A square-inch parcel of land will be auctioned this week on eBay for a starting bid of $1,224, although Owen County officials say they‘ve had offers for more. “Once we began to get all of these offers, we thought that to be fair we ought to sell it off to the highest bidder,” he said. “We‘ll have it up on eBay for seven days.” Since then, Lorenz, county Auditor Angie Lawson and First National Bank in Cloverdale say they have fielded interest calls from CNN, NBC‘s “Today” show, television and radio stations from around the world and potential bidders.

Posted: 11|19|05 at 10:38 am. Filed under: US News.