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March 24, 2006
A Florida father is using his head to help raise money for his son. Reuters reports that Jeff and Rhonda Froelich are the parents of an autistic boy. They decided to auction off the back of Jeff's bald head on Ebay to advertisers.
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February 26, 2006
A Connecticut hardware store employee claims to have seen the face of Jesus Christ on a piece of sheet metal. Now, he and his co-workers are auctioning it on eBay. In the past two weeks, Thomas Haley and co-worker Jonathan Jackson have shown the piece to a few other workers and customers. They say several people agreed with their assessment, although a few suggested the image looks more like legendary rock singer Jim Morrison of The Doors.
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December 20, 2005
Internet powerhouse and auction site eBay Inc. has scrapped plans for members to allow live pets to be sold on its Web site after being deluged by thousands of angry letters from users. The internet site has previously prevented users to sell live animals except fish and snails, and company officials on Monday report they were putting a halt to plans creating a separate classifieds category that would feature free ads from animal shelters and paid ads from breeders.
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October 31, 2005
Topics auctions, princess, films, cover, vegas, private, film, movie, japanese, beach, world and dollar
In what could become one of the most expensive suits ever purchased, John Lennon's white ensemble he wore in the film "Imagine" has sold for an astounding $118,000. 00. Lennon also wore the suit on the album cover of "Abbey Road". The Austin Princess he drove in the movie "Imagine" went for $150,000.
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September 9, 2005
A German thief steals a car navigation system and auctions it online back to the owner. The thief is now cooling his heels in jail. Police in Berlin say the 26-year-old owner spotted the device on an Internet in-auction site. He then quickly re-acquired the in-car navigation system that the thief stole from his car some two weeks prior.
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