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Fools%u2019 Journey514sitting idle. At this point, I really didn%u2019t think I%u2019d use it again, but more importantly, I knew that cameras, and especially lenses, can begin to develop fungal growth, which can be difficult and expensive to remove. Fungus can also cause permanent damage. So, rather than let that happen, I decided it was time to sell all my camera equipment. And with no camera, I no longer needed a darkroom. It was time to list it all on eBay.I started by separating everything into about 50 different listings, then I took several digital photos of each item, wrote detailed descriptions, and researched prices. I wasn%u2019t concerned about selling for the top dollar possible%u201a which would likely stretch the process out over many months, waiting on buyers to pay a premium. Instead, I was willing to settle for a reasonable price in order to get rid of everything fairly quickly.I knew complete camera outfits didn%u2019t sell as well as individual items, so I listed the camera body, lenses, filters, and light meters separately. Each was in excellent condition, and I priced everything to compete in the lower-cost range of other listings. The same with my tripod and extra-large camera bag. Some items I set up as auctions, others as buy-it-now listings. Surprisingly, the camera body sold for almost what I had paid 10 years earlier. All the rest of my camera paraphernalia went for what I considered reasonable prices.For the darkroom equipment, I listed paper-developing trays, timers, magnifiers, film-developing tanks, easels, and paper safes, again some as auctions, others as buy-it-now listings, and everything sold for a fair price. My darkroom sink and its base cabinet were another story. At six feet long they couldn%u2019t be easily shipped. So I just listed the fiberglass sink top to see if it drew any interest, but specified that it had to be picked up here. I knew I could continue to use the base cabinet by adding a flat wooden top, although I really didn%u2019t the extra cabinetry. I paid only $10 for the sink top 21 years earlier, and priced it at $40. Surprisingly, just a few hours after being listed, I received a question from a potential buyer. That question came from a guy in Detroit who wanted to know if I could hold the sink for several days until he could make arrangements to pick it up. I replied that I could, then asked if he would