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...city officials, facing a $220 million budget shortfall for 2005, are breaking new revenue-collecting ground. Last week the city's department of cultural affairs launched a two-week "Great Chicago Fire Sale," hoping to raise at least $250,000 for its financially strapped arts programs via an eBay auction of Windy City items, including an original Playboy-bunny costume, lunch with Oprah's decorator and a chance to dye the Chicago River green on St. Patrick...
...million Last week's auction price for the bat Babe Ruth used in 1923 to hit the first home run in Yankee Stadium...
Lost yet another eBay auction as you hustled for holiday gifts? Had a buyer swoop in at the 11th hour with a winning bid? Don't get mad--get a snipe program. Sniping is slang for last-second bidding; an estimated 5% of eBay auctions end that way. At Web-based services such as eSnipe, PowerSnipe and Bidnapper, simply enter the maximum amount you are prepared to pay for an item, and the site takes care of the bidding, saving you time and improving your odds of victory. eSnipe offers a 14-day free trial; after that, you pay only...
...auction connection can be found at Oona’s, where owner Kathleen M. White has been in the business for 30 years. White works with the Maypole Association, and gets the majority of her merchandise from estate sales and auctions, where she’ll price and buy a houseful of clothing-—although according to White, “Sometimes they say, ‘Just take it.’” She then goes through the lot, selecting and dating each item—which means this is the place to look...
...Winning bid for a 10-year-old grilled cheese sandwich said to resemble the Virgin Mary, on the auction website eBay...