I have an antique loveseat, an heirloom, I plan to sell and even though reality was not as I had…read morehoped ($$$), she gave me an honest estimate as to its current value. This included the possible manufacturing history of such a piece as well as pointing out details and/or flaws I had not noticed that affected the value. She also elaborated on the past and future trends to watch for my consideration at a later time of sale. It was a valuable learning experience, history lesson and reality check I highly recommend.

We inherited over 70 original paintings and Cummings met with us to advise on how to get them…read morevalued and sold efficiently. The cost was minimal and the advice was valuable. We highly recommend them.

Deal didn't go through and she lost my white-gold spring bar and told me that it is steel and to go…read morereplace it for 3 dollars. Welp it wasn't steel and it was white gold and now out of luck because of her mistake. Blamed it on me and gas-lit me for it. Really unprofessional and wouldn't ever do business again. Stay away and just sell the watch to a jeweler store instead. Have the blackbox video of it happening and will be posting it on social media for everyone to see since "it is my problem now".

After months of emails and sharing with Ms. Baggenstoss all of my existing documents regarding my…read morecollection she unceremoniously emailed me that she needed to "resign from your assignment due to a time crunch currently; apologies for that." Advice to Ms. Baggenstoss- If you don't have time to take on new clients then don't take it them on waste months of time and then drop them 4 days before the work was scheduled to be completed. It's unprofessional, it's a waste of my time and it's completely avoidable. Advice to readers- Be warned, you may spend months only to get nowhere and need to start again. Response: If Ms. Bagenstoss had been remotely apologetic in her cancellation email ( or made any previous mention of health issues or time constraints) I wouldn't have posted negative reviews. Indeed when I emailed her my response to the abrupt cancellation (essentially this review with a mention that I would leave negative reviews) her response in full was "Thank you!". Taking care of yourself and treating other people's time and energy respectfully are not mutually exclusive.

Our experience with Conser started after we signed up to pay the inflated, and hopefully someday…read moreillegal $700 appraisal fee (Was $350 2 1/2 years ago). Shortly after arranging this we were contacted by our broker who said an the appraisal company was demanding an additional $150 because we lived in a county area and had a pool. We were told the now more inflated fee was due to the need for more research. Conser eventually made it out, past our locked-in rate time we paid extra for, and Milo (Trey) Phillips came. Trey told me he would only be at the house for twenty minutes or so. I walked around with Trey and told him about all the new updates that had been done since we bought the place two and a half years ago (new water lines throughout, all new electrical, Quartz and granite countertops everywhere...basically a 95% complete remodel/restoration of the house and with all high-end options). Trey made note of what I said was done, but didn't ask for any receipts, which I had ready for him if he wanted. Trey spoke to me at the conclusion of his visit and basically dissed my home, saying things insinuating it was below average and wouldn't score well on paper. Trey also admitted he wasn't all that familiar with the area and wasn't hopeful that he could find good comp's. We ended up getting our appraisal report later on. The estimate was at least $40,000 below where our previous real estate agent and broker suggested it would be at. Looking over the appraisal in detail, there were options and amenities left out and not checked. The land value itself was also VERY under estimated (based on the other smaller plots for sale on our same street). Our comp's chosen were laughable. They included smaller neighborhood homes inside the city limits of a town 5 miles from us, one foreclosure and one home that was half the size of ours with two less bedrooms and a bathroom. These appraisals were collected by searching over a three year time span. Though Trey's training and experience is well touted in his report, he appears out of touch, but more than likely, just doesn't care. I wouldn't recommend this company to anyone; but it doesn't matter because you don't have much of a choice when it comes time to putting your name in a hat for an appraisal.

I have worked with the people at Conser Appraisers for years. They are real professionals. Tons…read moreof experience, integrity and good old fashion strong work ethic. They are a reliable and respectable company with a strong local family tradition.

We were downsizing by more than 1000 sq ft, and because I'm old, I decided that it was best to sell…read moresome of my favorite things that i'd collected over more than 50 years. I never had a lot of money, but that didn't hold me back, I bought carefully. I found a few auction companies on Yelp and contacted them. One stood out from the beginning, Salem Auction House. I trusted Jake from the first telephone call, I don't know why, but he has the kind of enthusiasm that I have for unusual items and furniture. His good character was apparent from our first meeting. He drove up from Salem, packed my items in the truck and charged a nominal fee for that service. We were moving, and we don't drive, so that was a huge load off of my mind. Everything was handled by Jake, he scheduled the auction, advertised it and put the entire process online to witness. I'll admit, I didn't pay close attention, but to put it mildly, it was (for me) an unexpectedly successful auction, far in excess of my expectations. Looking at the prices being paid was gratifying. I love Oregon, but people are very tight with money, if you try to sell things yourself it is both difficult and depressing. Somehow Jake and Salem Auction House have the right clientele. They appreciated my items, bought them because they liked my taste, and bought so enthusiastically that I know that they will be loved as much as I always have. That was important to me. Jake was as excited as I was, the itemized list accompanied a check within a week or so. I can highly and wholeheartedly recommend Salem Auction House!

Jake and his crew worked with me to dispose of my late brother's estate. He had a wide range of…read morecollectibles. They were able to find new homes for just about everything. Salem Auction House was a pleasure to work with.

I was contacted by this organization when looking for help with an estate sale. After providing…read morepictures of what I have I let them know that another organization was coming onsite and asked if they wanted to as well. The reply I got was that "we are not interested in competing with other Estate company's for your sale. I know this might seem a little arrogant but our company is very sought after and have a lot of people wanting us to help them." Arrogant indeed, I'm recently widowed and I wanted help so I was doing my due diligence by talking to more than just one company. Apparently good judgement will not be tolerated by Rare Finds.

From the owner: We host estate sale services in salem, portland and other cities in oregon. We also buy entire…read moreestates or parcel estates. We have our fire arms license to purchase fire arms wether its one fire arm or a collection. Other item we purchase are estate jewelry, cars, collectables, antiques, ect.