Would you pay more money for items on eBay if they had interesting stories behind them? A group of writers has determined to find out, by selling objects on eBay that come with fictional alternate histories.

Place your bid here picked by suebe 5 months ago

Miracle? Hoax? Absurd joke? Scam? Whatever it is, these supposed Virgin Mary nipples (how do they know they're hers?) are a bizarre and hilarious summary of the Internet.

Better hurry to eBay if you want to get them before someone steals them for the Buy It Now price of $500,000. picked by bingo 6 months ago

I just tried finding this ebay item again, and it seems to have been removed.

Anyone know why? picked by pjanaway 2 years ago

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

Japan's Sony Corp plans to add an Internet phone function to its PlayStation Portable (PSP) game player in cooperation with eBay unit Skype to stir up demand. picked by punthe 2 years ago

A glorious ebay find picked by gammerus 2 months ago

One student next term at Oklahoma Wesleyan University may have paid a lot less for tuition than his or her classmates. picked by yoornotme 3 years ago

Forget biodiesel. This 1999 metallic gray Volkswagen Golf might run on a higher power.
(In other news, people actually want a car that once belonged to the pope. Over $200,000 worth, apparently.) picked by ReBoot 3 years ago

Over $50 for a christmas card and currently bids at $400 for a baseball cap. My favorite, the "Madoff Disaster Recovery Kit" given out to all his office staff. I doubt the whistle and wetnaps will do much good now. picked by equinox 11 months ago

The "last" bag of Woolworths pic'n'mix has been sold for more than £14,500 on eBay.

Wonder if the bidder will pay? picked by topofall 9 months ago

Wants to start anew, over 300 items for sale.
I should do this. picked by suebe 3 years ago

"..if some one is generious enough a new house. but we are despritly in need of a new car, so we hope to get around 20-25 thousound." picked by cb__ 4 months ago

The posting has been reinstated, after certain conditions were met, i.e. not displaying a photo of the scultpure.

It comes with its own condom, its packaging being an artfully-painted box that once held an extra large pizza. picked by suebe 2 years ago

Looking for drugs on the cheap, a writer found poppy pods available on the Web. He also found himself hooked. picked by bornbad 6 months ago

The boy's parents, who are not commenting, alerted police when the parcel arrived on 20 March.

i didn't know whether to list this as 'weird' or 'bargains'. i still can't believe they called the cops and turned it in..... picked by indisguise 2 years ago

I knew it was only a matter of time before Ebay would be challenged.
CEO Whittman is now talking of retiring. picked by willster09 2 years ago

someone found a mermonster but didn't find it valuable himself so he hawked it on ebay. pfft! picked by kikcolon 2 years ago

Great little story. picked by muppet 2 years ago

Four golf balls surgically removed from a python which swallowed them thinking they were hen eggs have been sold for $1401. picked by muppet 2 years ago

Confiscated items currently for sale. Mostly scissors, knives, and lighters.

That is SO wrong. picked by hypnotode 3 years ago