Posted in Interesting on Aug 25th, 2008
Guardian.co.uk: Online traders are racing to cash in on the Beijing Olympics by selling items related to gold medal winners, ranging from a $1 million price tag on the domain name “Phelpsean” to $4,000 for five pairs of basketballers’ shoes. U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps, who won eight gold medals at Beijing making him the most [...]
Posted in Ebay Selling on Aug 19th, 2008
Seattletimes.com: City officials have finally gotten rid of five high-tech self-cleaning toilets that cost Seattle $5 million but sold online for just $12,549. Four years ago the city installed the modernistic stand-alone toilets in a hope they’d provide tourists and the homeless a place to do their business downtown. But the automated loos became better [...]
Posted in Interesting on Aug 18th, 2008
News.com.au: AN Australian woman has taken revenge on her cheating husband by putting a photograph of his lover’s underpants up for sale on the auction site eBay. In the listing the woman says she is selling a picture of a pair of lacy black knickers and an empty condom wrapper “size small” found in her [...]
Posted in Interesting on Aug 16th, 2008
Marketwatch.com: Right To Play today kicks off its online auction of athletes’ Olympic memorabilia and sports gear from the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. In the ultimate show of sportsmanship, Olympians are donating items they hope will raise money in support of Right To Play programs. Right To Play is an international humanitarian organization that uses [...]
Posted in Interesting on Aug 11th, 2008
Elvis Presley‘s favorite performance costume, the peacock jumpsuit, sold for $300,000 Thursday, making it the most expensive piece of Elvis memorabilia sold at auction. Auctioneer Gotta Have It! described the seller as “a big Elvis collector” and declined to say who bought it. Presley paid $10,000 for the jumpsuit designed by Bill Belew. The record [...]
