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eBay Launches Diamond Ring Designer With $25,000 Ring Contest

Auction giant eBay is getting into the ring design business and they are launching with a "Build Your Bling" contest that has participants designing their own diamond rings. One winner will receive a ring from Gemstoneking, Inc. based on the winning design the winner submitted, up to $25,000 in value. The new eBay Diamond Ring Designer system is an online ring design system similar to Blue Nile and others that has slider selections for choosing diamonds by shape, size, color, clarity and cut. Once you've selected your stone (or stones) you are then presented with a variety of potential settings in gold or platinum. These systems are always fun to play with because the user can easily see how a change in cut or clarity affects diamond price and offer a stress-free way to browse diamond rings.

Entrants can enter from now until February 19 to submit a design and entry for consideration. Other eBay users will vote on the best designs and the participant with the greatest number of votes will be the winner. Two runner-ups will win eBay gift certificates and all three may have their entries on a winners page. The winner will be chosen on February 26.

Tags: build your bling, BuildYourBling, diamond ring giveaway, DiamondRingGiveaway, diamonds, ebay, ebay diamond contest, EbayDiamondContest

Bid Now on Designer Customized Barbies!

by Deb West (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Auctions, Charity

Mattel has come out with a new concept for Barbie, teaching little girls early on in life that what every woman really needs is the perfect little black dress. Most women would agree with the company and most likely the all new Barbie Basics™ Collection will be a resounding success. Mattel has paired up with the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) to celebrate the launch of the dolls which are wearing little black dresses and come with accessory kits.

Who better to inspire budding pre-teen designers than some of the big names themselves. Twelve of the CFDA fashion and accessories designers have created one-of-a-kind Barbies that showcase their unique talents and tastes. These Barbie dolls are currently up for auction on eBay and all net proceeds will go to support CFDA's educational initiatives and scholarship program. The designers include Issac Mizrahi, Betsey Johnson, Rachel Roy, Justin Giunta, Lorraine Schwartz, Alex Bittar, Monica Botkier, Deborah Lloyd of Kate Spade, Tory Burch, Albertus Swanepoei, Philip Crangi and Devi Kroell. The dolls went up for auction on January 28th and will be available to bid on through February 7th.

As of January 31rst some of the bids were up to as much $3,500 for Lorraine Schwartz's Barbie with Diamonds followed by the Kate Spade Barbie at $800. For those who don't have the funds to bid on the designer e-bay Barbies, Mattel will be giving away one of the new Barbie Basic dolls and accessory pack on Twitter from February 1st - 16th.

Gallery: CFDA Barbie Auction

Tags: Auction, barbie, barbie basics, barbie doll, BarbieBasics, BarbieDoll, CFDA, eBay, Issac Mizrahi, IssacMizrahi, Mattel, Tory Burch, ToryBurch

Random Jesus Sightings are Big Business on eBay

by Annie Scott (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Auctions

This Sunday, according to Yahoo, a woman in Massachusetts found the image of Jesus Christ burned onto her iron. She reportedly intends to keep the treasure in the closet, but she might just make a killing with it on eBay.

We've all heard tales of sightings of Jesus and the Virgin Mary in everything from toast to car windshields. A search for "image of Jesus" on eBay yields results including potatoes, potato chips, a million-dollar marble tile (above), soap, and an antique book selling for $30,000.

If you have the faith and the money, this kind of collecting might be a fun pastime, but are these images really divine? Worse yet, is there an opportunity for scams here? I don't know how you'd attempt to emblazon the face of Jesus on a marble tile like the one here, or on a potato chip (maybe with a lighter?), but the prices people are seeking for their allegedly divine finds are pretty high.

Click through the gallery to see if you can see Jesus in these high-priced (and not-so-high-priced) items.

Gallery: Images of Jesus on eBay

Tags: ebay, jesus, jesus on a potato chip, JesusOnAPotatoChip

Party In The Sky With The Black Eyed Peas

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Auctions, Events, Charity

The Black Eyed Peas have been unstoppable on the charts this summer and now the popular band is going for a unique pair of world records. The band is holding a charity auction on eBay to win the chance to join them as they try to set two records: the highest ever live performance and recorded track. Those who win will fly along with a guest on Richard Branson's V Australia from Los Angeles to Australia where they will then join a special Melbourne to Perth flight with the band. Winners will meet the band, watch them record and then the remainder of the flight becomes a Mile High Karaoke Party with the band. Winners will also attend the October 10 Black Eyed Peas concert in Perth and get a second band meet and greet. Roundtrip air and hotels are included but winner needs to get themselves to L.A. for the start of the package. Best of all , 100 percent of the proceeds benefit children's health research through the Telethon Institute for Child Health Research in Australia.

[via Just Jared]

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Tags: australia, black eyed peas, BlackEyedPeas, charity, ebay

Jewelry Designer Takes His Store To eBay

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Jewelry

Many haute jewelry designers balk at selling their wares on eBay for fear it might devalue their brand. The popular auction site is usually the domain of resellers but designer Jean Dousset has launched his own store on eBay, JeanDoussetDiamonds.com. The store features high-end diamond engagement rings.

Dousset has designed for stars including Amy Adams and Eva Longoria Parker. National Jeweler says that Dousset decided to offer his rings on eBay while he was building his own e-commerce site. The site offers wedding bands and earrings as well as Dousset's engagement rings. The rings are set in Dousset's Beverly Hills workshop and each is stamped with the Jean Dousset hallmark. The ring shown above is listed at $14,900.

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Tags: bridal jewelry, BridalJewelry, ebay, engagement rings, EngagementRings, jean dousset, JeanDousset

Major Props Store Closing Down, Planning Huge Auction

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Auctions

The recession has hit the movie and film industry in Southern California and a huge props emporium in North Hollywood is now looking at closing. 20th Century Props of North Hollywood is planning to close next month. The prop shop has supplied props for major movies and television shows for over 20 years and has a huge 118,000-square-foot warehouse. But the prop house has been losing money as film production has fallen for a variety of reasons. First the industry was hit by the writers' strike. Then the recession kicked in and many productions were postponed or scrapped. Also filmmakers are finding it prohibitively expensive to film in California and are increasingly heading to other places which offer tax breaks and other incentives. The owner says he has lost close to $2 million over the past year. The prop store employed 28 full-time workers.

The LA Times reports that the the shop will auction off the inventory which owner Harvey Schwartz says consists of 93,752 pieces including rattan furniture set used on the TV series "The Golden Girls" and a desk owned by Howard Hughes and used in the movie "The Aviator." The insured value of the props is around $8 million but the sale value could be as much as $30 million. The props store also sells items on eBay and is a fantastic decorating resource for fans of retro styles. Offerings on eBay range from the small and inexpensive such as Art Deco clocks to the huge and more expensive items like a 1940s flying horse gas station sign.

Gallery: 20th Century Props on eBay

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Tags: auction, ebay, hollywood, props

Lindsay Lohan's Maserati On eBay

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos, Auctions, Celebrity Shopping

Once again one of Lindsay Lohan's cars has wound up on eBay (her Mercedes was on the auction website in 2007). The white Maserati Quattroporte did not belong to Lindsay Lohan but to Dennis DeSantis. Lohan was photographed driving the car and involved it in a fender bender, which TMZ reported that CARFAX does not mention on their report. The 2007 Maserati Quattroporte Sport GT is fully loaded with Brembo brakes, power seats, CD player, rear sunshades, parking sensors, suede headliner, white stitching, GT wheels and tires, sport exhaust, navigation and moon roof. and has just over 25,000 miles on it. Last time I looked bids were over $62,100.

UPDATE: The listing has been pulled. (Thanks, Colin)

[via Jalopnik]

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Tags: ebay, lindsay lohan, LindsayLohan, maserati, maserati quattroporte, MaseratiQuattroporte

Is eBay Winning the War Against Counterfeits?

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

EBay, the world's largest Internet auctioneer, is jubilant after winning one of their many lawsuits regarding counterfeit products. A French court found that eBay was not liable for counterfeit L'Oreal perfumes sold on its website. The Parisian court ruled that eBay had met its obligantion to prevent sales of fake goods. The victory is a bit of a surprise considering earlier losses in France to Hermes and LVMH in similar cases however eBay did recently win against watchmaker Rolex.

After the ruling eBay issued a press release saying in part that " We are delighted that eBay's meaningful efforts to fight counterfeits online have been recognized by the court, as has our status as an internet-hosting provider. Today, 99% of all items listed on eBay have no suspicion of counterfeits." That''s a pretty bold claim. The auction site does have a team of around 2,000 people in place to fight counterfeit products on the site but it seems a bit soon to declare a total victory in the war against counterfeits.

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Tags: ebay, lawsuit, loreal

"Give It Up to Live It Up" with New Zealand Luxury

by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Apparel, Luxury Travel & Hotels, Auctions

Check eBay next week for an online auction. The 19 leading luxury tourism companies in New Zealand (New Zealand Luxury) are coming together to offer an amazing travel deal for the starting bid of only NZ$1 (only 50 cents in the United States). Each participant is estimated to have donated NZ$1,500 (US$855) worth of travel goods and services for this effort – for a total value of NZ$33,000 (almost US$19,000).

So, what does the winning bid get you?

Come out the other side of this 10-day auction a winner, and you'll fly on a private jet to New Zealand, stay in private villas and upscale hotels for four weeks and dash around the country on helicopters and in chauffeur-driven cars. You'll even get to hit the water on a private yacht.

The largesse from the top bid will go to the Untouched World Charitable Trust, the non-profit arm of the Untouched World clothing brand – which is kicking in NZ$2,000 (more than US$1,000) in apparel for this auction.

Save the planet, and treat yourself as you demand to be treated!

Tags: auction, auctions, chauffeur, ebay, helicopter, helicopters, luxury travel, LuxuryTravel, new zealand, NewZealand, private jet, PrivateJet, yacht, yachts

Custom Ducati Monsters Up For Auction

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos, Auctions, Charity

Want to get your hands on a Ducati Monster and benefit a good cause? Get out your British pounds and head to eBay's UK site. Ducati has donated three Monsters and three Central Saint Martins MA Fashion students (Abigail Briggs, Charlotte La Roche, and Laura Mackness) gave them unique graphics based on each of their graduate collections creating stylish one-of-kind motorcycles. The collaboration sprung from Puma's sponsorship of the Central Saint Martins graduate fashion show at London Fashion Week. The show and the auction benefit the PUMA Central Saint Martins Bursary Award. The auctions end on April 5.

[via Fresh Moco]

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Rolex Loses eBay Lawsuit

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Auctions

Once again in the lawsuit follies, eBay is the victor. Bloomberg reports that the world's largest online auctioneer won a German court ruling in a case brought by Rolex over sales of counterfeit watches on eBay. The decision showed that Rolex could not find any similar counterfeit goods were offered on eBay after the company after the company was alerted to the possibility of counterfeits. Ulrich Egger, the spokesman for the court said that eBay's filter program detects sales that wold violate trademark rights.

Next up for eBay, a suit in London against L'Oreal. So far, eBay's lawsuit results have been mixed. It won against Tiffany & Co. last year in New York but lost to LVMH and Hermes in France. Rolex first sued eBay in 2001 over counterfeits but the original ruling in Dusseldorf for eBay was overturned in part in 2007 by the Federal Court of Justice which said eBay couldn't be held liable for damages and had to monitor its site to prevent fakes from being sold. Judges determined eBay is doing enough to police its site.

UPDATE: Blogging Stocks reports that eBay shares are at a seven-year low, partially due to concerns over the sales of counterfeit items on the site. Although eBay is spending millions to monitor its sellers, the problem of fakes continues to be one that plagues the site and damages its reputation.

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Nike's Carbon Footprint...Only 190 Grams!

by Tracy Chait (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Shoes, Sports

Nike's latest iteration of the Mercurial soccer shoe, the Vapor SL, is a real feat of engineering, and I like the color combo, too. The SL in the name stands for "Super Lite" -- the black shoe and its hot pink swoosh only weigh 190 grams.

Some ingredient called "Tepex" is all about maximum strength with minimal weight. I researched Tepex a little bit, and without an engineering degree, reached the conclusion that if it's good enough for the aerospace industry, it's probably good enough to wear on your feet.

Crafted almost entirely from carbon fiber, the sneaker retails for $400. Because a pair of these are so hard to come by -- Nike only made 2,508 pairs -- they're only truly available on eBay, starting at around $1,000.

[Thanks, Dave!]

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Tags: carbon fiber, carbon footprint, CarbonFiber, CarbonFootprint, ebay, nike, sneaker, soccer

Famously Smashed Enzo Back On eBay For A Discount

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Luxury Cars & Autos, Auctions

Remember that Ferrari Enzo that Eddie Griffin "accidentally" smashed into a wall while promoting his car-centered movie Redline? It's back on eBay again. Last August saw the restored car, which was severely damaged in the front end and believed to be totaled, on eBay for $1.3 million. It didn't sell so the restorer, car dealer Matt Groner of Matthew's Autos in Houston Texas has put it back on eBay at a reduced rate. The "buy-it-now" price is set at $990,000 taking it under the $1 million mark.

[via Jalopnik]

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Tags: ebay, eddie griffin, EddieGriffin, enzo, ferrari

Scarlett Johansson's Used Tissue on eBay

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Auctions, Celebrity Shopping, Charity

Celebrity auctions hit a new low this week as actress Scarlett Johansson sells her used tissue on eBay. She appeared on NBC's "Tonight" show on Wednesday to promote her new movie, "The Spirit." While chatting with Jay Leno she revealed she had caught a cold from co-star Samuel L. Jackson. When Leno handed her a tissue she said she would sell it on eBay to raise money for the hunger relief charity USA Harvest. A lot of people want to catch her cold, last time I checked the auction had over 70 bids and the tissue was up to nearly $3,500. The auction ends on Monday.

[via AP]

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Tags: auction, ebay, scarlett johansson, ScarlettJohansson

Australian Artist Puts First Painting On eBay For $1 Million

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed) —

Filed under: Art

Australian artist Greg Gillespie has big dreams. He hopes to sell his first painting on eBay for $1 million Australian. Gillespie, a former commercial artist, created an inaugural series of ten works and decided to list this one on eBay for the high price. He calls this the "Younique Project" and in the listing he does not reveal the size of the work. But Gillespie isn't being audaciously greedy, he is planning to keep just one dollar and donate the rest to Compassion International to help poor children. The auction ends December 15 and so far no one has come up with the cash.

[via Art Daily]

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Tags: art, ebay, greg gillespie, GregGillespie, younique project, YouniqueProject

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