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Read More »Elvis museum fails to draw viable bids in online auction – Belleville News Democrat
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Read More »Hughes carries Roughriders to win over Stamps – Toronto Star
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Read More »Heartbreak Hotel Elvis museum fails to sell on eBay. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
November 1, 2007–An interior view of The Elvis is Alive Museum in Wright City, Mo. (David Carson/P-D) Wright City’s former Elvis museum once again failed to sell in an eBay auction that ended Friday. More: continued here
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Read More »eBay Won’t Take Less Than $75 Million For StumbleUpon (TechCrunch)
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Read More »EBay shoppers using PayPal get better protection – Telegraph.co.uk
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Read More »Collection of rare stamps sells for $2.3m (Otago Daily Times)
A collection of rare British Empire postage stamps has sold for nearly $1.5 million ($NZ2.3 million) at a New York City auction. The Spink Shreves Galleries said the sale included more than 130 mint and cancelled stamps dating to the 19th and early 20th centuries. More: continued here
Read More »Offbeat: Sold! — Familiar face buys Fenton cop car on eBay – MLive.com
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