Selling it would be quick and easy. My friends and I just sold 220 yards of fabric on Ebay last weekend. Thats a lot of fabric and shipped and gone in 2 days and it was not a problem. We had a boat load of fun doing it. Be optomistic about it. Ask if she was a quilter. If so buy all quilting fabrics from him. If she was a dressmaker, walk away. Its out of fashion fabric.