An online estate auction lets your family sell a parent’s belongings without opening the house to the public. Buyers bid from home, and the highest bid wins.
Caring Transitions of Denver Southeast runs online estate sales for Denver families on CT Bids, an auction platform only Caring Transitions offers. If you need to sell estate items online, our team handles the photos, listings, and buyers, so you don’t have to.
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Looking to bid instead? Browse our current auctions on CT Bids.
We start with a free consultation at the home to see what’s there and whether an auction makes sense. If it does, our team sorts, photographs, and catalogs each item, then lists them on CT Bids.
CT Bids has run online estate sales for more than a decade. Bidding on every item starts at $1, and buyers can join from anywhere. When the auction closes, winners collect their items at a set pickup time, and the house never opens for browsing.
Photos make a big difference in what an item sells for. Caring Transitions recognized one of our early auctions for its item photography and strong sale results.
At an in-person sale, shoppers usually try to negotiate prices down. Online, they compete with each other instead.
That competition is how a piece of art that sat unsold at $250 in person later went for $1,000 on CT Bids. It’s also why we typically sell at least 95% of what we list.
The tradeoff is that no one controls the final price. Anne is upfront about it: “We can’t control the price because all of our bidding starts at $1, but we know we’re going to be able to liquidate the items.”
Some items reliably draw strong bids. These include 14-carat gold jewelry, sterling silver, collectible coins, original art, antique and mid-century modern furniture, and retro pieces you can’t buy new anymore.
In Anne’s words, “If somebody has those unique pieces, then we know we’ve got a good auction.”
Everyday furniture from big retailers rarely draws much interest online. If that’s most of what’s in the home, an in-person estate sale is often the better fit, and we’ll tell you so.
Every auction is different, so we'll walk through the costs at your free consultation. We'll also explain what's included in our services and answer any questions before you decide to move forward.
We run estate auctions for families in Southeast Denver and South Denver, including Centennial, Greenwood Village, Cherry Hills Village, Englewood, Aurora Hills, Parker, Lone Tree, and Castle Rock.
Because bidding happens online, your items reach buyers well beyond the Denver area. If your home is outside our area, we’ll connect you with the Caring Transitions owner who serves it.
Do buyers come into the house?
No. All bidding happens online, so buyers only stop by to collect what they’ve won.
What happens to anything that doesn't sell?
Most items sell. For the few that don’t, we can donate what’s still usable and clear out the rest of the home.
Can we combine an auction with an in-person sale?
Yes. Some families sell everyday items in person and send the standout pieces to auction. We’ll recommend the right mix for what’s in the home.
A short walkthrough is usually enough to tell whether an online auction makes sense. Call us or book a free in-home consultation, and we’ll give you a straight answer.