who's in the antiques business

I'd like to get active in the antiques and collectible world with a booth or 2? in an antiques mall. Has anyone out there had experience doing this? Is it reasonable to expect to actually make a steady stream of income at malls? What are your thoughts. Do items sell better at a mall than posting on eBay? Just the thought of packagin,g shipping, insuring etc with an online transaction boggles my mind. Sure would like to hear from anyone who works either way.