A chestnut from the tree that diarist Anne Frank hid in to escape the Nazis is being put up for sale on eBay. The idea was that of Charles Kujiper, who lives next door to the immortalized house where Anne Frank hid from Nazi German occupiers. "I had this idea for a few years, and I decided to put the chestnut up for auction," Kukiper said.

A series of ten-pound notes with blank print on the reverse are selling for $528 on eBay. According to a local paper, the Bank of England accidentally circulated up to 40 of the one-sided notes, although it clarifies the notes are still considered as legal tender.

Two Jewish congregants who work in advertising and marketing came out with an idea to auction on EBay two lifetime front-row seats to services at a synagogue in time for the Jewish high holidays. The initial bidding starts at $1. 8 million. The winning bidder will have the privilege of getting up front with the rabbi. Their family name will be engraved on Seats 1 and 2 of Row 1, Section DD, at Temple Emanu-El. In addition to that, the winning bidder will get two free parking slots, two custom-made prayer shawls and yarmulkes and a big tax write-off. Also, the lucky winner can pass the seats on to his or her children and grandchildren.

A magazine which featured a cartoon mocking the heir to the throne of Spain making love with his wife was ordered to be removed from news stands. Copies were seen for sale on eBay last Saturday. The cover price of the weekly magazine El Juevez is $3. 46, but copies but were seen on a Spanish eBbay website selling for up to $138 per copy. High Court Judge Juan del Olmo said last Friday that the cartoon "struck at the honor and the dignity of the people represented" has ordered authorities to confiscate and apprehend all news stands that sells the copy of the magazine. The current government in Spain announced that each new born child in a family will receive $3500. 00 to raise the birth rate in Spain. Thus, the magazine used this as feature in cartoon to mock the royal family. In the caricature, Prince Felipe was seen smiling and telling his wife Princess Letizia, "Do you realize that if you get pregnant it will be the closest that I come to working in my life!" Under Spanish law, anyone found guilty of insulting and mocking the royal family can face up to two years in prison and be slapped with substantial fines. Spain's royal family, unlike those from other European nations, received only little attention from the press.

Police are trying to track down the owner of 65,400 euros sent to a 16-year-old boy who bought a Playstation2 for $200 on eBay. The cash, which is worth roughly $88,000, arrived at the house in Norfolk, with the games console, but without the two games promised in the ad.