Services
Premium estate sales, conducted in person
Every Laurel & Rose engagement is a full-service, in-home sale — researched, staged, advertised to serious buyers, and staffed from first tag to final accounting.
Full Estate Sales
Our signature service: the complete contents of a home sold in place over a managed multi-day sale. We sort, research, price, stage, advertise, and staff the entire event, then deliver an itemized settlement. Best suited to homes with substantial, quality contents.
Historic & Architect-Designed Homes
Portland's older and architecturally significant homes hold period furnishings, built-in-era pieces, and collections that generic liquidators routinely underprice. We research the house and its contents together, present the sale in keeping with the home's character, and reach the buyers who value both.
Art & Fine Furnishings
Original paintings and prints, fine and period furniture, sterling and silverplate, porcelain and crystal, Oriental rugs, and fine jewelry are researched individually — artist, maker, period, and comparable sales — and featured prominently in our advertising so the right buyers attend.
Downsizing & Senior Transitions
When a move to a smaller home is the reason for the sale, we work at the family's pace: keepsakes and pieces moving with you are set aside first, and everything else is sold with the same care as a full estate.
Research, Pricing & Staging
The heart of our work. Each significant item is identified and priced from documented comparable sales; rooms are then staged so the home presents as a collection, not a clearance.
Cleanout & Donation Coordination
After the sale, we coordinate donation pickup for unsold items and can arrange full cleanout so the home is left broom-clean and ready for listing, closing, or family use.
Included in every engagement
- Private consultation and written assessment
- Written agreement — commission and timeline in plain language
- Individual research and pricing of significant pieces
- Full staging of every room
- Advertising to established estate-sale buyers across the Portland area
- Managed entry and staffed rooms on sale days
- Itemized written settlement after the sale
Our commission is quoted in writing after the consultation, once we have seen the home and its contents. We do not quote percentages sight unseen, and we do not buy estates outright — our only interest is selling yours for the most it will bring.