Thank you Aurel, yeah the market is definitely terrible down here so I'm not surprised to hear of other locals in similar situations.
Jerry, while stuff like that represents temptation, I'm not looking to be unethical about it. However, if I have items already in my collection that can fetch a lot on Ebay or something, then that's certainly something I need to take a look at right now. For almost all my items, I also start the bidding at less than a dollar and let the fans decide how much something is worth to them.