In seconds, he finds 84 different Stan Musial cards up for auction on eBay, including one for the very card he wants. To bid, he simply enters the highest amount he's willing to spend. In this case, ...

The largest online seller of trading cards is testing a new policy that could be among the most impactful changes to the platform in years for buyers, sellers and even third-party applications. So far ...

What happens when the role of an auction changes from selling unique items at Sotheby's to driving large markets for consumer goods on eBay and other online auction sites? EBay began as a Web site ...

eBay and InPhonic, a wireless company backed by former Apple CEO John Sculley, announced Wednesday a new monthly service that among other things, lets people more easily bid on an item using their ...

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eBay is being sued by a Pennsylvania man who charges that it illegally forces up prices when certain high bidders raise their maximum bid to guard against last-minute offers, an attorney for the ...

In one of the largest instances to date of widespread big-rigging on auction site eBay, eight sellers have been ordered to pay US$90,000 in fines and restitution after admitting to engaging in ...

After a heated bidding war on EBay, Mark Lanier recently paid $2,125 to win a 1941 naval machinery manual. It sounds like a peculiar collecting hobby, but to Lanier it was serious business. The ...

BOSTON — When Pierre Omidyar founded EBay 12 years ago, he wanted to build the world’s most efficient marketplace. At the very least, he launched the most comprehensive one. Today San Jose-based EBay ...

When the dot.com boom went bust, most Internet companies disappeared. But not eBay, the online auction company that in just a few years has become one of the biggest business stories in America. When ...