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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.
Proxy bidding is an implementation of an English second-price auction used on eBay, in which the winning bidder pays the price of the second-highest bid plus a defined increment. It differs from a Vickrey auction in that bids are not sealed; the "current highest bid" (defined as second-highest bid plus bid increment) is always displayed.
Bob Dylan - a one-off recording of Dylan's 'Blowin' in the Wind' sold for $1.8 million at auction in 2022, according to multiple sources, including Rolling Stone. [4] The Beatles – The Beatles (the "White Album") (Parlophone UK album, 1968) – Ringo Starr's personal copy (No. 0000001) was sold for $790,000 in December 2015, according to ...
In another auction, Tina Fey's book of humorous essays went for $5.5 million to $6 million, while former President Jimmy Carter's White House diaries sold for "around $1 million" according to ...
Curious about the most expensive items sold on eBay? From a gigayacht to a U.S. town, here are 10 of the most extravagant listings we could find.
Auction catalogs for rare and expensive items, such as art, books, jewelry, postage stamps, furniture, wine, cars, posters, published for sales around the world, can be of interest in themselves--they will can include detailed descriptions of the items, their provenance, historical significance, photographs, and even comparative analyses and ...
Car auctions United States — [5] June 22, 1999: Alando: Auction house Germany $ 43,000,000 [6] October 1999: Blackthorne Listing tool United States — [7] June 13, 2000: Half.com: Online marketplace United States $ 318,000,000 [8] December 12, 2000: Precision Buying Service [note 1] E-commerce payment systems United States — [9] January 8 ...
Book Stacks Unlimited was an American online bookstore created by Charles M. Stack in 1992, three years before Jeff Bezos launched Amazon.com. Stack's store, selling new books, began as a dial-up bulletin board located in Cleveland. The Books.com website opened in 1994, eventually attracting a half million visitors each month.