Online auction mart Saffronart is to move away from the usual big names and focus on younger painters during its March 15-16 offering to bring them within the reach of new collectors.
“There will be 125 lots, featuring 44 contemporary artists of the post-independence generation,” according to Mumbai-based Saffronart director Dinesh Vazirani.
“The objective of the auction […]

Popular Internet auction site eBay is being urged to tackle identity theft and fraudulent users targeting their site. A consumer magazine has called on the site to be more active in identifying its fraudulent users.
It wants the site to better warn users about fraud and the dangers of identity theft. Consumer magazine Computer Which? notes […]

“Acquiring Baazee.com in India, for example, was a perfect fit with our own marketplace business and it’s been a great success. As the Internet evolves, new opportunities present themselves. With Skype, we saw a way to bring a new dimension, online voice communications, to online commerce. We believe the combination of eBay, Skype and […]

eBay Inc. is the number one and number two sponsored link advertiser for both Google and Yahoo!, reports Nielsen/NetRatings. Dwarfing other advertisers in the top five, eBay and eBay’s Shopping.com have spent more on search marketing than Target and Interactive Corp. combined (and then some).
In January, Google served up 984,204 eBay sponsored link impressions, […]

Get it off your chest - That’s the message from the latest internet
forum www.slagitoff.co.uk
Put together with the aim of relieving stressed out, office bound web
surfers and frustrated ebayers the site allows members to “get things off their chest”.
“Many people have stressful jobs and lifestyles these days” reckon the
creators of the site. www.SlagItOff.co.uk […]

THE last of the current generation of Holden Monaros has been sold at auction for $187,000, more than three times its usual price tag.
The bright yellow car, which has special features to mark the end of production of the iconic Australian coupe, was auctioned on eBay over the past two weeks.
Holden said today the highest […]

Cyberslotz.co.uk is auctioning a year’s supply of brand new, clean and unused knickers on the ebay website and donating proceeds to charity.
After teaming up with knickersonline.co.uk the winning bidder can choose 365 pairs of knickers from the wide selection available. They will also be able to name a charity that the cash raised from their […]

MastroNet, Inc., a leading Sports and Americana auction source, announced it has changed its company name to Mastro Auctions. The name change, effective immediately, reflects the company’s expansion strategy into new collecting markets and its ability to provide a full range of contemporary auction services, including live and real-time online events. Originally a sports memorabilia […]

Our Vice President mistakenly shot his friend while quail hunting and has received a lot of attention for it. A colleague of mine from Texas tells me that hunting is a big social event there – “it’s like playing golf where I come from,” she said. Last month I went skeet shooting with […]

QuikDrop International announced Monday that total sales have surpassed $25 million at its eBay drop-off retail stores since it first opened for business.
The company, which first opened in February 2003, has now served more than 35,000 customers over the last 36 months and grown to 90 retail locations.
QuikDrop helps clients and businesses sell […]