Testimonials

Thank-you for the excellent service you and your company provided us on the sale of an estate property in West Chester. As executors of the estate we felt competing pressure to try to sell the property quickly while obtaining a good sale price in the interest of the beneficiaries. The auction method did allow us to satisfy both those objectives. We definitely think that if we had sold the house through conventional real estate methods we would have felt pressured to accept a much lower price and not realized the true market value of the property.
I’ve told the story of our first real estate auction experience to a co-worker, and his comment was “Why isn’t real estate always sold this way?” I think this comment sizes up our experience very well.

Thank-you

Marie Synnestvedt and Stephen Powell

I was very pleased with the professional way Steve and Jim handled the sale of real estate and personal property at the estate sale.
The sale was fast moving and I thought they really “worked” the crowd to get us the best prices they could achieve. The website was user friendly with good information and pictures.

Fred and Ruth Martin

I was pleased with the services of Barr/Davis Auctioneers. They were professional and courteous and expedited the auction. Deciding to have an auction put finality to burdens and clutter in my life. It was a relief when my house sold at auction; something my REALTOR could not accomplish in 8 months.
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Thank you for an outstanding job auctioning off my father’s estate. Your efficient and professional manner made the sale go very smoothly.
Ted Verbiski

I can’t thank you enough for the great job you did on the auction of my mother’s house and personal property. The advice you gave and the service you provided in carrying out a very successful auction was truly outstanding. You worked hard for every bid, and the proceeds were higher than my family and I expected.
I would call on you again and highly recommend your services to anyone looking for a hard working team. The auction and all of your help exceeded our expectations.

Lou Ann Wise

We are writing to thank you for the GREAT job that you both did in auctioning the estate. The day was a huge success and far exceeded our expectations. Everything went the way you said it would. Your guidance through the entire process was extremely helpful. You made this difficult time much easier for us.
We would highly recommend your services to anyone looking to auction their property.
Thanks again!
Maryann and David DePietro

Good job. It always pays to hire the pros.
THANKS

Kevin R. Osborn

I appreciate everything you did to make the auction of my mother’s property successful. From the start, my husband was impressed with your professionalism when you arrived the site for the first already familiar with the tax parcel information and the housing market in the Oxford area. You immediately proceeded to take measurements and pictures and lay out a program for publicizing the sale, which included newspaper advertising, color brochures, and two open houses as well as listing it on your web site. It was amazing to hear how many hits the property received.

Your courteous explanation of the advantages of an auction, compared to attempting to sell in an already overloaded real estate market, were helpful. However, it was comforting to know that you could become the real estate agent, should the property not sell at auction. Your example of a home in our area that did not sell at auction but was sold in a short time to a buyer who had attended the auction was encouraging. I had steeled myself for a similar outcome, but thankfully the property sold above our reserve figure.

A friend recommended Barr/Davis, and I would be happy to do so as well.

Sincerely,

Pamela L. Bogus

To all of you nice people that contributed to the huge success of the sale of personal property and real estate auction at 201 Octorara Trail, Gap PA 17527.

Thank you, all of you for all you’ve done which Fred and I certainly will never forget you all! I sing my praises to everyone I talk with and tell them how helpful you all were and still are! May the good Lord be with each and every one of you!

Fred Sr. & Katherine A. Kenworthy

Just wanted to say "Well done" to you both and thank you for your assistance and expertise over the last several months as we prepared for the sale of our sister's house. In spite of the slump in the real estate market, we were pleased with the amount the house brought at the auction. The advertising through the website, especially for the old coins, really got the word out to the collectors. It certainly paid to deal with the best auctioneers around!

Karen Gallagher & Family