Are the ones in the boxes unpainted?

I'm up in Scotland so not exactly local I'm afraid.

Without knowing circumstances - did you friend play the game with anyone else (I'm guessing it wasn't all about the painting as quite a few are not finished)? You might be able to get contacts that way or they might even be interested in some of them. It would be more of a justice to your friend if his playing partners got some of the collection than some random bloke on ebay.

If you were to do Job lots on ebay then you could do it in batches, like a batch of the Codexes and a batch of the Eldar etc.

Just start with a 99p and see how it goes. Thats just how I done it and was surprised when a single figure reached over a tenner.