Some of the more unusual items to be put on eBay include:
Aug. 26, 1999: A human kidney is
offered on eBay. Before the auction
is taken down, bids reach $5.7 million. All sorts of human body parts
have been put up for auction - and taken down by eBay, which prohibits
such sales - including livers and sperm.
Feb. 8, 2001: Adam Burtle of
Seattle sells his soul on eBay for $400.
EBay has a policy of not allowing souls to be sold, but Burtle's offer
was undetected until after bidding closed. Burtle is suspended from
the site.
May 25, 2001: Levi's goes shopping
on eBay and picks up a pair of its
own jeans - made in the 1880s - for $46,532.
June 23, 2001: Bob Dylan's boyhood
home in Duluth, Minn., sells on
eBay for $94,600.
Other properties such as a Santa
Cruz, Calif.,
apartment complex and a 100-year-old Kentucky jail have been offered
in the past couple of years.
One of the largest items ever sold
was a World War II submarine sold
by a small town in New England that decided it did not need the
historical relic anymore.