For 10-12 years one of my streams of income was Ebaying personal estates. Quilting, fishing, photography, collectibles etc, not their other stuff. It was a lot of fun and I shipped stuff all over the world. I had a sliding scale for how it was split with the family and they got a copy of the invoice for each item.
I'd bring it home, stack it in the back of the office and start plowing through it, ebay was so much fun then. Now with the postage rises I probably wouldn't do it again for someone else, but each spring I have a personal clear out
