A Barbie doll sold for a record 9,000 pounds (about $17,000) at auction. A jealous Ken doll was later caught taking scissors to her clothes. picked by Wingnut 3 years ago

People are going to auction sites like ebay to buy the emblems of more expensive cars to pass theirs off as one. picked by musicgirldani 3 years ago

Products as unusual as a banana pellet sold for hundreds of dollars at a space-flight memorabilia auction in California during the weekend. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Join celebrity chef Mario Batali and Michael Stipe for an auction of custom lunchboxes designed by celebrities from the entertainment, fashion, music, art, and culinary worlds — all to benefit hunger relief. picked by maven 12 months ago

A pair of melons from the Japanese city of Yubari -- better known lately for going bankrupt than for its farm produce -- fetched a record 2 million yen (8,400 pounds) at the season's first auction on Tuesday. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

The famous Dodge Charger from 1980s television show The Dukes of Hazzard has sold via an Internet auction for an astonishing $12.06 million, according to a page on eBay.com. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

You don't have to win first place to have your fashions recognized. In a charity auction, the runner-ups didn't do too badly with their creations. picked by musicgirldani 3 years ago

A rare $1000 bill printed in 1890, called a "Grand Watermelon" because of the green striped zeroes on the back, fetched $2.3 million at a private auction. picked by Wingnut 3 years ago

Auction price: 90,000 pounds. The key, with the tag "Crows Nest Telephone Titanic," opened the binoculars store but was not on the ship when it sailed from Southampton. That meant lookouts had to rely on the naked eye. You know what happened next. picked by hisidea 2 years ago

The government has ordered an Internet auction site to remove an advertisement in which a Brazilian man offered to sell his wife for about $50. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

More than 600 lots of memorabilia, jewelry, costumes, paintings, and furniture from their Gothic-style house in Beverly Hills, their Malibu home and their British mansion in Buckinghamshire will be auctioned on November 30 and December 1. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

This site is dedicated to the research and study of the funniest items found for sale on internet auction sites. Site also has a link to a daily auction site. picked by hypnotode 2 years ago

When Jeff Koons's "Balloon Flower (Magenta)" sculpture went on display in London's St. James's Square last week, the members of the many gentlemen's clubs nearby were among the first to realize that the Contemporary sales of the major auction houses were approaching in a major way. picked by eyanna7 1 year ago

You have to scroll well into the article to answer some obvious questions: "Removing body parts from the corpse was an echo of a practice common with saints, whose digits, tongues and organs were revered by Catholics as relics with sacred powers. There is an irony in Galileo's having been subjected to the same treatment, since he was persecuted by the Catholic Church for advocating the theo... read full post picked by cecilberman 6 days ago

Well, more than one piece. The entire tuna was auctioned in Japan for over $100,000. picked by suebe 11 months ago

Seriously?

update to picked by muppet 1 year ago

Oh dear, bit predictable I suppose. picked by topofall 1 year ago

Obviously loony dude is offering to catch and train real life pokemon for the reasonable sum of $925million

What a bargain, I'll have 3 please. picked by DoggyLives 1 year ago

Think I'll bid - not! How the other half live! picked by topofall 2 years ago

Update to this - and this -

Well, who would have thought it! There's some scallywags out there!! picked by topofall 1 year ago