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Most Expensive Items on eBay

Since its origin in 1995, eBay has taken theworld of auction by storm. Over the years, it hasbecome the largest online marketplace, and it'sbased on the idea of bringing the sellers and thebuyers on a common platform. It's possible tosell or buy anything and everything under thesun on this site, which ranges from smallproducts like pens tohttp://www.thegamblersclub.com/review/jackpot-grand-casino/ larger ones like yacht, homes, andluxury automobiles. Usually, people auction offtheir products to earn some additional money,but there are times in which people sell some ofthe most expensive items, and the money sogenerated is given away in charity.

Costliest Items Sold

The most expensive item till date that has ever been sold on eBay is Giga-Yacht, which was boughtby Roman Abramovich, a Russian billionaire. It was in February 2006 that it was bought, and itstotal cost was USD 168,000,000. It was Frank Mulder who designed the yacht, and the 4Yacht ofFort Lauderdale, Florida built it. The yacht features a retractable elevator, helicopter garage, eightguest cabins,10 multilevel VIP Suites, fitness room, cinema room, salon, and luxury office area. Itssale broke the record set by Gulfstream II jet, which was sold for USD 4.9 million.

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One of the other expensive items on eBay is the Harley Davidson sold by Jay Leno, the famousAmerican television host and stand-up comedian. It is said that he raised USD 800,100, and thismoney was given to help the victims of the tsunami of 2004.

Pope Benedict XVI sold his Volkswagen Golf automobile in May 2005 for EURO 188,938.88 (approx.USD 244,590.83). It was sold in the German web page of eBay and is considered one of the mostcostly purchases. It was GoldenPalace.com, an online casino, which placed the winning bid.

A surprise of eBay auction is a Cathedral pickle bottle, which was sold for just USD 3. This jar ofpickle is in the shape of a cathedral and was bought at a sale in a garage. The surprise is that thisitem was so rare that there were only five of these cathedral-shaped glass bottles in the world. Lateron, it was sold for USD 44,100.

On this website, charity auctions are held, and the most expensive in this category is the one, inwhich the bid of USD 2.1 million was placed by an investment fund manager from China. It was inJune 2008 that the bid was won, and the person from China got a chance to have lunch with WarrenBuffett, the American billionaire and one of the richest persons in the world. The money gained wasdonated off to a charity that works for the homeless.

Costliest Bid

One of the most outrageous bids, which was placed in eBay was that of a human kidney. Thedescription read that a functional kidney was for sale and that the buyer could choose the kidneyhe/she wanted. The buyer had to pay all the medical and transplant costs. It's illegal to transplanthuman organs for sale, and as a result, this sale was blocked. However, the bid amount reachedmore than USD 5 million.

Thus, these were some of the most expensive items on eBay that were ever bid on. Most people buythings from this site as they are relatively cheaper, in comparison to the open market. However,there are some really costly products on sale, but they are relatively cheaper when equated with theones, which you may have to buy from other places.

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