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The auction ended without a sale. [21] In January 2004, a seaworthy 16,000-ton Brazilian aircraft carrier Minas Gerais, formerly the British HMS Vengeance, was listed. The auction was removed when eBay determined that the vessel qualified as ordnance, even though all weapons systems had been removed. [22]
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 ...
The largest consumer-to-consumer online auction site is eBay, which researchers suggest is popular because it is a convenient, efficient, and effective method for buying and selling goods. [ 6 ] Despite the benefits of online auctions, the anonymity of the internet, the large market, and the ease of access makes online auction fraud easier than ...
2013 July 23 - July 24 (2) — Trelissick House Truro, Cornwall, the Cunliffe-Copeland collection (Bonhams, £3.3m, 835 lots, sold in situ.) 2012 Mar 14 - Mar 15 (2) — Blair Castle, Dalry, North Ayrshire, Scotland, Castle owned by Blair family for over 900 years (Lyon & Turnbull, £1.2m, about 932 lots, items viewed in situ, sold in Edinburgh).
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 ...
MissionFish (UK) was set up in 2005, and began working on eBay for Charity that year. The first eBay for Charity auction took place in November 2005 for the charity BBC Children in Need. In 2006, the NSPCC ran part of its Dream Auction through eBay for Charity, raising over £500,000. [7] eBay for Charity opened to all registered charities in 2006.
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Christie's American branch at Rockefeller Center in New York. Christie's is a British auction house founded in 1766 by James Christie.Its main premises are on King Street, St James's in London, and it has additional salerooms in New York, Paris, Hong Kong, Milan, Amsterdam, Geneva, Shanghai, and Dubai. [3]