In lugnet.market.auction, Scott Arthur writes:
> This is not LEGO, but I thought I'd pass it on:
>
> The FBI is to investigate the sale of a painting
> on an internet auction site, after the seller
> appeared to push the price up from 15 pence
> to £70,000 by bidding for it himself.
>
> For the rest see:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_783000/783692.stm
If anyone is interested, the original auction can be found at:
(...) inflate the price is illegal in the US. It would be nice if eBay could get there act together on this. Last night I reported one user and it turns out he had 15 different accounts that he was using to bid on his own auctions. And I am still (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.market.auction)
This is not LEGO, but I thought I'd pass it on: The FBI is to investigate the sale of a painting on an internet auction site, after the seller appeared to push the price up from 15 pence to £70,000 by bidding for it himself. For the rest see: (URL) (24 years ago, 9-Jun-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
