Cover art for a special edition of Tintin in America sold for a price of 1.3 million Euros (£1m; $1.6m) to an anonymous bidder at an auction event held by the Paris-based auction house Artcurial in June 2012. The art, made in 1932 by Tintin creator Hergé (the pen name...
An original pair of Levi Strauss & Co (USA) 501 jeans aged over 115 years old were sold by Randy Knight (USA) to an anonymous collector (Japan) for $60,000,00 (£33,230) through internet auction site eBay on 15 June 2005. There are said to be only two or three...
The earliest official online game auction site was Station Exchange. Launched by SOE in June 2005, it provided a legitimate means for players to buy and sell characters, items and money to other players, for real money, woth SOE making a cut from the profits. As well...
The most expensive chicken nugget sold at online auction is $99,997 (£70,709 / €82,190), sold by eBay user ‘polizna’ with the listing “McDonald’s Among Us shaped Nugget from BTS Meal”, on 4 June 2021. The nugget resembles a character from the...