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By: NewsRamp Editorial Staff
November 13, 2026
DeCaro Auctions Launches Trusts & Estates and Sports & Entertainment Divisions
TLDR
- DeCaro Auctions launches first luxury auction divisions for trusts, estates, sports, and entertainment, giving advisors a private, date-certain advantage over traditional listings.
- DeCaro Auctions runs a 30-day marketing period, one week of bidding, and closes in 30 days or less, coordinating with listing agents and advisors.
- DeCaro Auctions helps families and fiduciaries resolve estate and divorce sales quickly and privately, reducing stress and enabling timely financial transitions.
- DeCaro Auctions created dedicated divisions for trusts, estates, sports, and entertainment, led by Sonny Saito, a former Christie's Japan CEO.
Impact - Why it Matters
This matters because fiduciaries and talent representatives often manage high-value properties that must be sold on a deadline—whether due to estate settlement, divorce, or a client’s sudden career move. Traditional listings can leave them waiting, but a date-certain auction provides certainty and privacy. By creating dedicated divisions, DeCaro gives these professionals a tool designed for their specific needs, potentially streamlining estate administration and protecting the confidentiality of high-profile clients.
Summary
DeCaro Auctions, a boutique luxury real estate auction house with more than 40 years in the business, has launched two specialist divisions: Trusts & Estates and Sports & Entertainment. The firm says it is the first luxury real estate auction firm to create dedicated divisions for these clients. The divisions are led by Sonny Saito, managing director of Trusts & Estates and head of Sports & Entertainment, whose background spans private equity, private banking, wealth management and family offices, and who previously served as CEO of Christie’s International Real Estate in Japan. He is joined by Avery Irwin, director of both divisions, who came to DeCaro from wealth management roles at Morgan Stanley and Fisher Investments.
The Trusts & Estates division serves attorneys, wealth managers, family offices and other fiduciaries, focusing on situations where a property must sell on a timeline—such as heirs who disagree, a divorce decree requiring a sale, inherited properties with ongoing carrying costs, or owners needing to free up capital. The Sports & Entertainment division serves athletes, entertainers and their representatives, often under nondisclosure agreements, and DeCaro is placing its entire company under a permanent, company-wide NDA. Past sports clients include Baseball Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. Both divisions use DeCaro’s date-certain process: typically about 30 days of tailored marketing, one week of bidding, and closing in 30 days or less, while working with a listing agent on every sale and protecting the agent’s commission. More information is available on DeCaro’s specialties page.
“The advisors behind the most significant estates, fortunes and careers have been underserved. Most have never been shown what an auction can do for their clients,” Saito said. Mario Vargas, partner and CEO of DeCaro Auctions, added, “Every auction firm talks to sellers and agents. Nobody has told trust attorneys, wealth managers and family offices that we’re a tool for them.” The launch formalizes work DeCaro has done for decades and aims to give fiduciaries and talent representatives a firm sale date and a private process.
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