Archive for January, 2007

eBay giveaway for Cricket tickets

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Four tickets to Friday’s Australia v England daynighter at the Sydney Cricket Ground were for sale on eBay for a paltry £8.
Given that each ticket was bought for a face value of more than £20, the seller was accepting a 90 per cent reduction.

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Suspended doctor banned from eBay

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Eftis Paraskevaides, 50, a Greek Cypriot who lives in Godmanchester, was suspended from the hospital after fears were expressed about his work.
He has since become a top eBay trader - earning some £1.4million a year from the site - but now allegations have linked him “shill bidding”, bidding to raise the price of goods […]

Norris Wood Collection for Edinburgh Auction

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

[ March 15, 2007; ] A Maori war club and a collection of Victorian pot lids are to go under the hammer in Edinburgh as part of an auction of 550 curiosities.

The unusual objects, which were collected by stonemason Norris Wood over a 55-year period and have been on display in Orkney since the 1960s, are to be auctioned off […]

Property Agents Network Launched

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Carlow and Kilkenny property agents, FitzGerald Auctioneers and Liberty Estates have joined forces to create the Agents Network. The natural links between the south-east’s premier commercial centres have been strengthened by this innovative new venture, which according to David Fitzgerald aims to provide a new level of customer service to vendors by making their property […]

Vietnam Government auctioning antiques in Amsterdam

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

Period antiques from the southernmost province of Ca Mau entered the first auction in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on January 29, said the provincial People’s Committee.
The three-day auction will sell over 76,000 objects retrieved from a sunken ship. The antiques were mostly Chinese products made under the Qing dynasty during the 1723-1735 period.
Porcelain dishes, pots and […]