Auction Highlights 7-23-07

Here are some auction and ecommerce highlights from around the Web.

Netherlands is selling 1,000 paintings, statues and objects from the Dutch national art collection on eBay.

Ebay iPhone sellers not making much loot.

eBay pursues Romanian fraudsters. "A huge percentage of the fraud we were seeing was from Romania." http://tinyurl.com/3xozys

Ebay has pulled its ads from Google's U.S. search engine.

Ebay has pulled iPhone presales. TG Daily says iPhone presales topped $1500 on the site.

Radio ads spots on eBay. eBay is now auctioning spots on 2,300 US radio stations.

300 items related to the Rev. Jerry Falwell hit eBay website after his death.

20-story building in Michigan up for auction on eBay. You know you want one.

eBay is offering a bid groups feature called Bid Assistant.

eBay StumbleUpon talks continue.

The Gap's Piperlime shoe store is running a celebrity shoe charity auction. http://tinyurl.com/24d72w

Prison keys on eBay. Keys to the Anamosa State Penitentiary in Iowa were spotted on eBay by prison guards.

Ebay CEO Meg Whitman's compensation valued at about $15.7 million.

Brian Urlacher Vitaminwater Hat is on eBay. He was fined $100,000 by the NFL for wearing it.

Virginia Tech killer purchased empty ammunition clips on eBay. Killer Cho also bought rubber ducks on eBay in addition to ammo clips for target practice.

IRS proposal would force auction sites to turn over identities and Social Security numbers of their users.

Melbourne design group Letterbox to sell rights to a font on eBay.

Pope's former wheels, 1999 metallic gray Volkswagen Golf, fell short of reserve price on eBay listing.

Woman puts all her belongings up for auction on eBay.

Ebay bars Cambridge University student who tried to sell himself on eBay.

Christopher Reeves superman costume up for sale on Ebay. Bidding ends at $100,000.

Posted on July 23, 2007

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