Archive for August, 2006

Caprice selling her car on eBay

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006

Caprice is planning to sell her car on auction website eBay, after being banned from driving for 12 months for drink-driving on Friday.
The 34-year-old was arrested in central London on December 10 last year and subsequently failed a test, which showed her to have more than the legal limit of alcohol in her blood.
The model […]

Google wins eBay’s non U.S ads

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006

Web search leader Google Inc. will supply online auctioneer eBay Inc. with Web search advertising outside the United States, and the two will join forces on “click-to-call” ads that link online shoppers to vendors, the companies said on Monday.
Paid search advertising lets marketers bid for ad space next to keyword search results.
EBay, whose shares were […]

eBay Rolls out Classified Ads on eBay.co.uk

Sunday, August 27th, 2006

eClassa
eBay UK announced that “Classified Ads” are now available on eBayMotors.co.uk, in the Cars, Motorcycles and other vehicle categories, as well as in select Business, Office and Industrial categories on eBay.co.uk.
With eBay’s Classified Ad format, sellers and buyers do not complete the transaction online through eBay. Instead, sellers can use Classified Ads to advertise their […]

Roman Ring ’sold on eBay’ Police Investigate

Sunday, August 27th, 2006

AN ancient Roman gold ring, supposedly found in a farmer’s field, is at the centre of a police investigation after it emerged the relic had been sold on the internet just weeks earlier.
Amateur treasure hunters Colin Hilton and Gary Moore claimed to have found the 2,000-year-old trinket buried six inches under the surface of a […]

London City Airport Auction

Sunday, August 27th, 2006

CITIGROUP, the world’s largest bank, has made it on to the shortlist of bidders for London City Airport, pitting it against a number of high-profile rivals. The bank is bidding for the airport – owned by Irish financier Dermot Desmond – through its infrastructure fund .
The US bank is a strong contender due to its […]

Revolutionary jewelley to go under hammer at Bonhams - Sep 13

Saturday, August 26th, 2006

Bonhams
A stunning collection of jewellery from Goldsmiths Hall’s recent exhibition ‘Precious Statements’ – which was viewed by over 6,000 visitors – is to go under the hammer at Bonhams’ Sale of Jewellery at Montpelier Street, Knightsbridge, London, on 13 September 2006. The exquisite work of acclaimed artist-jeweller John Donald, whose modern designs are currently enjoying […]

Drawings attributed to Hitler for auction Sep 26

Saturday, August 26th, 2006

Twenty-one watercolors and sketches attributed to Adolf Hitler will be sold by a British auction house on September 26, officials said Friday.
The drawings were made when Hitler was a soldier serving in Flanders during World War I, said Ian Morris, auctioneer at Jefferys Auctioneers at Lostwithiel in Cornwall in southwest England.
The images, mostly pallid landscapes, […]