UK Auction News
Bidders in an internet auction are offering over 13,000 euros (9,000 pounds) for a wartime German encoding machine, similar to ones whose messages were cracked by British code breakers in World War Two.
The portable Enigma encryption machine made in 1941 has a keyboard and a series of rotors designed to scramble messages. It […]
UK Auction News
A rare book of Shakespeare’s plays, considered to be one of the most important in British literature, is to be auctioned at Sotheby’s in London.
The complete first folio of the playwright’s work had a print run of approximately 750 in 1623.
However, only a third of these survive and most of them are incomplete.
The […]
UK Auction News
Two MPs have tabled a Commons motion demanding that internet auction sites ban the sale of Blue Peter badges.
Liberal Democrats John Barrett and Andrew George have condemned what they say is an “unscrupulous” practice.
They say the badges “should be earned, not bought or sold”, and selling them will “devalue their status”.
Press release
eBay is pleased with yesterday’s oral argument and appreciated the opportunity to address the Supreme Court in this important case. eBay argued that trial judges ought to have the discretion — expressly granted by Congress — to award money damages to patent owners, instead of injunctions, if the facts of a particular case warrant […]
The eBay Index. It works like this: Create an advertisement that features some otherwise worthless tchotchke that’s identified with your brand. Limit said trinket’s availability.
Watch and see what kind of price the thing can ring up on eBay.
The results can be astonishing. Witness the price that the VW GTI’s goofy gremlin, The VW Fast, is […]
