and even everyday household items can carry significant market value that families simply aren’t aware of. An estate auction, run by a certified appraiser and auctioneer who knows how to price, market and execute.
Brian Price handles every aspect of the sale — inventory, marketing, setup, sale day operations, buyer management, and final settlement reporting.
Every estate sale Brian runs begins with a certified appraisal. Items are inventoried, researched, and valued by a CPPA-qualified professional before a single price tag is attached.
Brian Price isn’t just an estate sale coordinator — he’s a certified appraiser, a licensed Realtor®, and a Certified Executor Advisor with over a decade of experience helping Windsor-Essex families recover real value from estate contents. That combination of credentials means he approaches every estate sale with a level of expertise that most services simply can’t match.
Brian’s mission is straightforward: to make sure every family he serves recovers the maximum possible value from their estate — with no shortcuts, no guesswork, and no items of value overlooked or undersold. Every sale is approached with the same professional rigour and personal care, whether the estate contains one item of significance or an entire home full of them.
Brian Price’s vision is to be Windsor-Essex’s most trusted name in estate liquidation — a service that families, lawyers, and executors can call with confidence, knowing that everything will be handled with expertise, integrity, and care. That reputation has been built one estate at a time, and it’s what continues to drive everything Brian and his team do.
Brian Price offers free estate sale consultations across Windsor-Essex. One conversation is all it takes to understand what you have, what it’s worth, and how to run a sale that maximizes what your family walks away with.
Running a successful estate sale requires more than showing up on a Saturday morning. Brian Price follows a structured, proven process — built on years of experience and certified appraisal expertise — that takes families from initial consultation to final settlement with clarity and confidence at every stage.
Brian visits the property, assesses the scope of the estate, and provides an honest overview of what a sale could realistically generate.
Every item is catalogued, researched, and priced using certified CPPA methodology. High-value items are identified for special handling, online listing, or auction.
Brian's team promotes the sale through established channels, manages setup and signage, and runs the event professionally from open to close — handling buyers, negotiations, and payment.
After the sale, families receive a complete settlement report. Unsold items are coordinated for donation, auction, or disposal.
Some items sell best in person. Others — specialty antiques, collectibles, jewelry, firearms, unique furniture — need to reach a wider audience to achieve full value. Brian Price’s established auction partnerships give every estate sale the broadest possible buyer reach, combining local foot traffic with online and worldwide auction access through platforms like Hi-Bid.
Two of the most common services Brian Price provides are often confused — or assumed to be the same thing. Here’s the difference, and how to know which one your situation calls for.
An estate sale is the right choice when a property contains items of real financial value — and when the goal is to recover as much of that value as possible before the property is cleared. If the estate includes antiques, collectibles, jewelry, quality furniture, art, tools, or other goods that buyers would pay for, a properly run estate sale can generate significant returns for the family.
An estate clean-out is the right choice when the primary goal is clearing the property efficiently — sorting, removing, and disposing of contents so the home can be sold, listed, or transferred. A cleanout is often needed after an estate sale has already recovered value from the most significant items, or when the estate doesn’t contain items that warrant a full sale.
In many cases, the right answer is both — an estate sale to extract value from items worth selling, followed immediately by a cleanout to clear everything that remains. Because Brian Price offers both services, families don’t need to coordinate between multiple providers. Brian manages the full sequence — sale first, cleanout second — so that nothing is missed and the property is completely settled in a single, coordinated process.
Estate sales are new territory for most families. Here are the questions Brian hears most often — answered directly, so you know exactly what to expect before reaching out.
An estate sale is a professionally organized sale of a home’s contents — typically following a death, divorce, or major life transition. Unlike a garage sale, an estate sale involves a full inventory of the property’s contents, professional pricing based on current market values, active marketing to attract buyers, and structured sale day management. The goal is to recover meaningful value from items that would otherwise be donated or discarded.
An estate sale is focused on recovering value — identifying, pricing, and selling items before a property is cleared. A cleanout is focused on clearing the property — sorting, removing, and responsibly disposing of contents after value has already been extracted (or when a sale isn’t warranted). Brian Price offers both services and can help you determine which one — or which combination — makes the most sense for your situation.
Brian is a certified Canadian Personal Property Appraiser (CPPA) — which means every valuation is based on professional methodology, current market research, and years of hands-on experience with estate contents across Windsor-Essex. Items are not priced by guesswork or general assumption. If something has specialized value — antiques, collectibles, jewelry, art — Brian will identify it and make sure it’s priced and marketed accordingly.
Unsold items are never simply abandoned. After the sale closes, Brian coordinates the responsible handling of remaining contents — which may include donation to local organizations, transfer to an auction partner for a second selling opportunity, or responsible disposal as a final step. Families receive a clear accounting of where everything ended up, and the process continues until the property is completely settled.
The timeline depends on the size of the estate and the volume of contents, but most estate sales run on a two-to-four week timeline from initial assessment to final settlement. The assessment and appraisal phase typically takes several days; marketing and promotion runs for one to two weeks; the sale itself usually spans one to two days; and settlement and unsold item coordination follows shortly after. Brian provides a realistic timeline during the initial consultation so families can plan accordingly.
