How to buy anything at auction Financial News – Yahoo! Finance Thursday September 15, 6:00 am ET Dana Dratch “From online battles over collectible plates to real-world bidding wars for national treasures, auctions are one of the hottest retail venues...
Online Auctions
Thrift Store Treasure
Finders come up with keepers The News Tribune August 28th, 2005 “There’s an old saying that one man’s trash is another man’s online auction house of treasures that traffics in millions of dollars per year. Or something like that. Indeed, the...
Live Auctions versus eBay
I hadn’t really thought about the impact of internet auctions on live auctions, but this news story sheds some light on the current state of affairs: Going once, going twice … SOLD! csmonitor.com By Susan Llewelyn Leach Staff writer of The Christian...
Mystery Auction
From prweb.com, comes this unusual press release: Mystery Inheritance Worth $1.3 Million Dollars Up For Bid on eBay Rich daddy’s girl asks for an early inheritance and puts it up for bid on ebay. The first ever ‘Mystery Inheritance’ is valued to be...
Overstock.com Shopping Credit
As well as offering an alternative online auction, Overstock.com also offers online shopping for all kinds of consumer goods ranging from Home and Garden, Jewelry & Watches to Electronics & Computers and more. Right now they are offering the following for...
eBay Wisdom
eBay Offers Extraordinary Exposure RedNova News – Technology Friday, 8 July 2005 “‘The value of things relies heavily on trends and the state of pop culture,’ he explains. A recent search found there were close to 90,000 ‘Star...
Rare Antique Tuba
The high note for owner hits $8,327 Northpinellas: By AARON SHAROCKMAN Published May 24, 2005 “CLEARWATER – A rare antique tuba that a Holiday man plucked from a garage sale for $1 fetched $8,327 Monday in an online auction. Believe it or not, the seller...
Classic Computer Game Software
Collector to Sell World’s Largest Trove of Classic Computer Software Press Release – Source: Eli’s Software Encyclopedia Monday May 23, 8:09 am ET “SCRANTON, Pa., May 23 /PRNewswire/ — A 175,000-piece collection of classic computer...
eBay What’s Hot – April 2005
From eBay comes their Hot List for April 2005. As they explain: “The new and improved Hot Categories Report (a.k.a. “The Hot List”) is updated monthly and lists level 4 (L4) categories where demand is growing faster than supply and where bid-to-item...
What’s Hot on Ebay
From eBay’s Hot Categories report for March 2005, a slice of what was selling well on the online auction up to that point. What is the Hot Categories report? “The new and improved Hot Categories Report (a.k.a. The Hot List) is updated monthly and lists...
