A woman called "The Estate Sale Queen of Dallas" will put on one of the best shows of her 40-year career starting Friday morning.
"This is amazing. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and you'll never see this stuff again," said Janelle Stone, the president of Janelle Stone Estate Services.
She and her team are in Graham, about a two-hour drive northwest of DFW in Young County.
The lavish sale is so big, the staging and pricing crew has been on site for more than five weeks.
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Everything in the sale is the best of the best and much of it comes with a designer name attached.
Jewelry, shoes, handbags, clothes, scarves. There's also china, crystal, and art. A 7-carat diamond engagement ring and a nearly 5-carat ruby ring are on the list, too.
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With so many items, Stone says there's something for everyone with prices ranging from $.50 cents to $200,000.
Stone and her son Wen gave NBC 5 a sneak peek at some of the luxury items during a virtual interview.
"So right in between us is Chanel, Louis Vuitton," described Wen.
"Todd's, Hermes, Nancy Gonzalez, Jimmy Choo," added Janelle. "There's Elizabeth Locke, Elizabeth Gauge, Henry Denay. Jean Mahie, Charles Turi, Bulgari, Tiffany Van Cleef... There's one of everything."
Stone got into the estate liquidation business at the age of 24 and earned a reputation among the city's wealthiest families. An article in The New Yorker last year called her "The Estate Sale Queen of Dallas."
"This was a year ago, June. We were in a house on Beverly Drive, the air conditioning went out, all couture clothing. This girl came up and tapped me on the shoulder. 'Hi, I'm from the New Yorker and I like to do an article' and I mean, we were sweating bullets and I was like, 'Sure you are.' And she called me back and said, 'Hi, I'm that girl who said I was from the New Yorker,'" Janelle recalled. "She really was and she wasn't kidding. And she came to an enormous sale."
With four decades of experience, the liquidation of an estate in Graham is one of the Top 10 in her career. And, she's doing it with her son Wen at her side. He joined her almost six years ago.
"I learn how to have a good work ethic from her. I'm trying to have even close to her work ethic. I mean, it's just, she's nonstop all the time," Wen said.
And, it's been a nonstop effort to organize and tag the thousands of items that will be sold this weekend.
"Y'all come to Graham. This is amazing," said Janelle.
"It'll make a good story and then you'll buy something from here and then someone will ask you about it when they go into your house and then you have this long story and you know they're gonna want to get in on it with you too and you can say you traveled for a sale," added Wen. "It'll always be a story."
For security reasons, the address of the estate sale in Graham was not released until 6 p.m. on Thursday, though people familiar with the home began lining up Thursday morning. Janelle expects people to camp out overnight.
The couture sale starts at 9 a.m. Friday. It will go on for two days with prices cut in half by late Saturday afternoon.
Credit cards and cash will be accepted. You can get information about the location and hours here. A gallery of items is here.
The estate sale can be located at:
JANELLE STONE ESTATE SALE
ESTATE OF ALICE ANN STREET
924 KINTNER DR
GRAHAM, TEXAS 76450
Hours of operation for the estate sale are as follows:
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
MAY 19 AND 20
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
