When my father passed away in 2004 he collected knives and fountain pens. To get a collector type price, eBay was the place. Over about 6 months I was able to liquidate everything. I found on average the stated book value was about double what I would get for the item. If a knife had a value of $150, I could expect to get about $75 to $100. I sometimes used an auction and would add a 'buy now price', or just use a 'buy now' price if I had a good idea of what an item would bring. Good photos is a requirement of selling, otherwise forget trying.
In 2009 thru 2011 I bought and sold a lot of golf clubs, but after moving to TV in 2011 I quit selling all together but have continued to buy items up to now. Recently I had to sell a couple of expensive items that I bought by mistake. First I found it odd that there was no listing fee, even photos were free to add. However, when the items sold, the sellling fee was 10%, far more than I remember. The items sold quickly at about 80% of the price I had paid. It worked out for me. Don't be intimidated by eBay, it's very easy to set up a page and once you've done it you use that as a template.
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