The Federal Trade Commission announced the launch of “Auction Action” today, a point-based game that scores users on how successfully they can answer questions about online auctions.
“In 2005, the FTC received 20,450 complaints related to internet auctions, or about 12 percent of the total number of complaints, making it the second-most common kind of complaint […]

The world record for a musical instrument sold at auction could come under threat in May, when Christie’s offers a rare Stradivari violin for sale in New York.
The violin, known as “The Hammer” after the 19th century Swedish collector Christian Hammer, has been given a pre-sale estimate of between 1.5 million and 2.5 million dollars.
The […]

Press Release
Marketworks, a multi-channel e-commerce solution provider, today announced the launch of PerfectAD, a listing solution targeted specifically to eBay’s business equipment sellers. Marketworks, a member of the eBay Developers Program and an eBay Certified Solution Provider, developed PerfectAD to help large equipment sellers efficiently create comprehensive eBay listings to quickly sell bulky, high-priced […]

Brokeback Mountain star Jake Gyllenhaal has sold one of the shirts he wore in the film for a huge sum of money, for charity.
The star put the shirt on Ebay, starting the bidding at $9.99 and 150 bids later, it went for a whopping £101 000 to a mystery fan. Gyllenhaal plans to donate the […]

The Wood County Sheriff’s Department also made a breakthrough in another case.
And they might have found some of your belongings.
After getting a tip, authorities recovered the majority of $5,000 worth of goods stolen from the Arpin Consignment Auctions and Surplus Center on January 26th.
The property was stored at a Rudolph house by several people in […]