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| BUSINESS WEEK E.BIZ -- NET CULTURE
Pushing the Limits Online auctions have opened the door to trading items that might have never
been sold in public marketplaces. Online auctioneers believe in protecting the
right of people to sell whatever they want in cyberspace, though some citizen
groups want limits. Here's a sampling of what has been sold on eBay in the past
year:
NO.
ITEM DATE OF BIDS HIGH BID
Drug-free urine 2-19-99 10 $123.00
Dead kitten 6-30-99 5 $150.00
Testicle 9-12-99 0 Asked $500,000
Vial of dirt from serial 9-27-99 18 $20.50
killer John Wayne Gacy's
crawlspace, where he
stored his dead victims
KKK hood 9-14-00 6 $74.95
Pedophilia video 9-27-00 2 $16.77
Woman's dirty panties 10-2-00 5 $21.67
DATA: EBAY.COM
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