Ebay- is it the recession or me?

I’m listing some stuff on ebay for a friend. A couple things I put on there are valuble because I did the research and know what they are worth. I’m brand new with no feed back or stars or anything. They got no bids!! but the franklin mint junk got lots of bids. So should I tell her to put the valuble items with a dealer (who will take 34–40%) or to list them in the newspaper? I don’t want to be bothered, really anymore, she’s offered me 10%, so far I’ve made a whopping 10$. I’m fine with that, but what with answering all these emails from buttpickers and packaging and posting I would say each thing is taking me about an hour start to finish. What’s a fair percentage to ask for selling someone’s stuff on ebay? Would she be better off taking the antiques to a dealer? THANKS