Starting Something New

What started as a brief comment in the bottom of my eBay auction template has grown into a mission and something of a story, so I will treat it as such.

From the top again:

I have sold on eBay for several years, but in that time have only sold a handful of coins... until now. I received my grandmother's second husband's coin collection to sell on eBay. The collection has been in storage for nearly 20 years since his passing, is quite large and unfortunately not cataloged. At the same time I recieved my dads and his fathers coins. None of them are not professionally graded and I am certainly not an expert in grading coins. I will be learning as I go.

I figure the best way to get going is to start with the small stuff -- mint sets and commemoratives. The sale of those will give me some starting money to buy supplies, books, as well as give me time to do research and see how and what coins to move on to next. There are quite a few old foreign coins, tons of mixed lots of raw US coins, and more.

I hope anyone who follows this adventure will give constructive feedback on my auctions. Comments on my (eventual) grading skills is welcome, and suggestions on how I might improve. When I've had the time to gain some experience then we'll move on to real valuable stuff - the silver and gold. Though I have looked through them all and have some ideas, some surprised are sure to turn up as we open the folders.