Readers of The Times raised more than £50,000 in this year’s annual charity auction, with all the money — a record sum — going to the British Red Cross.
The chance to dine at Gordon Ramsay’s new restaurant in New York, The London, attracted the most interest and went for £6,001 to Paul McGrath from Liverpool.
He [...]

The Gentleman’s Library, Furnishings, Science, Curiosities and Eccentricities will take place at Bonhams, 101 New Bond Street, London at 10.30am on Tuesday 29 January, 2007.
A fine selection of bookcases, desks, tables, chairs, stools, library ladders, coat and hat stands, rugs and carpets will be on offer. Also sure to attract interest will be a charming [...]

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To help combat bogus eBay seller ratings, which can mislead customers by giving a stamp of approval to fraudulent vendors, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a technique to help validate the scores.
EBay fraudsters have found ways to artificially elevate their seller ratings, by conducting transactions with friends or using alternate online identities to [...]

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The sale will comprise vintage, contemporary and collectable fashion, jewellery, watches, silver, furniture and works of art, luxury travel goods and fun automotive power, including Vanessa-Mae’s Zeta Quartet Series violin and the ex-Robbie Williams 2002 Smart Crossblade car (estimate: £10,000-12,000).
Luxury brand names will be in abundance throughout the auction including Asprey, Hermès, Fendi, Gucci, [...]

On December 26, an earthquake off the coast of Taiwan damaged several undersea cables shared by international telecommunications companies. This has disrupted Internet connectivity in many countr…

A Beatles album signed by all four members of the band has been sold at auction for a record figure.
The signed copy of Meet the Beatles was presented as a gift to George Harrison’s sister, Louise, in 1964.
Louise put the lot up for sale on internet auction site itsonlyrocknroll where it sold for over £58,000. [...]

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Teenagers flooded eBay with Nintendo Wiis yesterday – minutes after getting them as Christmas presents.
Dozens of teenagers put their hi-tech game consoles up for sale and some demanded triple the high street price.
The £180 must-have presents sold out in shops within days of their launch on December 8.
But yesterday hundreds were available on the eBay [...]

A BRIGHOUSE charity shop is hitting the right note this Christmas with an internet auction.
Oxfam in Commercial Street is taking part in a national campaign aimed at using music to raise money.
The ‘Oxjam’ music festival promotion has seen budding musicians – from local pub bands to the likes of the Scissor Sisters – jamming for [...]

Merthyr Crown Court heard how Wayne Withers, along with wife Lisa, used eBay to run a business selling counterfeit DVD films.
The couple sold their DVDs – copied from illegal versions or their own Disney collection – under a number of user names, claiming they were originals.
In jailing Wayne Withers, 38, for 16 weeks, his Honour [...]

Ex-West Ham and Bournemouth striker Jones, 37, starred for the Addicks in their 1998 7-6 penalty shootout win over Sunderland, after they drew 4-4.
Jones has four kids and is desperate for some cash to buy them presents this Christmas, so he is auctioning off his prized shirt.
Jones said: “What with four kids and a divorce [...]

An album cover signed by all four Beatles as a gift for George Harrison’s sister sold Friday at auction for more than $115,000.
The sale, to an unidentified buyer, was believed to set a record price for a signed Beatles album purchased at a public sale, said Mark Zakarin, president of the online auction company [...]

Two giant eyeballs that feature on the front cover of a Pink Floyd DVD have been sold at a charity auction.
The 6ft props were sold for £16,500 on internet auction site eBay, with the higest bidder coming in after 46 bids.
All profits from the sale are set to go to the homeless charity Crisis.
The auction [...]

eBay?s Item Specifics feature allows sellers to provide more details when they list an item. Buyers can then search against these item details, as well as using the standard Title Search and Desc…