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Have you ever gone to a yard sale and marvelled at the dubious treasures on display? Imagine seeing a homemade deer-poop paperweight for ten dollars, a lonely left boot, a belt with a glass eye embedded in its buckle. It would never be possible to find such fantastic oddities all in one thrift shop or garage. But, all these objects do exist and have been sold on eBay. Now these items and many, many more like them are collected for your viewing pleasure in this hilarious "museum" of priceless eBay artifacts. With thirty million registered users, eBay is one dotcom that has thrived, becoming the most popular shopping website on the net. The suspense of bidding online inspires fanatic obsession, and all kinds of people from grandmothers to teenagers come to eBay to buy and sell just about everything. If you're searching for a rare deal on a hard-to-find gift, eBay is the place. But, when it comes to the unusual, buyers can easily get more than they bargained for. The author has collected one hundred of these gimcracks and photographed them as if they were jewels. Here are a trucker's prayer plaque in its shining newness, a real frog coin purse that looks like it's about to hop off the page, and a strand of Abraham Lincoln's hair shot as a historical gem. Accompanying each image are the seller's original sales pitch and goofy email correspondence about the objects' possible but improbable uses. This pocket-size catalog of curiosities makes for a delightful novelty gift for the eBayer in anyone's family.
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About the Author
Marc Hartzman knows the secrets of salesmanship. By day he works as an advertising copywriter in New York City. By night he is an eBay junkie who has amassed enough odd tchotchkes to fill a museum. He is also the founder and editor of the monthly humor zine Backwash.
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"Found on EBay" (Universe), is an encyclopedia of weird knickknacks sold on the Internet...alongside color photographs and wacky e-mails. -- Los Angeles Times, July, 25, 2002
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- PublisherUniverse
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0789306808
- ISBN 13 9780789306807
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages112
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