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February 1st, 2008

Wired News - Carol Hearn, who sells antiques on eBay from Washington state, said the fees are modest compared with the cost of selling items in person. "It looks like what they are trying to do with the fees is make it more difficult and expensive to sell low-end Read More

Newsday - Some French Quarter business owners don't share the same enthusiasm, such as Ron Julian, half owner of Robinson's Antiques, who bemoans the reduced number of big-money conventions with lawyers and doctors since Katrina. "Normally, the second week of Read More

Philadelphia Inquirer - WALNUTPORT, Pa. - Mary Jo Pletz was really, really good at eBay. But now the former stay-at-home mother and gonzo Internet retailer fears a maximum $10 million fine for selling 10,000 toys, antiques, videos, sports memorabilia, books, tools and Read More

WRAL - Raleigh The owner of an antiques store in Raleigh's Five Points district plans to plead guilty in an alleged scheme that generated at least $3 million, investigators said. During a period between February 2006 to June 2007, Patricia Jacoby, the Read More

PR.com - An Indonesian Private Arts, Antiques and Collectibles Collector, named Roby Widjaja, is going to auction his collections at www.ebay.com very soon. He is raising funds through this auction in order to incorporate a company which could solve many Read More

Times Online - Describing himself as a retired lawyer, he invited neighbours round for drinks and indulged his passion for arts and antiques by visting galleries and buying curios at various fairs. Then his real identity leaked out and Mr Hoare became a pariah Read More

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