Why Choose JLA Treasures?

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Staff

Our staff of 6 (excluding Gary) have over 67 years with JLA Treasures. We have an amazing, hard-working, loyal crew!

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Certification

There are no certifications or licenses for estate sellers in Texas. Even though we control the listings and pricing of our own auctions, we go through a trusted external licensed auctioneer whose books and records we do not control, thereby providing an extra layer of security to our clients (at our expense).

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Multiple Methods of Liquidation

In addition to traditional estate and moving sales, we also do online auctions (at the client's home or business, our warehouse, or another facility). If we can't sell everything at a traditional estate sale, or if a sale is not possible at the client's home, we have multiple other options for liquidation. Many estate sellers simply walk away at the end of the sale.

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Facilities

JLA Treasures has a legitimate place of business, a 6,300 square foot office/showroom/warehouse in Plano, which is fully climate-controlled, and protected by a monitored security system with cameras. We do not operate from the owner’s home like many competitors. Rather than just disposing of or donating things which don't sell initially, we have the means (and use them) to try to sell everything in order to maximize the amount paid to the client.

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Moving Van

In addition to our office/warehouse, we have the means to move client property via our 16-foot moving van, and do so every week. This is a huge advantage to not only preparing and staging the home for the sale, but also for clearing the home and leaving it broom-swept the Monday following the sale, which is our regular practice.

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Records

We make available to our clients copies of all written tallies of everything sold, and they receive a detailed spreadsheet with the sale summary. This is typically provided to the client 5-7 business days following the sale. When we do online auctions, we upload realized prices at the end of the auction, typically the same night, so that clients (or anyone) can go to the auction website and see the final price of every item almost immediately. We have nothing to hide.

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Payment

Payout timelines differ depending on the type of liquidation event. For Estate Sales, we provide payment along with your settlement paperwork, typically within 5 to 7 business days. Auction payouts vary based on the terms established for each individual auction.

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Cars and Trucks

Most estate sellers say they will sell the client's car or truck at the sale. This should be of great concern, since we have personal experience with less-than-competent, or even fraudulent, sales of estate vehicles. Gary has been in the trust and estate business for more than 50 years, and owned a Texas-licensed car dealership during 10 of those years. We not only know how to evaluate, recondition (if needed), and price a vehicle for sale, we can sell the vehicle at the estate sale, and also have the ability to consign for retail sale with a trusted local dealer partner of more than 20 years, or we can sell the car at a true dealer price (not trade-in) through our access to the nationwide Manheim dealer-only auction system. Of course, collector vehicles are handled differently. Please ask us about valuing or selling collector vehicles or collections.