Today, eBay is launching a live auction page for Sothebys on its site. The collaboration is the next stage of eBay’s live auction technology. The auctions themselves happen in the “real” world, in a ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Ready, set, bid. eBay's art auction service is going live on Monday, allowing eBay users to bid on fine art and collectibles online during physical auctions at 150 auction houses in ...

Online auctions are sales transactions that result from a competitive bidding process conducted over the Internet. Whether the sales take place between individuals, between consumers and merchants, or ...

eBay is ending its foray into the world of traditional auctions, selling its Butterfields unit to Bonhams, a U.K.-based rival. The companies completed the sale late Wednesday, said Geoff Iddison, ...

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Three years after buying its way into the rarefied world of fine-art auctions, EBay Inc. on Thursday brought down the gavel on Butterfields Auctioneers and sold the venerable institution to Bonhams in ...

Criminals use online auctions as a place to unload stolen, diverted and counterfeit products. EBay does little to stop them, creating more work for CSOs. Here's what smart companies do. Panties were ...

Given that a significant slice of the multi-hundred-million-dollar business took place on eBay until now, the move portends a significant shift in who controls the market for virtual goods. The ban ...

eBay on Wednesday posted a 50 percent rise in net profit on strength in its core auction and payments businesses, but left its 2007 outlook unchanged despite Wall Street's hopes for a boost. Revenue ...

Virtual auctions on the internet. The seller sells the product or service to the person who bids the highest price. For sellers, online auctions open up new sales channels for new products and offer ...