Alpha Estate & Auction Sales

1214 Meridian St - Huntsville, Alabama 35801

Appointment Suggested  256-536-3117

                     salesbyalpha@gmail.com

Offering experience, knowledge and excellence to all of our clients and customers!  If you need a dentist, don't go to a foot doctor!  Hire the best in the business and get your monies worth.

Bob Baker, H.S.C.A., President  & Gary Lee Knight, Vice President

This web site is visited by approximately 4,000 or more viewers a month!

Don't find out you can't have a sale in the house you just sold!  Please call Alpha before you list your home or sign a contract on your home to sell it in order to make sure we can schedule a sale before the closing date.  We stay very busy and sometimes are booked for up to two months!

• A recent letter:

Christie and I wanted to tell you that the Florence estate sale was the best we ever attended  in more than 20 years of going to auctions and estate sales. We attended Thursday night. When the fellow at the door said he would let 50 people in at a time we thought it might be a hassle to work our way around and get checked out efficiently. We were happy to see you had a competent and attentive staff to help answer questions, tote stuff  to the garage and load vehicles.  Our only regret was running out of room in our truck and money in our checking account!   Please keep us on your mailing list as we plan on attending more of your estate sales and auctions.   Regards,   Jim and Christie Powers Young Harris, GA

• Watch a video of Bob explaining some of the finer points of what Alpha can do and will do for you.

• One of Huntsville's oldest personal property liquidation services.  We handle it all: used furniture, antiques, fine art, furnishings, accessories and collectibles.  With our hands on history of retail antiques & appraisals (since 1970) and collectibles, there is less chance of valuable items ending up in an "auction box lot". 

• We are licensed by the City of Huntsville, as required by law to operate a retail establishment in the city as well as the county.  We are insured and bonded.  Our business is legal!

• We do not put your items up for auction on the Internet and take the chance on giving them away as people want to see and touch many items to make sure they are in good condition and will not bid on them if they can't.  We present the best scenario for your personal property and get the highest price.

• We work closely & professionally with all phases of estate settlements, including attorneys, administrators, legal guardians,  power of attorneys & legal heirs.  Every estate settlement is unique.  Alpha endeavors to efficiently bring to a close the complex process of  disposing of personal property.

• We take the time to sort, price and mark your items with the expertise only years of accumulated knowledge can bring.  No matter the reason: if you are down sizing, moving or liquidating the personal property of a loved one, we will be there to make your job easier.  Bob Baker, a founding member of the Heritage Society of Certified Appraisers, brings to you quality and service with fourty two years of experience in  antique sales and management.   His partner, Gary Lee Knight, offers 36  years of experience and training in the collectible field as well as organizational skills beyond belief!  Gary now has been with Alpha for over 15 years!  Our already excellent service couldn't be any better!  We have a staff of 6 to 8 professionals who work with us on each sale.

• Click  here  GALLERY  to read what some of our clients have written about us!  Click HERE for photo of our historic building where we hold our estate auctions on a regular basis.  Click here for frequently asked questions.

• Once we have sorted and priced all of the items, a three day on premise sale is held to liquidate the estate.  Our fair pricing (supported by current market values) and discounting structure guarantees you the highest dollar value for all of your items.  Pricing is critical in the success of any sale and our experience in the field of liquidation is invaluable in finding the "right" price for your items to reasonably sell for.  Our loyal clients know us for our service and quality client care.  Click here for letters from several of our past clients.
• If warranted for certain properties, we have our popular "Early Bird Sale" the Thursday night before we open our regular sales on Friday!  
• Presentation can be the core of a successful sale.  We have been known to completely rearrange a home to display and merchandise items for the most sales appeal.  Small valuable items are placed in showcases and shown one at a time by our attentive staff.  We also offer our customers a carefully thought out holding area and shopping baskets!  CLICK HERE FOR PRESENTATION PICTURES of past sales.
• Our fee is collected only after the liquidation of the estate. There are no up front cost to you and your check is in hand 14 working days after the close of the sale.  We can also relocate select items to sell them if after the family has made their selection and there is not enough left to have an on premise estate sale.
• No worry with "what to do with" the higher end items that didn't find a ready buyer.  Rather than "give" them away, the possibility is always there to consign them to  Lincoln Center Antiques.   Left over odds and ends are donated to your favorite charity.  We even vacuum the house and do a light cleaning before we turn the key over to the owner!
• In order to obtain the highest revenue for our clients, some select items may be offered through Internet connections or to regional, and in some cases, international auction houses. 
  We will consider any job offered.  We are professionals all the way.  Our training, experience and knowledge will tell you that!
• We examine every item.   
• Our current estate sale and auction staff:  Bob Baker, Gary Knight, Arecia Jones, Paulette Lynch, Morgan Lynch, Spencer Glasgow, Marilyn Glasgow, Daniel Weldon, Billy Blankenship and Criss Ashwell. 

 This is our full time profession, not just a part time offering.  

Choose Alpha - because you have better things to do.

Selling personal property for over a quarter century. Call us today 256-536-3117