Roman Bowl Fetches Record $4.8M at Auction Roman Bowl, Believed Used Some 1,800 Years Ago, Fetches Record $4.8 Million Price at Auction The Associated Press ABCNEWS.com “LONDON July 15, 2004 – A bidder paid $4.8 million for an ancient Roman glass bowl,...
Bidding opens for KerryEdwards.com website Yahoo! News Mon Jul 19, 8:10 PM “CHICAGO (AFP) – The online auction for the KerryEdwards.com website opened at 150,000 dollars, according to the German firm handling the sale.” Read the Full Story >> Just...
Police Auctions Online Here’s a site offering all sorts of oddball items from police property rooms. Check it out at stealitback.com
Mystery man’s amazing hoard under hammer www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk 17 July 2004 Andrew Robinson “It took a lifetime to collect but will take only a few minutes to break up. One Yorkshireman spent about 50 years surrounding himself with his favourite things,...
The ‘My Pet Goat’ saga continues here, on eBay York Daily Record MIKE ARGENTO Monday, July 19, 2004 “So, now, the rest of the story can be told. First, though, a correction. About a week and half ago, I related the plot of the first half of...
Regular products eclipse collectibles on eBay www.suntimes.com July 18, 2004 BY DALE BOWMAN STAFF REPORTER “Lorne Hirsch remembers the day he paid $150 for a tackle box at a yard sale. He wanted one old lure from the stuff. Under it all, he found a folding...
Need freon? Or a used Moog? Colleges selling leftovers on eBay By DAN LEWERENZ, Associated Press Writer, The Associated Press July 17, 2004 NEPA News “Surely, there’s someone out there who needs six factory-sealed, 100-pound cans of freon. Officials at...
James Joyce Love Letter Sells for Record $447,298 at Auction Bloomberg.com: “July 8 (Bloomberg) — A love letter written by James Joyce in 1909 to his wife Nora Barnacle, addressing her as “My darling little blackguard,” sold for 240,800 pounds...
Basics of eBay “The gross eBay sales from collectible-related auctions in the United States totaled $1.7 billion in 2003. This doesn’t include sports memorabilia, toys or movie collectibles. EBay claims that every hour, more than 10 Pez candy dispensers...
just kidding… Half-eaten banana sells for 1,650 pounds in Britain Yahoo! News – Wed Jul 14, 5:21 AM ET “LONDON (AFP) – A banana half eaten by a British television presenter has been sold for 1,650 pounds (3,000 dollars, 2,485 euros) in an...