As my life continues to change due to recent widowhood it is time for me to start getting serious about simplifying my life.

I'm 99% sure I will be selling my house and moving, and re-thinking everything as I go forward.

I will be selling close on 1000 dolls. Nudes.
My plan is to get Lori to get me set up on her site, and to post updates on here as well. I have always heard eBay is a nightmare to sell on, and heard it is even worse these days. I also think taxes on this stuff is criminal, taxes were already paid on the money I bought these with originally and I own them so to wrap my head around letting them go and treating the sales as income... well, let's just say I think that is wrong.

Many many of these dolls have never been undressed. That being said, I will be keeping all outfits and accessories except duplicates. Because I am a doll pig (big laugh). The great 'nude-ing' is commencing soon. (Actually night night, I nude-ed 47 dolls)

My questions are how to organize. How do people prefer looking at/buying/receiving dolls?
There is going to be some yellowing, I'm sure of it, some is already obvious. I do not think there are any chips or cracks but with years of display I'm imagining many will be brittle and that may happen. (there were already a couple last night)

Everything will be sold as-is obviously, no boxes (I actually have most but it's going to be just too much with the volume I need to move and also dealing with Gary's train stuff, plates, etc.) everything just bubble-wrapped as best I can.

I am not (I think) going to try to rake it in on this, I want to get some funds for his funeral but really the main goal is to be ready to move on.

So... singles? Groups/lots? If so how categorized? I have seen a lot of people do them by hair color. I will of course be noting any obvious problems but another question will be if the doll is already pretty much toast and I'm really selling just the head, are most people OK with getting the whole doll or do I need to pull off just the head and dispose of the body separately? And stands? do people prefer the stand with each or separating them and selling them separately or in lots?

My plan is, with Lori's help setting all this up, to offer quantity discounts but also to entertain requests and offers. And shipping. Separate accurate shipping or included in the price? I know shipping was always high and that has gotten worse too. I heard somewhere they are doing away with flat-rate boxes at the USPS. I just want to make this as easy as I can, both for myself and for the people who will buy these.

I have even thought about partnering with someone that I can ship everything to that will take care of all the individual sale wrapping & shipping for me for a percentage of the proceeds. I am still working full-time so my time is pretty much trying to do 30 hours worth of stuff every day already.

Any suggestions and answers are much appreciated, really.

I know this is long-winded (no surprise to my friends here) but I am just trying to make sense of it all and make a game plan. I'm never going to get this started unless I make myself... I'm hitting that wall now.

Thanks, George