Carol Myers Madden
Expert and writer
EstateSalesNews.com
Carol Madden originally from Southold, New York on eastern Long Island started out as a Realtor in the late 1970’s in Miami, Florida.
In 1984 she moved back to New York eventually settling in northern New Jersey. She and her husband Bill started attending estate sales and auctions collecting antique bottles, porcelain enamel signs, ephemera and vintage and antique furniture and smalls.
By 1986 the collections had grown to a point where Carol needed to sell some of their collections off so they could continue collecting. She became friends with an antique dealer who suggested she start her own antique business. Cheshire Cat Antiques was created in late 1986.
In 1987 a customer came into the antique center she was selling in and asked if she could buy the contents of his mother’s estate. This wasn’t feasible, but Carol suggested having an estate sale. That was to be the beginning of an estate liquidation business, New Jersey Estate and Moving sales.
During this time she was also Vice President of the Associated Antique Dealers of New Jersey and promoted and conducted several antique shows in northern New Jersey for a variety of non-profit organizations.
Her multi faceted business continued until early 2011. She closed her antique business and sold New Jersey Estate and Moving Sales. In late 2012 she decided to give back to an industry that had been rewarding to her by starting a nationwide online blog magazine, EstateSalesNews.com.
Writing and publishing since March 2013 Carol writes about a variety of topics and gives advice to sellers, buyers and estate sale companies. EstateSalesNews.com has traveled crisscrossed the country covering estate sales and networking with estate liquidators.
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