CASCO TWP. -- MaryAnn Jeffery couldn't believe the crowds that showed up for an estate sale at her father's house at 7860 Puttygut Road
"It surprised me," said Jeffery, who lives next to her father, Harvey Jeffery. "Both days. My husband leaves for work about 6 o'clock in the morning and he called me and he said at 6 o'clock there were people out there.
"I stopped to get my dad's paper and one guy told me he was out there at 5:30."
Jeffery had some help. A crew from RePurpose Estate Services in Northville conducted the sale on Friday and Saturday.
And a film crew was there to record the sale and Jeffery's reactions for the HGTV show, "Cash Cari."
The show features professional estate liquidator Cari Cucksey, who owns RePurpose Estate Services.
"My mom (Anna Jeffery) was a collector for probably 40 years ....," Jeffery said. "A friend of mine -- my mom had probably hundreds of boxes -- and we went through and put things on tables. It was just too overwhelming for me to do.
"I was watching the TV show and I called the phone number. They came out and said I had more than enough stuff to do an estate sale."
Bargain hunters were carting away items such as an antique library table, numerous wall clocks and an old church bell. One of the cast members was trying to get an old motorcycle to start.
"They were very nice," Jeffery said. "They did all the moving of stuff, pricing of things. That's something, unless that's your specialty, you have no idea.
She said the money from the sale will come in handy as she lost her job at General Motors several
years ago.
"That was going to be my retirement, go out and have fun money," Jeffery said.
One of the conditions for filming the sale was Jeffery remaining away from the action and in the dark about what was going on.
The results, she said, were better than she expected.
"But they said I can't say (what she made) until the show is aired."
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