Selling my collection

I keep thinking about what Kevin suggested about how I could turn my collection into cash. At this point I'm not quite ready to cut the heart out of my collection and sell it on Ebay, but I am feeling like I might be able to pluck its eyebrows and put the tweezings on Ebay. It's a non-obviously difficult decision for me to make, but it seems like the right thing to do. I get money in exchange for selling off cards that I'm really unlikely to ever play with again and someone out there gets the last Dwarven Sea Clan that they need for their Dwarf deck.

In order to do some market research I've been perusing the Magic card listings on Ebay. I've come to a couple of conclusions. First, there really must be a sucker born every minute because there are hundreds of listings for "75 random cards with at least 10 guaranteed to be rare." In otherwords, you give me your money and in exchange I'll offer you a fictional chance to win a high dollar card and give you 10 Mudhole equivalents. Second, it's really hard to pass on an auction when they are selling off their entire collection that has some good cards in it. There are a couple that I would have bid on if I could remember my Ebay password (Sad, isn't it?) Third, the auctions that I paid most attention to were properly capitalized and spelled - should be a no brainer but apparently isn't.

So wish me luck as I attempt to do what so many others have tried - turn crap into gold by the process of internet alchemy or Ebay.