Auctions

eBay Drop-Off Stores

This one is a good story on the pros and cons of eBay selling and eBay drop off stores: Yard sale at your fingertips Auction drop-offs sell items online for you Betty Beard The Arizona Republic Nov. 27, 2004 “Having eBay at your fingertips is like having an...

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Beatles Auction

Beatles more popular than Elvis at auction Irish Examiner> Breaking News> 24/11/2004 “The Beatles have triumphed over rival rock ‘n’ roll legend Elvis Presley at an American auction – suits worn by the Fab Four sold but the King’s lot...

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Elvis Presley Auction

Rare Elvis Recordings Fail to Sell at Auction Yahoo! News – Tue Nov 23, 2004 “LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A batch of Elvis Presley (news)’s earliest RCA recordings from nearly 50 years ago failed to meet the minimum asking price at auction on...

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Abraham Lincoln Auction

Lincoln auction nets $942,370 SJ-R.COM By CHRIS WETTERICH STAFF WRITER November 23, 2004 “An auction of rare photographs and other Abraham Lincoln-related items netted $942,370 Tuesday, with two pictures of the former president fetching $99,000 each.” Read...

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Scammers run rings around eBay

I just like the title of this piece: eBay, PayPal and the Virgin Mary The Register By Lucy Sherriff Published Monday 22nd November 2004 “Letters We had a huge response to the story How scammers run rings around eBay. This is obviously a hot topic. Many, but not...

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eBay Hot List – Toys and Hobbies

More from the eBay Holiday Hot List for 2004, the (predicted) hot categories in Toys and Hobbies: Action Figures: Buffy The Vampire Slayer GI Joe:12-Inch:Pre-1980 GI Joe:3 3/4-Inch:1980-Now Star Wars:Vintage (1977-89):Other Transformers:Generation 1 Building Toys...

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Rare Documents

Alamo Items to be Auctioned WOAI: SAN ANTONIO//NEWS 11/10/2004 Posted By: Jim Forsyth “Two rare documents related to the Texas Revolution will be sold at auction at Sotheby’s later this year, after state officials said they could not prove that the...

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Baseball Memorabilia

Looks like a baseball news item day. Interesting auction going on on eBay (12 hours left as of this writing and the reserve has not been met), with the top bid sitting at US $470,100.00: 1919 Original Babe Ruth Sale Contract eBay item 5135174066 (Ends Nov-09-04...

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Baseball Memorabilia

Babe Ruth’s bat may set record Auction on Dec. 2 for historic bat By Ben Platt / MLB.com 11/07/2004 “Now that the so-called curse has finally come to an end fans can finally look at Babe Ruth for solely for what he was — one of the greatest and...

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Baseball Memorabilia

Louisville Slugger signed by ‘Shoeless’ Joe gets highest bid at auction SI.com – MLB Saturday November 6, 2004 “LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Louisville Slugger signed by ‘Shoeless’ Joe Jackson sold for $137,500 Saturday at a...

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