When our new grand daughter came over and began breaking stuff we had sitting around since the 1960s we decided to get rid of some stuff. We had shelves and tables lined with collectibles like a southern belle girl sitting pretty in full dress on a couch. "Belle of the Ball" ceramic. Daughter put it all on EBay, bringing in over $6,000 mostly from one buyer. Belle sold for $400. I think it came from a garage sale for a couple dollars.
My personal best buy so far was a GG Scmidtt folding boat ladder that sells retail for $550. I bid and got it for $80. It's mounted on my boat, so if I fall in have only to reach, pull it in the water, unfold it, climb out. Folded up it takes up a square foot. I got most of my Heddon River Runts off EBay. I spent about $600 for a combined collection recently valued by a dealer at $1,780. I got a new Gator mount for $25 that was only missing a pull rope. It took some doing to put one on. I've been doing business there about 4 years. Use Pay Pal so if a purchase or sale goes sour you have a strong advocate.
Jim