Buena Vista Loses Money At Auction

Update from the Oregonian: Roger Pollock said he wanted to sell a lot of homes at his two-day auction this weekend -- and he did just that ... had advertised more than 240 homes to sell at auction. By comparison, Real Estate Disposition Corp., the Irvine, Calif. auctioneer, had never done a home builder's auction larger than 60 homes [more...]

Date: 2007-12-17 08:15:00
Blog: Portland Housing Blog...

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Is Google Serious About The 700MHz Auction? Yes. Probably.

Red Herring late last week published a speculative piece questioning Google’s candor in seeking the 700MHz spectrum to be auctioned in January ... (all conclusions as to the auction made in the critical arena, after all, are preliminary at present ... to be. Rather, the company really just sees that a grand possibility has presented itself in this auction [more...]

Date: 2007-12-03 22:24:12
Blog: Profy.Com - Web 2.0 New...

Reverse Auctions: Whose definition will win?

My last post looked at how interest seems to be starting to re-awaken in reverse auctions. So I did a google on Reverse Auction to see what came up. The results are very instructive: Wikipedia’s definition of a reverse auction. Good. BidJam - One of those “lowest unique bid wins” operations. Ouch. Autoebid - a site for consumers to run reverse [more...]

Date: 2007-12-17 12:39:12
Blog: Where Next...

Duke Energy CEO Argues Against Emissions Auctions

Duke Energy CEO Argues Against Emissions Auctions Written by Katie Fehrenbacher 2 Comments Posted December 14th, 2007 at 7:49 am in Energy [ ... , which he says would “auction a large number of emissions allowances to the highest bidder,” and would turn an auction into the equivalent of a carbon tax. He says the added costs could slap on more than [more...]

Date: 2007-12-14 15:49:57
Blog: Earth2Tech...

NBC Prop Auction

Written by: Kimberly Nordyke LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Looking for clues to the fate of the “Heroes? ... are part of an online auction of studio props to be launched Monday by NBC Universal. The auction (http ... s (Josh Duhamel) signed Letterman jacket from “Las Vegas.” Each auction will last two weeks [more...]

Date: 2007-11-15 15:08:52
Blog: Slice of Scifi - Scienc...

New Auction Based Lead-gen Site

New Auction Based Lead-gen Site 4 Comments By Lead Critic on Sunday, December 16, 2007 Filed Under: featured, consumer experience, ... is an auction based platform that allows consumers to view multiple offers before they ever have to speak ... bid auction format, coupled with constant consumer feedback, will make it easy for us to weed [more...]

Date: 2007-12-17 04:33:11
Blog: LEADCRITIC...

Reverse Auctions Online

You can make some real money through online Reverse Auctions ... out their online demo and see if its something that will work for you! Tags: reverse auctions bsc splgqui ... . Reverse auctions are a way to purchase whatever you need from suppliers throughout the world [more...]

Date: 2007-11-19 06:35:16
Blog: Blue Star Chronicles...

Auction Dud

blog%20219.jpg The auction went off yesterday as scheduled in Fairbanks. The process leading up to the actual event plays a role in the outcome ... , but you could feel the discomfort rising. They opened the house auction at the suggested minimum bid ... and normal 7% buyer's premium to your bid. Whatever the winning bid is, 7% will be added on top. [more...]

Date: 2007-12-17 14:36:02
Blog: bubbleinfo.com - Journa...

Even by Guitar Hero standards this story is pretty dopey

One look at eBay and you can see that “Guitar Hero III” or “Rock Band” are being sold for big bucks ... out at the retail level leaving the online auction house as the only alternative for snagging yourself a set ... auction site and up for sale. But here’s where the story takes a weird turn: someone won the auction [more...]

Date: 2007-12-17 13:36:20
Blog: SlipperyBrick. Funny na...

Clinton on the auction block

by Jason George DUNLAP, Iowa – Linda Andersen was typing on her home computer when she heard a noise just beyond her backyard ... a new beginning to America," she said at an event at a Dunlap livestock auction barn. (Despite much ... children's health insurance program. Speaking from an auction block, Clinton joked that the location [more...]

Date: 2007-12-17 04:31:12
Blog: The Swamp...

Disney/Pixar Ratatouille artwork auction to benefit Sonoma Children’s Home

Pixarebayauction For those Pixar fans who are also philanthropically inclined, you may want to check out this auction on Ebay ... , including “Finding Nemo”, “Monsters, Inc.”, “The Incredibles”, and “Cars”, hang in homes of elite animation art collectors, the last piece selling at auction for $42,000. The artist, Darryl Bellach [more...]

Date: 2007-11-13 02:42:38
Blog: The Disney Blog...

Official 1898 baseball document filled with foul language

Baseballlanguage Robert Edward Auctions recently received several lots from the estate of baseball historian Al Kermisch ... ." It's filled with quite a few colorful examples of such insults and exclamations and, according to the auction ... ." They're not sure whether to auction it or not so, in the meantime, they've scanned the document [more...]

Date: 2007-12-04 19:39:32
Blog: Boing Boing...

Google to control US airwaves!

subsys-antenna.jpg Google plans to bid in the US Government's auction of airwaves in January to acquire bandwidth for mobile devices ... of the auction to ensure that the winners must allow their customers to download any software ... . The Federal Communications Commission auction of spectrum in the 700 megahertz (MHz) band is part [more...]

Date: 2007-12-02 18:08:59
Blog: Fareastgizmos.com...

Official 1898 baseball document filled with foul language

Baseballlanguage Robert Edward Auctions recently received several lots from the estate of baseball historian Al Kermisch ... ." It's filled with quite a few colorful examples of such insults and exclamations and, according to the auction ... ." They're not sure whether to auction it or not so, in the meantime, they've scanned the document [more...]

Date: 2007-12-04 19:42:38
Blog: Boing Boing...

Fed's Auction Scam

Typing from Ohare Airport where my flight is delayed I see the Fed Futures soaring on a new wrinkle in the the Fed's willingness to do anything to ... will auction term funds to banks against a "wide variety of collateral." All "generally sound ... Bernanke surprise party. Minyanville's Mr. Practical had this to say about The Fed's New Auction System [more...]

Date: 2007-12-12 18:45:37
Blog: Mish's Global Economic ...

What Is The Most Important Auction Principle?

When dealing with auctions against tougher competitors in continuing leagues there is one characteristic that is paramount. When it comes to auctions in leagues with tough competition and where the same owners are involved year after year, it is of vital importance that the Fantasy General cultivate one area of strategy [more...]

Date: 2007-12-17 15:00:46
Blog: The Fantasy Baseball Ge...

Shooting Stars? Hollywood Movie Trailers Going on Block

If you're anywhere in the neighborhood of Utah next Tuesday, this may be your chance to latch onto a trailer with Hollywood history. Erkelens & Olson Auctioneers say they'll be running 28 travel trailers through the auction ... is this auction of trailers under bankruptcy proceedings. While you won't find a trailer that a "star [more...]

Date: 2007-12-16 20:20:24
Blog: RVs in the News...

Barrett-Jackson to Auction Carroll Shelby’s Personal GT500

1969shelbymustanghl.jpg Sure to be one of the stars of the upcoming Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale this January, ... these fantastic pieces of history,” said Barrett-Jackson Auction Company Chairman/CEO Craig Jackson. “Last year ... the Barrett-Jackson tent, we look forward to a very hot winter’s day when this one goes under [more...]

Date: 2007-11-08 17:00:40
Blog: Winding Road...

Geronimo’s Rifle, Wyatt Earp’s Shotgun Sold At Auction

This is the kind of thing that makes me wish I could afford to indulge myself like this: SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) ... an auction of Wild West guns and weapons that brought in more than $1 million. Lawman Wyatt Earp’s double ... Custer sold for $20,315 at the Bonhams & Butterfields auction Tuesday. Some of the guns were [more...]

Date: 2007-11-25 15:00:19
Blog: Say Anything: North Dak...

Online Mortgage Auction Gets Borrower Lowest Rates

We all know that competition among businesses is good for the consumer, it keeps quality high and prices low ... Auction" for your business? You can at NameYour Loan.com. There are no fees or costs to use this service ... Loans. New online mortgage auction site, NameYourLoan.com, has revolutionized the way borrowers obtain [more...]

Date: 2007-12-17 06:01:19
Blog: Personal Finance and Mo...

Sedo, and the Boobtube.com problem

Sedo, the world’s largest domain name auctioneer, sold a popular URL, Boobtube ... to learn my private one-on-one negotiation was moving to a public auction. Nowhere in their online ... t really own it. This auction had lasted more than two weeks, and was frenetic. The cancellation [more...]

Date: 2007-06-07 17:15:21
Blog: VentureBeat ...

Project7Ten on the Ebay Auction Block @ $2.85 M

I'm a huge fan of Project7Ten -- the first traditionally-built, LEED Platinum home in California (read: non-prefab) ... shocking to me, too. Why. sell. your. home. via. auction. on. Ebay? Can someone tell me the rationale for an auction-based sale? I mean, I know the market is a little choppy right now, but people [more...]

Date: 2007-12-16 17:35:33
Blog: JETSONGREEN.COM...

Name Your Loan

Tonight after chatting with my friend on the phone, I went online and look for auctions ... for borrowers. This site created a unique patent-pending concept called “Online Mortgage Auction,” where borrowers get the best loan offers through auction. There are no fees or costs associated with this great [more...]

Date: 2007-12-17 05:30:31
Blog: My Wandering Thoughts...

Deck the Halls with a Real Rockwell

'Tis the season...not only for typical holiday shopping, but for auctions as well (the auction season kicked off earlier this month when a Matisse sold for over $33M ... Evening Post magazine cover, is part of an auction featuring more than 215 lots of American works [more...]

Date: 2007-11-28 21:40:31
Blog: Gothamist: New York Cit...

Brenda Priddy Offers up Dodge Crew Badge, Camo, and More for Charity Auction

You may remember Brenda Priddy’s last charity auction for a bunch of tape recovered from a Jaguar prototype ... Motor Show, but a last minute decision changed the name to Journey. Brenda is offering ... of the eBay auction. This package would certainly make for an interesting holiday gift for any [more...]

Date: 2007-12-04 19:25:43
Blog: Winding Road...

Dress Up Your eBay Listing - Use Auction Templates

Have you ever wondered how auction sellers get those cool, interesting, coordinating backgrounds on their listings? They are using an auction template service. My favorite is Seller Sourcebook. With SSB ... for your listing, and photo enlargement is a free option. Using an image hosting service makes [more...]

Date: 2007-12-17 03:31:14
Blog: PowerSellerKing - Ebay ...

Sotheby's to display JK's book in New York & London before auction in December

At the beginning of November "Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling announced that she had written a set of fairytales ("The Tales of the Beedle the Bard") for charity and on December 13th auction house Sotheby's will auction off one of the books and are expecting it to sell for £50,000 ($100,000). Additionally [more...]

Date: 2007-11-21 00:28:34
Blog: HPANA - Harry Potter Ne...

The Savoy Auctions Off Its Goods

Filed under: Journeys, AuctionsThe Savoy in London is following in the footsteps of the Plaza in New York by selling items from their past ahead of a huge renovation. On December 18, 19 and 20, Bonhams will be holding an auction at the hotel. The auction will include more than 3, [more...]

Date: 2007-12-17 14:02:00
Blog: Luxist...

Harry Potter Book Magically Raises $3.9 Million For Charity

It was expected to only sell for about $100,000 ... handwritten book defied all expectations. At an auction at Sotheby’s today, “The Tales of Beedle the Bard” ... achieved at auction for a modern literary manuscript, an auction record for a work by J.K. Rowling [more...]

Date: 2007-12-13 19:39:46
Blog: ecorazzi.com :: the lat...

Most Homes Came In Below Reserve Price

The Buena Vista auction is well under way, the 'O' gives us a half time update: ... 200 homes he couldn't sell in the slowing housing market. By 9 a.m. Saturday, bargain hunters lined ... . The more people who turn out, the higher the prices go at auction. Auctioneer Michael Carr burned through [more...]

Date: 2007-12-16 20:08:12
Blog: Portland Housing Blog...

Buy Kelvin Cruickshank's T-Shirt

You can get close to psychic Kelvin Cruickshank, or at least to his T-Shirt in an auction on Trade Me ... Prozac sees is an unauthenticated auction and a lot of money being bid on someone's sweaty used tee ... at $153 and the auction closes next Saturday 22nd December in the evening. [more...]

Date: 2007-12-17 05:51:04
Blog: New Zealand Reality TV...

Re: What's your favorite eBay/auction helping software?

Quote from: Deozaan on December 15, 2007, 11:16:02 AMHow about just a list of the top few for starters? OMG Deozaan! What an incredibly reasonable request. So far, the ones I have been able to find are: Speed Bid Bayside Sniper II ESR - Auction Watcher Auction Navigator Auction Defender Ken [more...]

Date: 2007-12-16 17:55:08
Blog: DonationCoder.com Forum...

Who's going to win the spectrum auction? Consumers.

Posted by by Chris Sacca, Head of Special Initiatives Here at Google, we see the upcoming 700 megahertz spectrum auction at the Federal Communications Commission ... devices. That's why we announced today that we are applying to participate in the auction. We already [more...]

Date: 2007-11-30 12:14:49
Blog: Official Google Blog...

eBay Accounts Hijacked and Used to Scam Buyers

Filed under: Computers, eBay ... out of their account and has no idea about the auction. The article mentions one account stealer ... to determine whether a given auction is real or a fake. Auctions may appear to be hosted by a user [more...]

Date: 2007-10-22 10:32:00
Blog: Switched: Gadgets, Tech...

FCC sets Jan. 24 auction for U.S. wireless airwaves

Telecommunications carriers AT&T and Verizon Wireless and Google Inc. are expected to be among the bidders in a government auction of wireless airwaves scheduled ... incomplete applications have a chance to refile by Dec. 28, which also is the auction's deadline [more...]

Date: 2007-12-06 07:59:04
Blog: textually.org...

Win a Wii... and a House... and a Car... Wait, WHAT?! [Auction]

We've all seen some crazy auctions on eBay before ... of the goodies are free bonuses. The seller seems to have a good reputation and 10% of the sale goes ... , although at that price I suppose you could afford an all new one a couple times over. The auction [more...]

Date: 2007-12-17 11:06:15
Blog: korea - Kotaku...

Evolving Styles: London’s Live Christmas Street Art Auction

‘Tis the season to be a charitable graff artist, it seems ... will be part of the event (or get a head start with online bidding) here. Art, auction, charity, gifts ... to Cargo this Friday for a live art auction featuring some of the best names in street art. Evolving [more...]

Date: 2007-12-03 19:16:42
Blog: Josh Spear ...

Google to bid in U.S. airwaves auction

Washington -- Google Inc. plans to bid in an airwaves auction by the U.S. government that heralds a new era in wireless communication, including Web products. Story: Next month's auction will begin a new era in which scanning Web sites and watching streamed video [more...]

Date: 2007-12-01 17:12:47
Blog: The Money Times - Money...

Glenn Beck eBay Postcard - Drive Someone Insane Auction

Here's a sure-fire ephemera collectible of the future: a writer for Glenn Beck's radio program is auctioning a "rare chance to traumatize a treasured friend or relative with baffling, mind-numbing, mystery correspondence from abroad." According the eBay auction listing, Beck's... [more...]

Date: 2007-12-17 16:54:53
Blog: ephemera...

Madonna, Angelina Jolie, Natalie Portman and Daniel Craig take part in ‘Kite Runner’ auction

Now fans can grab Madonna, Angelina Jolie, Natalie Portman and Daniel Craig’s tails. The Hollywood stars have all signed tails on 25 genuine Afghan kites that are being auctioned for charity. Money raised by the winning bids on auction site eBay will help The Afghanistan Relief [more...]

Date: 2007-12-06 16:33:15
Blog: Showbiz Gossip, Showbiz...

Sponsored Post: Specialist Auctions

For those new to long-term sponsor Specialist Auctions Vintage (SAV), it's part of a younger auction site with excellent prices and reasonable seller fees (only 3% of the final sale price). For more information about buying or selling through the site, be sure [more...]

Date: 2007-12-17 10:56:55
Blog: She's A Betty...

Policies and Politics

Joe Klein gets an interesting quote from Hillary Clinton on the political difference between her and Barack Obama's energy plans Just before our ... it around: Obama wanted to spend the proceeds of the pollution auction — perhaps as much as $50 ... from that auction into programs to ... cushion the economic impact on working and poor families," she said [more...]

Date: 2007-11-13 00:42:17
Blog: Ezra Klein...

Looking for a deal on a classic Prius?

Denver to auction off its hybrid cars By Mike McPhee The Denver Post The city plans to auction off a portion of its fleet of hybrid automobiles ... s fleet manager, it makes perfect sense. “We optimize our money if we sell them now before ... in depreciation, by his calculation, if they sell for the target price. Kris Deutmeyer, who runs the city’ [more...]

Date: 2007-12-17 15:54:39
Blog: the prius owners group...

But Hey, He’s Throwing in a Free Autograph Too!

Gary Coleman thought he could sell his car on eBay, no problem! Hell, he’s Gary Coleman! Who wouldn’t want his ride? ... the star he once was, and the eBay auction failed to find him a buyer. And get this, he was even throwing in a free autograph with the auction! Truly unbelievable that alone didn’t close the deal. Heh [more...]

Date: 2007-12-12 12:19:56
Blog: Celebrity Smack! Gossip...

Stolen Art Watch, You've Grassed on me, Well, you're a Fence !!

Fence sold loot at auction houses http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/yorknews/display.var.1908506.0.fence_sold_loot_at_auction_houses.php By Megi Rychlikova A FENCE who used auction houses to dispose of a burglar's loot from North ... . Kitchen had attempted to sell the painting in July 2004 and the other stolen items in February 2005 [more...]

Date: 2007-12-17 17:51:44
Blog: Art Hostage...

Edgeio, after trying bold new ad model, to auction assets.

Edgeio, the company that hoped to revolutionize classified advertising by letting people submit their ads for distribution across on the web, has closed its doors after running out of money. However, it plans to auction off ... to run ads on their sites, but of those 1,800 were running free classified ad sites, and so revenue [more...]

Date: 2007-12-10 17:19:21
Blog: VentureBeat ...

Is Gary Coleman One Step Away From Selling His Ass?

We already showed you the Gary Coleman autographed Game Cube being auctioned on eBay that fueled rumors of the former child star’s impending financial doom, and now a very depressed looking Gary holding up these 4×6 signed “professional photos” of himself shows up on the auction site from the same seller as the game system. We’ [more...]

Date: 2007-12-10 19:42:04
Blog: Complex Blog ...

Bid With Confidence

Get your paypal accounts warmed up. The Democratic National Committee is auctioning off a special edition Mitt Romney Flip-Flop Kit. Having apparently run out of policy positions to auction off this campaign season, Republican ... as $60 million of his own money to win the GOP nomination. But his campaign is still looking to reverse [more...]

Date: 2007-11-09 18:00:35
Blog: Oliver Willis ...

Guitar Hero III sells for $9,100.01!

p2pnet news | Games:- Well, it happened. Catflap posted: “I guess i was wrong. There’s a sucker born every minute. “Some a**hole [ ... teach my son a lesson!” - said the father in the eBay auction under which the game went for close ... ’ss’ deleted to protect the innocent actually paid $9100.01 for the crap game. the auction ended [more...]

Date: 2007-12-17 13:35:25
Blog: p2pnet.net - the origin...

Secret Harry Potter Book To Benefit Children’s Charity

Author JK Rowling has written a not-so-secret companion piece to the Harry Potter series that’s set to go under the auction block at London’s Sotheby’s on December 13. Titled The Tales Of Beedle The Bard ... happen. The good news is you’ll be able to view the full copy online before the auction starting December [more...]

Date: 2007-11-21 16:02:17
Blog: ecorazzi.com :: the lat...

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