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...their mother's attic in Plymouth Meeting, Pa.: the stubs of two sets of Beatles concert tickets (1965 and 1966), a concert handbill (Rolling Stones, 1968) and some Beatles fan books and figurines. The sisters gave them all to a local eBay consignment shop, and when the online auction was over, they pocketed more than...
...calligraphy or quality of the paper on which something was written can also confer extra value. "As we head toward a paperless society that communicates in an abbreviated, computer-generated style," says Debbie Gordon, founder of Snappy Auctions in Nashville, Tenn., "many people are drawn to the attention to detail in penmanship, expression and beauty of paper that reveals a slower way of life." And eBay, along with eBay drop-off centers for those who don't want to run an auction themselves, has made selling ephemera easier than ever...
Last week, eBay CEO Meg Whitman sat down with TIME's Jeffrey Ressner in Los Angeles to talk about the online auction site, its acquisition of Skype, and her favorite (other) online communities. Here are some highlights...
Friedman and Ming E. Vandenberg ’08, the other ambassador, began the campaign earlier this month when JetBlue donated an all-destination round-trip ticket to an Adams House auction to benefit Hurricane Katrina victims...
...after nearly 20 years, the Philippine government wants to cash in on that trove, saying it was paid for with public funds. It has invited three different auction houses?Christie's, Sotheby's and Bonhams?to examine 760 pieces in the collection. Representatives of Christie's flew in last week to inspect three crates of gems. Marcos, who claims the jewels are her private property and that some are heirlooms, is having none of it. The former First Lady filed a 10-page petition before a Manila court last week asking for a restraining order to prevent an auction from...