Press Release
Oltiby Inc. has recently enhanced its Website to give buyers even more power to control prices for the items they purchase at auctions. The exciting enhancements at Oltiby.com are part of the company’s online reverse auction service that allows buyers to set the price — not sellers.
Oltiby.com provides an innovative online marketplace for buyers […]

Property Auction Info
An historic, pristine waterfront tract along the St. Martin’s River and Assawoman Bay made up of three parcels totaling more than 400 acres will finally come up for auction tomorrow after years of dispute about its ownership.
The property’s former owner, the late John G. Townsend, a former governor of Delaware at the turn […]

A health-related lawsuit filed against Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin and other agency members seeks to block the scheduled June 29 start of the advanced wireless services auction.
The EMR Policy Institute, a watchdog group concerned about health implications of cellular phones and wireless transmitting towers, said the purpose of the suit is to halt […]

eBayyer
Auction postings on eBay could allow attackers to steal customer information, according to a new release from the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team.
The malicious coder could use scripts in product descriptions to modify pages on eBay or redirect users to another page.

Full Story
Oak Bluffs police are investigating the apparent theft of a 70-year-old town land record book that was sold last month on eBay.
Lieut. Timothy Williamson yesterday confirmed that police are looking into the disappearance of a 1926 Oak Bluffs Land and Wharf Company Tax Ledger from the vault at town hall on School street.
Kyle […]

The diary of George Washington, consisting of twenty-two pages in his handwriting, and written in the year 1767, has been sold by auction to the Congressional Library for $700.

Bidding on a1792 half dime - one of the very first coins struck by the United States - started at $750,000, before ending with an Internet bidder who advanced $1.15 million for the coin.
With a 15 percent buyer’s premium added on, the coin sold for $1,322,500, said James L. Halperin, co-chairman of Heritage Auction Galleries […]