BRINGING A PERSONAL TOUCH TO SORTING AND SELLING ESTATES By: Jessi Haish LaRue
n heirloom, by definition, is a family possession handed down from generation to generation. The same could be said of Heirloom Estate Sales, a business based out of Sycamore, and owned by Rob and Cris Frye of DeKalb. They purchased the company from Cris’ aunt, Pam Faivre, and Faivre’s sister Mary Martin about five years ago. “She’s the one who got me into antiques and auctioning when I was a kid,” Cris said of Faivre. Cris started by working for them and holding sales when Faivre was unable, and it eventually blossomed into Cris and Rob purchasing the business, even though they also work full-time jobs. Cris is a hairdresser of more than 30 years
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and runs a beauty shop out of their home. Rob has worked for Johnson Controls, now Adient, for more than 30 years. However, they enjoy working estate sales and the bond it allows them to have with their local community. They see themselves in the estate sale business for a long time. “This started as part time, a sale here and there, and now we do one or two sales every weekend,” Rob said. “It morphed very quickly. We got a lot of push locally from people who wanted this.” Cris even offers services for valuations through the DeKalb County courthouse and estate hearings. They both graduated from Sycamore High School and currently live in DeKalb. “We’re local and very much in tune with the community,” Rob said.
