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  2. Unusual eBay listings - Wikipedia

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    Bridgeville, California (population 25) was the first town to be sold on eBay in 2002, and has been up for sale three times since. [1] In January 2003, Thatch Cay, the last privately held and undeveloped U.S. Virgin Island, was listed for auction by Idealight International. The minimum bid was US$3 million and the sale closed January 16, 2003. [2]

  3. Arcade cabinet - Wikipedia

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    Upright cabinets. Upright cabinets are the most common in North America, with their design heavily influenced by Computer Space and Pong.While the futuristic look of Computer Space 's outer fiberglass cabinet did not carry forward, both games did establish separating parts of the arcade machine for the cathode-ray tube (CRT) display, the game controllers, and the computer logic areas.

  4. Steinway Upright Grand - Wikipedia

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    Steinway New York introduced the "Upright Grand" scale design in 1894 with the 54.7" Model I, replacing the "Cabinet Grand" series consisting of the slightly smaller Model F and the slightly larger Model G. [1] Steinway Hamburg followed in 1897 with the nearly identical 138 cm Model R.

  5. eBay - Wikipedia

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    eBay office in Toronto, Canada. eBay Inc. (/ ˈ iː b eɪ / EE-bay, often stylized as ebay or Ebay) is an American multinational e-commerce company based in San Jose, California, that allows users to buy or view items via retail sales through online marketplaces and websites in 190 markets worldwide.

  6. Electric upright bass - Wikipedia

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    The electric upright bass (EUB) is an instrument that can perform the musical function of a double bass. It requires only a minimal or 'skeleton' body to produce sound because it uses a pickup and electronic amplifier and loudspeaker. Therefore, a large resonating structure is not required to project the sound into the air.

  7. Aeolian Company - Wikipedia

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    Aeolian was first located at 841 Broadway, in the heart (and soul) of the piano district; the company later moved to 23rd Street, and then to 360 Fifth Avenue. Aeolian Hall (1912–13), 33 West 42nd Street, housed the firm's general offices and demonstration rooms as a recital hall on the 43rd Street side, where many noted musicians performed, and was where the first Vocalions were made.

  8. List of retronyms - Wikipedia

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    The terms "high street shop" (UK) or "main street store" or "downtown store" (U.S. and Canada) also serve to differentiate the more traditional retail venue from big-chain "box stores" such as K-mart, Wal-Mart, or Zellers, which did not exist prior to the 1960s. (The name "High Street" is commonly used in the UK for a town's primary thoroughfare.

  9. SYN - Wikipedia

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    Syn conformation in alkane stereochemistry; Syndal railway station, Melbourne; Synonym (taxonomy), a system of accepted alternative names for species; SYN (TCP), synchronise packet in transmission control protocol (TCP) Synchronous idle , one of the C0 and C1 control codes; SYN (OSC), a standardized namespace within Open Sound Control