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By LydiaLilli October 17, 2013
Fran and Carl Fisher have done a fabulous job selling expensive items I wanted to sell including a baby grand piano and an antique (19th Century) bronze sculpture from France. They do extensive research, get the best prices, handle all the shipping arrangements ad are highy professional! ...read more
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Professional Auction Listing Service - PALS
By Lydia Lilli August 25, 2010
Fran and Carl Fisher run a top-notch business. They are a pleasure to deal with, easy to work with and they really put in alot of time and effort. I had an antique bronze statue that they were able to sell for me at above and beyond what I ever expected. They handled everything like true professionals from taking terrific photos of the the bronze to placing it on EBAY, research, seeing through the sale, packing it, shipping it, keeping in touch with me constantly and finally they brought my check to me personally. I cannot be happier and plan to do more business with them. I highly recommend PALS and unlike alot of businesses today, Fran and Carl Fisher have honesty , integrity and are highly professional and competent! They were even able to help me through a very difficult situation regarding a signed piece of memorabilia I was hoping to sell and much to my dismay, they found out that the item was a forgery. Thanks to their intervention, I was able to get a full refund. ...read more
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PALS Auctions Auditions for TV Show
PALS Auctions was recently asked to audition for a new television show that's in the works. The new show will feature people familiar with bartering, swapping and trading. So far, 70 people from Hollywood have viewed the private audition video. Here is what we think the show should be called: ...read more
By Professional Auction Listing Service - PALS December 15, 2010
eBay Consignment Store Opens in Temecula California
Granny's Attic, a large antique store in Temecula, has managed to stay open despite the troubled economy, but owner Mike Freville said the recession isn't his only concern. The popularity of the Internet is also affecting the business he's owned for 13 years. "There's still people who want to be hands on and see things before they buy, but the Internet has definitely hurt the antique business," he said. "You go on the Internet and there are so many antiques for sale." So Freville figured, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. On Saturday, his store debuted a partnership with a local eBay business, Professional Auction Listing Service, or PALS. It's owned by a De Luz couple who sell items on the Internet for people, then take a cut of the sale price, usually about 30 percent. "You have to get on the Internet somehow," said Freville as he watched a steady stream of people come through to get their old ---- but possibly valuable ---- items appraised for free by the couple, Fran and Carl Fisher. "They are bringing in a lot of people." The Fishers did not give most people who came in toting paintings, vases, watches, clothing, jewelry, coins and other items a dollar-amount estimate on what their stuff was worth; rather, they took down information about the belongings, as well as several pictures. Over the next few weeks they'll conduct research to get an accurate estimate, then get back to everyone. The Fishers, who want items to be worth at least $250 to sell it on eBay, said they estimate about 10 percent of what they catalogued Saturday will end up for sale online. By mid-afternoon, about three dozen people had come by, and as many as 100 items were reviewed. If something didn't seem to be worth a lot, the couple might indicate as much. Sometimes Carl Fisher joked: "Don't go blow all your money just yet." Several items did have potential, however, including a mahogany and mother of pearl ancient Asian artifact that might have been used as some sort of smoking device, and an 18-carat gold pocket watch from the 1800s. "It's a mystery," said Fran Fisher. "We are here to solve it." For Escondido retirees Tim and Jane Day, an original of a cartoon that ran in The New Yorker magazine by artist George Price had been hung in a windowless nook in their home for far too long. It was handed down by Tim Day's parents, and it was time to learn what it might be worth, they said. "Yeah, I might sell it, why not?" Tim Day said as he waited in line. Another in line who might be willing to part with her goods was Carol Crisci, 66, of Escondido. She and her husband do not have children, Crisci said, so she wondered who would take some of her old paintings, including a self-portrait her grandmother did in the very early 1900s. "I just thought it would be interesting to see what it was worth," she said. "We have no children, so who are we going to pass them down to? I might try and get them in a museum." As each person made it to the front of the line, the Fishers would ask about the items, offer advice, and collect their contact information. "Don't clean it," Fran Fisher said to one lady who brought in a pitcher for appraisal. "Sometimes it destroys 80 percent of the value if it's clean." Another woman who brought in a few stamps got some bad news. "Nobody ---- but nobody ---- collects stamps anymore," Carl Fisher told her. "I don't know what happened." When it was the Langston family's turn, they told the Fishers the story behind an old, gold pocket watch. "(My brother) got it from my mother and had it engraved to give to some girl," Murrieta resident Kathy Langston, 50, told Fran Fisher as she looked at the watch under a magnifying glass. "Well, my mother took it back." Langston said she was drawn to the appraisal largely out of curiosity. In addition to the pocket watch, she and her family brought several other items, including coins and a silver wrist watch. "My mom had a lot of little things she held on to," she said. "We were basically curious to know what we had. Not to get rid of it, but to know."To contact PALS, call 951-551-0750. ...read more
By Professional Auction Listing Service - PALS August 14, 2010