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Bugs Bunny is Warner Brothers, not Hanna-Barbera.

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You're not going to become rich finding collectible, for the simple reason that for almost all collectible, pristine condition is key to having any value at all. Before eBay, you could sell many collectible vintage items for really good money. Such things as cast metal toys could be sold well with 50% paint loss, because there was only one for sale. But when eBay grew exponentially, there were dozens or hundreds of any item being offered, and collectors could afford to demand near perfect condition, or what amount to best possible conditions for that item. So, figures need to be complete and in the original package, ideally unopened. It take very little wear to take all but the rarest comic books down from $100 to $2. Painted things need paint to be intact. But a railroad lantern with a rail company name embossed can be very rough, since that's how they're found.
This is to be expected, because things are collectible exactly because they are rarely in perfect condition for that class of item. And nothing that was made to be "collectible", Beanie Babies, etc., are of any interest, because people did save those.
I've made excellent money off some things, but it was often something I had no idea was hotly collected. I once bought two 1900 lawn sprinklers for about $20, beautiful things with brass gears, and near perfect. On eBay, two collectors fought it out to the tune of $750 each. I got them from an junktique shop where they'd sat for years. How many sprinkler collectors will visit a small town shop? I once found a not attractive lamp base at Goodwill for next to nothing, priced by weight. It had begun life as a rare Van Brigle vase, and even with the hole drilled in the bottom, it went for over $1,600.
It is often easier to turn a nice profit on things just related to a collecting interest, like advertising or photos.Multiple attractions count, like my big neon clock with painted face advertising an early radio station. Appeals to clock, neon and radio collectors.
You can make a living, but it's a good bit of work beating the bushes for product.