Word: ebay
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Scott does almost all her collecting these days on an auction site called eBay. A sort of digital swap meet, the service allows users to sell and bid for antiques and junk of all kinds--old milk bottles, vintage postcards--even U.S. Grant memorabilia. "I've tripled my collection in two years," says Scott, who has amassed nearly 8,000 items, including a $4,500 signed letter and a $20 embossed pillowcase...
...auctionholic spends "at least" eight hours daily on eBay, and was reprimanded at the high school where she teaches history, in Victorville, Calif., for hogging too much computer time at work. Now, she often wakes in the night to post bids on what she calls "those elusive items you've been searching your whole life...
More and more collectors are following Scott online. EBay is by far the largest trading post, with a million registered users bidding on 700,000 items in more than 1,000 categories. But Auction Universe, owned by Times Mirror, ties into the publishing company's vast archive of newspaper want ads. And portal giants Yahoo, Excite and Lycos are entering the arena...