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In May and June 2022, I was looking to liquidate two storage units that contained the contents of the four bedroom home my late wife and I had shared. The house was sold in May 2021, and until I figured out what I was going to do myself, I kept the contents of the house at Columbia Self Storage in Clifton. There was a lifetime of home and personal items that were gathered from our lives. I contacted an Estate Help Line that provided some names of estate dealers and auction houses that regularly deal with estate liquidation. I placed a few phone calls to three of them, one being Emanon Auctions & Estate Sales, LLC. Within a couple of days, the proprietor, Mr. John Marko contacted me via phone and inquired about what types of items were to be picked up and sold. I explained it was the contents of our former home, namely furniture, collectibles of all kinds, crystal, china, kitchen appliances, clothing (new and vintage), ladies handbags, electronics, artwork and wall hangings and much more. Mr. Marko asked if he could come view the storage units to see what would be involved in accepting the job. On Thursday, June 9, 2022, Mr. Marko met me and both of my parents, Ken & Sue Moye, at Columbia Self Storage, located at 10 Kingsland Road, Clifton, NJ. Upon review of Storage Units D124 and D118, Mr. Marko accepted assignment of the job. He asked me to send some photos of the bedroom furniture all set up as it was when it was set up in our bedroom, and I did so later that day. Mr. Marko told me that both storage units could be unloaded in one day. He chose to do it on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. On that day, he sent a team of four people that worked for him to unload the storage units, pack the truck and bring all the items back to his warehouse, where he said they would go through everything. Mr. Marko stated, that if anything of a personal nature was found and/or if I were to change my mind about retaining any items, all I had to do was make mention to him about whatever those items were. Initially, Mr. Marko stated it would take about a month to six weeks to go through everything and then put everything on the auctioneer website. However, during the entire month of July, I did not hear from Mr: Marko at all. I got a negative feeling that something wasn't right. I checked the Emanon Auctioneer website and much to my surprise I noticed that he had started putting things on the website without informing me first, which did not give me an opportunity to decide if I wanted to retain something or not. Initially, he stated that nothing would be put up for auction until I was made aware of it first. He basically said one thing and did the exact opposite. My parents are witnesses to his deception, as they heard him say this to me. He would do things one thing, and then wound up doing the exact opposite. Emanon Estate Sales wound up putting on some valuable never-opened Barbie collectible dolls, and selling them very, very cheap. User's recommendation: Avoid doing any transactions with this business! Don’t be fooled by their ‘we’ve been in business for 40 years.’ They are scam artists and will avoid bothering with you once they have your estate items in their clutches. There are many more reputable auction houses and estate dealers that will follow through on their word.