eBay stepped up a ban on listing virtual items, such as characters and weapons from online multi-player games World of Warcraft and EverQuest II. Virtual world Second Life has been exempt from the ban because eBay does not consider it a game, not because eBay founder Pierre Omidyar is an investor, reports Auction Bytes. […]

eBay is stopping the auctioning of virtual goods from online worlds such as World of Warcraft and City of Heroes, but it hasn’t yet extended the ban to Second Life, CNET reports. Many publishers of online worlds state that users cannot sell their virtual assets for real-money and doing so is grounds for banishment.
eBay’s decision […]

The battle for Britain’s Corus kicks off later today when steel giants Tata and CSN take their positions at the starting block of an 8-round auction set to begin at 4.30pm.
Sources close to the process say Tata, which currently has the lowest bid of 500p on the table, is poised to bid first and will […]

Mark Broughton, who offered his hand in marriage in an eBay auction, is still confident of finding a bride online, despite one withdrawn offer.
Mr Broughton, 37, of Corn Bar, Witney, was so keen to find a partner that he auctioned his future for a penny on the Internet auction site.
The 10-day auction began on Thursday, […]

At Cardiff Crown Court Phillip Shortman, a married father-of-two from Pontypool, admitted theft, deception and interfering with a motor vehicle.
He was jailed for eight months, suspended for two years, and ordered to do 200 hours work in the community.
In 2005 he hired stretch limos and bought designer clothes from a £45k con on the auction […]

A newspaper report finds many dealers on auction site Ebay artificially driving up bids, forcing consumers to pay more for offered items than they should.
The Sunday Times of London said it undertook an extensive investigation and found so called “shill” bidding is widespread across the popular site.
Among the evidence the newspaper presented to its readers […]

News Wales Anglesey has regained a number of unique maritime treasures following a successful visit to the Sotheby auctioneers.
A volume of work and a chart penned in 1748 by Lewis Morris were snapped up at the world famous London auction house.
Lewis Morris, one of Anglesey’s celebrated Morrisiaid Mon, boasted many talents, and was widely renowned […]