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Most memorable auctions that you've seen on eBay

MRX37

MRX37

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I'm pretty sure that anybody who has browsed around on eBay for more then five minutes has come across an auction that was stupid, weird, or a worthless item that the seller wanted a whole lot of money for.

From time to time however, there's the auction that's so weird, or the item is so unusual, or the item's description and price are such an excellant example of the sellers delusions, that you're sure to remember it for years to come.

I've seen quite a few auctions on eBay, but here's two of the most memorable ones I've seen.


The first auction had a price of about $19,500. The item was an old fashioned bar counter complete with bar stools, and even the shelves to store the liquor bottles on. From the images, it appeared as though the floor was still attached to the counter and barstools, like the entire section had been cut free of the rest of the building and trucked away to be sold.



The next auction I'll always remember because of how much I laughed while I was reading it. The seller was selling a tiny alien (no pictures), and at one point in his typo and spelling/grammar error ridden description, he said that he was "mentally coming to pieces" and that he could no longer care for the alien.

He wanted $35,000 for the "alien".
 
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I saw a jar of water once being sold as "genuine snow" Forget now how much it went for but it seems like it was 25-30 dollars. Also once saw a F/A-18 dont know how they got ahold of one but it was there on ebay!
 
The guys with the 10 sets of 'rare Japanese operas', who wanted $20,000. He kept listing them over and over for months.

They were probably very rare indeed, but unfortunately for him that didn't make them valuable.
 
Not more than a few months ago somebody sold a bottle of beer that had been specially brewed for an arctic expedition. He didn't know what he had, poor pics, no documentation. It sold for (iirc) around $300.

The buyer did his research, better listing, and flipped it a few weeks later for over $500,000.

I assume the first seller slit his wrists shortly thereafter.
 
Ah, here's where my topic ended up... Guess I shoulda posted it here to begin with.

One auction I recall was also in the 'seller is delusional' catagory. Some guy made some... thing... out of paper clips and bits of erasers. He said it was his best friend George, and that he was selling "George" because he could no longer spend enough time with him due to him having to work at his "lame and stupid temp job".

The seller then rambled on about how he can't take "George" to work because people were concerned due to him talking with "George".

Oh, and the price he was asking was $10,000, and he said he would ship "George" in a sturdy container with pleanty of food.

I wonder where that guy is now...
 
I'm not sure if this qualifies as 'weird'. But it taught me a valuable lesson.

I'm a big Oasis fan, and once upon a time, I spent a lot of time and money chasing rare Oasis promo items.
One of 'Holy Grails' of Oasis collecting has always been, a die-cast miniature, 1:43 scale, red double-decker London bus. It was issued in 1995, coinciding with the release of the 'Morning Glory' record.. And supposedly only 50 were made.

I had been checking ebay every week for years, with no luck.
Then, I think it was the summer of 2002 or 2003. I finally saw one listed. It was MIB, with a starting bid of, IIRC, 100 British pounds. I gave up at 600 GBP's. When it occurred to me I could buy a REAL car, that I could sit in, and actually drive, for just about the same money I was prepared to spend on a toy.
I can't for the life of me, remember what it finished at. Pretty sure it easily went over 1000 pounds. Which is just ridiculous for a toy!!
 
Saint Johnny said:
I'm a big Oasis, and once upon a time, I spent a lot of time and money chasing rare Oasis promo items.
One of 'Holy Grails' of Oasis collecting has always been, a die-cast miniature, 1:43 scale, red double-decker London bus. It was issued in 1995, coinciding with the release of the 'Morning Glory' record.. And supposedly only 50 were made.
Click to expand...
http://eil.com/products/oasis-morning-glory---solido-model-bus-56806.html

...there's a button to buy it but don't click it!!! ;)
 
jonman said:
How about the guy that sold a crumbled up gum wrapper for eight hundred dollars
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That reminds me, I saw Gene Clark, former lead singer of The Byrds, old business card, with his home address, go for over $500.00 on the bay, a few years ago.

Thanks for the link, John. :yes: LOL
But the one I saw on the bay, was mint in the box! ;)

Btw, it doesn't say anywhere, how much they want for it.
 
No huge numbers involved but I enjoyed watching this one http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140174694736 Take a look at the bid history. These come up fairly regularly and don't generally command a whole lot of money.

For comparison a similar one in good working condition (pictured below) recently sold for less than $19.00...
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Have a good day
Brad
 
My favorite was either "3 kilos of pure uncut cocaine" or "23 small japanese children - including rare large headed model"

The piece of chicken that looked like a jesus fish was sort of entertaining, as well.
 
Whoops!

There was the ebay listing for the dining room table and chairs that was a bit revealing...
 

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Ok, I was just kidding, alright, I didn't mean it!

There's got to be some more out there still...
 
A few weird ebay auctions I remember:

About 10 years ago someone tried to sell an entire ski resort in north western NJ. I think the opening bid was $9,000,000.

Kit Lambert tried repeatedly, for quite some time, to auction the original master tapes for the first Who LP, 'My Generation'. Which he owned, but was feuding with Pete and co. at the time. I think the opening bid was something like $3,000,000. It was probably a bargaining ploy. But who knows for sure? No pun intended. LOL

And there was some 19 year old kid who auctioned one of his kidneys, which I think got up to $25,000. before ebay pulled it.
 
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