auctions

A 22-year-old entrepreneur aims to sell high-end items at the lowest possible price. Is this the foolishness of youth or the next big thing on the Web? Elliot Moskow hopes you'll think it's the latter. His Pricefalls.com enters its second year, hoping to grab bargain hunters with the site's "Dutch...

I've often wondered: if I buy antiques and collectibles instead of more traditional "assets", how am I likely to fare? I love old stuff: I like art, I like antiques, and I'd much rather spend my money on that stuff than on mutual funds. I recently looked at the tanking values of Precious Moments...

Free listings on eBay -- up to 100 a month for sellers who start auctions at 99 cents -- could change the online selling world as we know it: back to the way it used to be. (The company will still take a "final value fee," 9% of the selling price or $50, whichever is less.) It was 1999; the...

Real estate auctions began cropping up about four years ago, generally in places overbuilt with cookie-cutter homes. Initially, banks were auctioning off foreclosed properties. Then developers joined the bandwagon, trying to move their unsold inventory. Bargains galore, right? Well, not exactly....

With yard-sale season coming to an end in many parts of the country, thousands of bargain hunters will be experiencing symptoms of withdrawal. Luckily, there is help. While yard sales still present the best opportunity for bargains on household items and valuable collectibles that can be resold on...

With all day at home with an 18-month-old daughter, Cara Clark has enough free time to spend a few hours a day on-line bidding on discounted gift cards at the auction Web site, DFWbid.com. Her computer work has paid off in the six months since the site went live, netting her $3,000 worth of gift...

If the recession has you jobless, overextended, or just plain broke, selling old stuff on eBay can be a fantastic way to raise quick cash. If you're willing to take it a step further, developing expertise in a specialized area -- e.g. books, old video games, dolls, etc. -- can develop into a...

It's an interesting week for celebrity memorabilia at auction. Julien's Auctions of Los Angeles will be selling the rhinestone-covered glove Michael Jackson wore on the Motown 25 special in 1983 where he unveiled his Moonwalk while singing Billie Jean. Check out the video here. The glove was put up...

While the Obama administration tries to put on a good show of encouraging mortgage modifications, the grandstanding is not working. According to Realty Trac, only about 230,000 homes have received help, while 464,058 homeowners lost their homes this year through the end of July. For the fifth...

Auctions of storage units are doing a brisk business these days.Several newspapers around the country have been reporting on them in the last couple weeks. While it's long been a practice that if someone stops paying for their storage and abandons their stuff, the goods can be sold, it's happening...