be careful - might want to set some targets for yourself early.
Before long, shelf space becomes the coveted item.
Mine was never buy anything people wouldn't line up to buy from me for at least what I paid - avoid curiosity purchases, and know what you're after.
One of my targets was quality nickel silver NLW - Meek, Talbot, Shakespeare and Jack Welch Heddon, because of their outrageous cast distance and, of course, benchmade quality.
Though summer is a better time to buy because of outdoor activities, you're still in one of the strongest seller's markets ever.
The Skilkast, btw, is one of my favorite reels to cast and fish, because it has fine control on spool end-tension adjustment.
Here on Heddon Pal Standard glass rod, and 10-lb original camo nylon braid, plus a Cub drag handle
Not a very photogenic reel because of the reflective surfaces.
One of my targets was level-wind patents that had to compete with Marhoff before 1928.
Though I never pursued hard enough to get a Beetzsel or windshield-wiper Jack Welch Heddon 4-15, no question people would line up to buy my Shakespeare B or Douglas patent 1st model Supreme (+ NLW Heddon 3-15, Talbot Niangua, Shakespeare Perfect, Pflueger Redifor 1st centrifugal brake patent).
If you're shopping antique shops, get friendly. They'll have on display the common reels they know. Stashed away elsewhere, they may have the rare reels they don't understand. A local collector friend was hired for public relations - mostly to decorate the new BPS with local vintage outdoor sports photos and curios. In tourist town Fredericksburg, she asked to see the chicken coop where he stashed reels that weren't on display. She bought his doorstop for $55. Turned out to be an uncatalogued 13/0 Kovalovsky, and sold in auction for $4000. (and I agree, that may not have been the friendliest gesture)