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It originated in Valencia, Spain hundreds of years ago and is the smallest (4-6 ounces) of the many fancy pigeon breeds. The breed is promoted by the Valencian Figurita and Italian Owl Club [ citation needed ] in the United States, by the Figurita Club Nederland [ 2 ] in the Netherlands, and by the Figurita-Movchen-Club Deutschland [ citation ...
The price had risen to $3,000 before eBay closed the auction. [8] [9] In May 2006, the remains of U.S. Fort Montgomery, a stone fortification in upstate New York built in 1844, were put up for auction on eBay. The first auction ended on June 5, 2006, with a winning bid of US$5,000,310.
1. Gigayacht. Sold for: $168 million Roman Abramovich, a Russian billionaire, must have been staring at an empty dock for a while now, because the 168 milly he shelled out for a 400-foot yacht is ...
The auction chant is a repetition of two numbers at a time which indicate the monetary amount involved with the sale of an item. The first number is the amount of money which is currently being offered by a bidder for a given item. The second number is what the next bid needs to be in order to become
However, online auction sites, unlike live auctions, usually have an automatic bidding system which allows a bidder to enter their maximum acceptable bid. This is a hidden or proxy bid, known to the system, but not any other bidders; during the auction the actual bid is incremented only enough to beat the existing highest bid. For example, if ...
Is "online auction" a recognized business model? I would say that in the big picture, eBay Inc's business model is that of a broker or market maker, on the lines of a real estate agent or the NYSE. They facilitate transactions and take a commission. People who are in the business of selling things on ebay are using the "Online auction model"
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I don't think it has much to do with EBay auctions at all, I don't see that it is "similar strategically" to English auctions, and I can't see that shill bids give any advantage at all, since it is a sealed auction! (I suspect that bullet point was added by someone who though vickrey auction = EBay) 213.184.192.82 12:03, 30 March 2007 (UTC)