My wife and I played with selling antiques for a few years. We stopped about 5 years ago. We figured to make any money at all we needed to buy at about 1/3 of the selling price. The rest went toward space rent, fuel and other costs for acquiring the antiques. In our market small antique and vintage items sold a lot faster than larger items. Many of the items we sold weren't actually antique or vintage at all. We never hid the fact. If you think small gifty items you have the right idea.
We have one sewing machine we priced at $35 that didn't sell. It's actually a neat little machine. It's a 3/4 size Wards Brunswick VS machine. It needs a complete rewire. I might bring it to our March 14 get together for a demo.
Rodney