Twinks:

I think it's cool to do this. Your grandchildren will be honored to have such treasures.

Perhaps after they bid and win, you could bring the really hard to pack stuff, well, you could bring it to the local UPS office (they pack very carefully), and they could pack it for you.

I watched a commercial on the television and they said something like "no package is too big for us to pack".

So give them a call and ask some questions.

If they do this, then that's one problem solved.

Now about how they could bid. There are several bidding sites online, but they use REAL cash, and that's not what you are talking about right?

I have no idea where you could post pictures that your family can bid on.

That's a tough one.

Why not do this. Take a camera (or webcam and make a video of the whole lot.

Assign a number to each piece of furniture.

Mail the video to each family member (if they have a computer), or take snapshots of each piece of furniture.

Then you can make flyers.

On the flyer you can post all the pictures (numbered)

Anyone who is interested can phone you and say, (for example).

"I'd like the Grandfather Clock, Item 13, my bid is $200 Grandpa dollars"

You can have a white poster thing on your wall and write everyone's bid.

It's like a game.

And then when another person calls up, you write their bid next to the other person's bid. So you'll have names and bids.

Then you give it a deadline and let's say the deadline is Saturday night at 8 p.m.

All bids must be in by that date and time.

When it's 8:15 or so, you look at the poster thing on the wall, you'll see that so and so bid $300 for Gramps grandfather clock, so he gets it.

You can do this for ALL of the furniture.

That's how you'll really find out who really wants what.

It's a big project but it can be fun.

You can get your father to participate. He'll have a ball!!!

Just my two cents.

Melody