to the dealers - where do you get your stuff?

[drc]

I used to deal in cards and memorabilia, and you could find good bulk deals in the big auction house auctions. I think good deals there are harder to find, but probably still exist. I would also buy items individually when it was a good deal. I was a generalist, which was better for finding deals.

It may sound obvious, but they key is to know what you can sell an item for and buy it when it's less. So my continuous question would be, "What could I sell this for?" Where it came from-- antique store, auction, Kinko's Copies, lemonade stand, bunch of kittens -- was of lesser importance.