One of my favorite weekend activities is estate sale-ing with my friend Dr Karin Kratina. We love walking into houses and seeing how people lived. But seeing people’s accumulations of stuff always made me wonder why they hadn’t gotten rid of it sooner. I became concerned that one day, when I died or went into assisted living, my fellow shoppers would be trekking through my stuff. (To me, that feels invasive.) So I attended a decluttering class with Angela Dragon. One of the first things I decided to get rid of was a bunch of coins I had sitting in shoe boxes. I sold some coins to a local store, but I was sure he took advantage of my lack of coin knowledge. Then I sold a bunch of coins at a coin club meeting. This was a big hassle as I had to figure out what each coin was as well as how much it was worth. (One reason I love selling at auction is, for the most part, the market decides value.) As I looked around my house I knew there was enough stuff for at least a few auctions. And, whenever I told friends (most of whom are old, like me) about my online auction idea they all wanted to give me their stuff to sell. So, I contacted Jason with Floridas Online Auctions and told him I want to hold an online auction. He told me I needed an Auction Business license. (In addition, while not a requirement, I decided to get an Auctioneer license which meant 80 hours of classroom study and passing the state test.) And now, nine months later, I am ready to hold online auctions.